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COMMISSION NOTICE – Guidance on the interpretation and application of Article 6a of Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers · European Union

Accordingly, the correctness of the ‘prior’ price indicated by the seller and of the corresponding price reduction has to be assessed against the specific requirements of Article 6a of the PID. However, this does not preclude the national enforcement authorities from also applying the UCPD to the practices of traders that infringe Article 6a of the PID when they also constitute unfair practices prohibited by the UCPD, in particular misleading actions in relation to the existence of specific price advantage within the meaning of Article 6(1)(d).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.