Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers
- In force
- CELEX number: 31998L0006
- Official Journal: JOL_1998_080_R_0027_007
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 1995/0148(COD), 1995/0148/COD
- Languages:
- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- hr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- ro
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - February 16, 1998
- March 18, 1998
- March 18, 1998
- Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 13
- March 18, 2000
- At the latest See Art 11.1
- March 18, 2003
- At the latest See Art 12
- November 28, 2021
- See Art 8.3
Modified by
Corrected by:
- July 4, 1998 - 31998L0006R(01)
Modified by:
- Directive (EU) 2019/2161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directives 98/6/EC, 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules (Text with EEA relevance) - detail
Modifies
Modifies:
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 July 2016. Citroën Commerce GmbH v Zentralvereinigung des Kraffahrzeuggewerbes zur Aufrechterhaltung lauteren Wettbewerbs eV (ZLW). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directives 98/6/EC and 2005/29/EC — Consumer protection — Advertisement containing an indication of price — Concepts of ‘offer’ and ‘price inclusive of taxes’ — Obligation to include in the price of a motor vehicle the additional costs necessarily incurred in connection with the transfer of the vehicle. Case C-476/14.
- A02LA
- A01
- A03
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 June 2023. Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV v famila-Handelsmarkt Kiel GmbH & Co. KG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Indication of the prices of products – Directive 98/6/EC – Article 2(a) – Concept of ‘selling price’ – Products sold in returnable containers – National legislation requiring the amount of the deposit to be indicated separately from the selling price. Case C-543/21.
- A02LA
- Case C-543/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 31 August 2021 — Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb e.V. v famila-Handelsmarkt Kiel GmbH & Co. KG
- article 3 paragraph 4
- article 3 paragraph 1
- article 2 point (a)
- article 10
- Case C-330/23, Aldi Süd: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 25 May 2023 — Verbraucherzentrale Baden-Württemberg e.V. v Aldi Süd Dienstleistungs-SE & Co. OHG
- article 6a paragraph 2
- article 6a paragraph 1
Legal basis
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TITLE XI : CONSUMER PROTECTION ARTICLE 129A
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PART FIVE: INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY TITLE I: PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 2: PROVISIONS COMMON TO SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS ARTICLE 189B
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Internal market - Principles
- Protection of economic interests
- Consumer protection
- Selling price
- Approximation of laws
- National implementing measure
- Unit price
- Trade regulations
- Consumer information
- Publishing of prices