Marketing & Competition

The following links may be of interest regarding marketing and competition from an IT law perspective.

General information

European Commission - The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (link)
EU competition cases by product (link)
Europe’s Online Advertising Industry Releases Self-Regulation Framework (link)
Advertising and Marketing Communication Practice (Consolidated ICC Code) business self-regulation, International Chamber of Commerce (link)
BEREC Report on differentiation practices and related competition issues in the scope of net neutrality (link)

EU Legislation

Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (‘Directive on electronic commerce’)
Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market [...] (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’)
Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising (Misleading Advertising Directive)
Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights (Consumer Rights Directive)
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications - e-Privacy Directive)
Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)