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Addressing aggressive commercial practices: Some critical aspects of its regime in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

Finance, Markets and Valuation, 2020
Aggressive commercial practices are a type of conditioning factor imposed by businesses on consumers to modify their freedom of choice. Today, no-one is in any doubt about the financial and social impact aggressive commercial practices can have on ...
González Pons, Elisabet
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The Consumer Benchmarks in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive [PDF]

Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, 2015
The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) fully harmonises unfair commercial practices law in the European Union. The Directive aims to achieve a high level of consumer protection, to increase the smooth functioning of the internal market and also more broadly to improve competition in the market as such.
Bram B Duivenvoorde
exaly   +6 more sources

The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive: A Law and Economics Perspective

InDret, 2006
Directive 2005/29 on unfair commercial practices constitutes an ambitious attempt at building a general regulatory framework for firm actions towards consumer in the marketplace.
Fernando Gómez Pomar
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The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive [PDF]

European Review of Contract Law, 2005
In an examination of the main provisions of Directive 2005/29, the solutions adopted for a number of the key design issues are assessed. First, has the Directive overcome the problem of the inherent vagueness and unpredictability of a general clause that forbids unfair commercial practices?
H. Collins
semanticscholar   +6 more sources

Misleading Actions vs. Misleading Omissions Under Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. National Approach in Context [PDF]

International Comparative Jurisprudence, 2016
Unfair Commercial Practices Directive remains one of the most ambitious acts of secondary legislation adopted in the field of consumer protection over the past decade.
Saulius Katuoka, Ieva Navickaitė-Sakalauskienė   +1 more
exaly   +3 more sources

The Interplay Between the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and Codes of Conduct [PDF]

Erasmus Law Review, 2012
markdownabstract__Abstract__ At the heart of this paper lies the reciprocal influence between codes of conduct and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD). It assesses to what extent self-regulatory practice both affects and is affected by the directive.
Charlotte Pavillon
semanticscholar   +6 more sources

#NoFilter? The Application of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and the Role of Soft Law in the Context of Influencer Marketing

European Review of Private Law, 2023
Social media has become an integral part of our contemporary society. The social media revolution has led to the emergence of so-called influencers as key players in the advertising industry.
J. Kerckaert
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Definition of a particularly vulnerable consumer under Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices

Review of European and Comparative Law
Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices establishes the normative benchmark of the “average consumer” as the primary standard for assessing the legality of commercial conduct.
Dana Ondrejová
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Back to the Future-Proof: Four Reforms for the Better Regulation of Dark Patterns Under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and Article 25 of the Digital Services Act

European Journal of Risk Regulation
The efficacy of the “future-proof” Unfair Commercial Practices Directive against dark patterns is undermined by the fragmented regulatory landscape introduced by the Digital Services Act. Article 25 DSA creates four weaknesses: a general prohibition that
Fabrizio Esposito, Cecilia Isola, Cristiana Santos, Martim Farinha   +3 more
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A Systematic Literature Review on Dark Patterns for the Legal Community: Definitional Clarity and a Legal Classification Based on the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

Computer Law and Security Review
Fabrizio Esposito
exaly   +2 more sources