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Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 1.The purpose of this Directive is to protect traders against...
Article 2.For the purposes of this Directive: ‘advertising’ means the making...
Article 3.In determining whether advertising is misleading, account shall be taken...
Article 4.Comparative advertising shall, as far as the comparison is concerned,...
Article 5.(1) Member States shall ensure that adequate and effective means...
Article 6.This Directive does not exclude the voluntary control, which Member...
Article 7.Member States shall confer upon the courts or administrative authorities...
Article 8.(1) This Directive shall not preclude Member States from retaining...
Article 9.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of...
Article 10.Directive 84/450/EEC is hereby repealed, without prejudice to the obligations...
Article 11.This Directive shall enter into force on 12 December 2007.
Article 12.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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