Act Against Unfair Competition
The Act prohibits unfair commercial practices towards consumers and competitors, including misleading statements, withholding material information, aggressive practices and unreasonable nuisance advertising.
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- UWG
- Area
- Contract, trade and consumer
- Supervision
- Bundeskartellamt
- Publisher
- Bundesministerium der Justiz, Gesetze im Internet
- Checked
- 2026-09-21
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