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)
- In force
- CELEX number: 32019L2161
- Official Journal: JOL_2019_328_R_0002
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 2018/0090(COD), 2018/0090/COD
- Languages:
- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- ga
- hr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- ro
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - November 27, 2019
- December 18, 2019
- January 7, 2020
- Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 8
- November 28, 2021
- Adoption See Art 7.1
- May 28, 2022
- Application See Art 7.1
- May 28, 2024
- See Art 6
Modified by
Modifies
Modifies:
- Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts
- Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance
- 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
- 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’) (Text with EEA relevance)
Affected by case
Legal basis
- Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE VII - COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION, TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS CHAPTER 3 - APPROXIMATION OF LAWS Article 114 (ex Article 95 TEC)
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Approximation of laws
- Single market
- Consumer policy
- Electronic commerce
- Penalty
- Consumer law
- Internal market - Principles
- Protection of economic interests
- Consumer protection
- Publishing of prices
- Consumer information
- Unfair terms of contract
- Advertising malpractice
- Comparative advertising
- Consumer information, education and representation