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Directive 98/27/EC

as it stood on 2000-07-17, permalink: /eu-eurlex/31998l0027/2000-07-17--549e2ac951ee329ce093c91a31ca5c4cac59368cb4b37a773f9c8def119fb460

1998-05-192009-12-29
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typeDIR Directive 98/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests
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