Unfair Commercial Practices Directive — Directive 2005/29/EC

Misleading and aggressive practices towards consumers.

What we read it for

The act behind our marketing pages: what makes a claim misleading and what a seller must not leave out.

Identity

TypeDirective
IdentifierEU 2005/29
CELEX32005L0029
Adopted2005-05-11
In force2005-06-12
Transposition deadline2007-06-12

21 articles in the base act

Structure

The chapter structure of this act is not read into the register yet. The official text carries it.

Language versions

EUR-Lex publishes the act in every official language. These are the direct addresses for the languages this site is written in.

Norwegian is not an official EU language. Norwegian readers use the national register.

National law

One line per country. A line exists only when a primary source has been read; otherwise the national register is linked instead.

National lawIdentifierOfficial text
Sweden: Marknadsföringslagen SFS 2008:486 Official text
Norway: Lov om kontroll med markedsføring og avtalevilkår (markedsføringsloven) LOV-2009-01-09-2 Official text
Denmark: Markedsføringsloven LOV nr 426 af 03/05/2017 Official text
Finland: Kuluttajansuojalaki 38/1978 Official text
Germany: Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb UWG Official text
United Kingdom: The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 SI 2008/1277 Official text

National implementing measures on EUR-Lex

Supervision

Official text

EUR-Lex · EU 2005/29

EU acts, read down to the national law

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