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The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) fully harmonises unfair commercial practices law in the European Union. The Directive, which was adopted in 2005, formally aims to achieve a high level of consumer protection and to increase the smooth functioning of the internal market, but also aims to improve competition in the market.
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Duivenvoorde, B. (2015). Summary. In: The Consumer Benchmarks in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13924-1_13
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