...ECCHR and the Clean Clothes Campaign commissioned a study to ascertain whether or not working conditions in Bangladeshi textile factories had improved... Consumers must be able to trust that the vendor‟s information about the origin and production of a product is correct and unambiguous. ECCHR holds the view that Lidl is not fulfilling these obligations. Using consumer protection laws, we hope to make companies become legally bound by the commitments made in their advertisements.... The fair competition complaint submitted on April 6, 2010 is a test case addressing two questions: Are voluntary ethics codes are actually non-binding? And are German and European companies really not responsible for the working conditions in out-sourced production facilities?