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Council Directive of 10 September 1984 concerning misleading and comparative advertising

as it stood on 1997-11-12, permalink: /eu-eurlex/31984l0450/1997-11-12

1984-09-102007-12-12

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Outline, 10 provisions

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valid1997-11-12 → 2005-06-11 publisher-asserted
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published1997-11-12
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