What EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29 -- B2C Marketing and Consumer Protection requires
Directive 2005/29/EC (UCPD) prohibits unfair commercial practices in business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions throughout the EU. A commercial practice is unfair if it is contrary to professional diligence AND is likely to materially distort the economic behaviour of the average consumer. The Directive establishes two categories of unfair practices: misleading practices (Articles 6-7) and aggressive practices (Articles 8-9). Annex I contains a blacklist of 31 practices that are always unfair regardless of context. Following the Omnibus Directive 2019/2161, the UCPD was amended to: prohibit fake consumer reviews (from 28 May 2022); require disclosure of personalised pricing (algorithmic ranking of commercial offers); mandate that displayed prices reflect the lowest price in the prior 30 days for promotional pricing; extend consumer rights in the digital context. Penalties for UCPD violations must be at least 4% of the trader's annual turnover in the relevant Member State (Omnibus Directive amendment) or EUR 2 million where turnover is unknown.
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Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32005L0029
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