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Directive (EU) 2021/2167 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2021 on credit servicers and credit purchasers and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(21) In addition, this Directive does not reduce the scope of application of Union consumer protection rules and, to the extent that credit purchasers qualify as creditors under Directives 2008/48/EC Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC (OJ L 133, 22.5.2008, p. 66). and 2014/17/EU Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (OJ L 60, 28.2.2014, p. 34). of the European Parliament and of the Council, they should be subject to the specific obligations set out in Article 20 of Directive 2008/48/EC and Article 35 of Directive 2014/17/EU, respectively. Moreover, this Directive is without prejudice to the protection of consumers guaranteed by Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22). , which prohibits unfair commercial practices including those carried out during the enforcement of a contract where a consumer is misled as to the consumer’s rights or obligations, or is subject to harassment, coercion or undue influence including in terms of the timing, location, nature or persistence of the enforcement actions, in terms of the use of threatening or abusive language or behaviour, or in terms of threats to take any action that cannot legally be taken.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.