Application of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive: Overview of the Commission's May 2016 guidance document
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18-01-2017
Consumers may find it difficult to identify potentially harmful or unfair practices when entering into a transactional relationship with traders. Similarly, businesses and enforcement authorities may sometimes have problems applying and interpreting EU legislation in relation to commercial practices. While it is the Court of Justice that has competence to interpret EU legislation, the European Commission published legally non-binding guidance on the implementation/application of the Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices in May 2016, which aims to clarify some of the issues that have arisen since the adoption of the directive.
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- advertising
- advertising malpractice
- application of EU law
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- civil law
- commercial law
- competition
- consumer protection
- consumption
- electronic commerce
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- LAW
- marketing
- single market
- TRADE
- trade information
- trade policy
- trade policy
- unfair terms of contract