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Section 1 (Article 4-5)

(Recital 28)

Establishment and

information requirements

13, 31, 32, 33, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, 73, 106, 109, 110, 111, 117, 118, 129, 141, 142, 143, 169, 189, 192, 195, 198, 211, 212, 242, 243, 273, 274, 307, 324, 344, 345, 369, 412, 429, 430, 431, 468, 486, 487, 488

 

Section 2 (Article 6-8)

(Recitals 29-33)

Commercial communication

14, 15, 33, 34, 35, 52, 53, 54, 61, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73, 74, 106, 112, 113, 114, 117, 118, 130, 131, 133, 134, 143, 144, 145, 170, 171, 189, 191, 192, 195, 198, 199, 213, 214, 215, 244, 245, 246, 274, 275, 290, 291, 292, 299, 307, 308, 317, 321, 324, 328, 332, 345, 346, 360, 362, 366, 367, 368, 375, 376, 383, 392, 412, 413, 431, 432, 433, 469, 470, 488, 489, 490, 509

 

Section 3 (Article 9-11)

(Recitals 9, 34-39)

Contracts concluded by

electronic means

5, 16, 35, 36, 37, 38, 53, 54, 66, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 133, 134, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195, 198, 199, 200, 216, 217, 218247248249, 276, 277, 278, 293, 308, 309, 317, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 330, 331, 332, 347, 348, 349, 362, 368, 383, 390, 392, 393, 413, 414, 433, 434, 435, 436, 460, 470, 471, 490, 491, 492, 493

 

Section 4 (Article 12-15)

(Recitals 43-48, 50, 52, 53, cf. Article18)

Liability of intermediary

service providers

17, 18, 19, 20, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 51, 53, 54, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 118, 123, 124, 133, 134, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 279, 280, 281, 282, 289, 290, 293, 294, 295, 298, 301, 302, 309, 310, 311, 317, 320, 321, 323, 327, 328, 331, 332, 350, 351, 352, 353, 362, 364, 365, 366, 376, 377, 391, 398, 415, 416, 417, 418, 436, 437, 438, 439, 472, 473, 474, 493, 494, 495, 496, 509

 

Article

Description

Pages

Article 1

(recital 1-11, 55, 56, 58, 60, 63, 64)

Article 1/4 (recital 23)

Art 1/5 (recital 12- 16)
(Initial proposals Annex- I, III)

Objective and scope

3-9, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 51, 52, 56, 57, 72, 88919294, 95, 97, 98, 105115, 116, 117, 125, 127, 128, 130132, 133, 135, 136, 159163, 166, 167, 168, 187, 188, 189, 192, 195, 196, 198, 200, 201-204, 233, 234, 235, 264, 265, 266, 267, 291, 292, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 303, 304, 305, 318, 322, 324, 326, 327328330, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 360, 363, 365, 367, 368, 389, 390, 393, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 410, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 467, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480

Article 2 (recital 17- 21)

Definitions

9-11, 26, 27, 28, 52, 57, 58, 59, 72, 94, 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 115, 117, 125, 136, 137, 138, 139, 166, 167, 192, 195, 197, 200, 205-208, 236, 237, 238, 239, 268, 269, 270, 271, 292, 302, 306, 322, 324, 330, 332, 338, 339, 340, 341, 407, 408, 409, 424, 425, 426, 464, 465, 466, 481, 482, 483

Article 3 (recital 19, 22, 23-27)

Article 3/2 (recital 57)

Article 3/4 (recital 24)

Internal market

11, 12, 13, 21, 28, 29, 30, 51, 56, 59, 60, 72, 99, 103, 104, 115, 117, 125, 133, 134, 139, 140, 167, 187, 188, 189, 192, 195, 197, 200, 209, 210, 240, 241, 271, 272, 289, 290, 295, 298, 304, 305, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 330, 341, 342, 343, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 367, 375, 382, 383, 390, 391, 392, 398, 410, 411, 419, 426, 427, 428, 466, 467, 468, 476, 483, 484, 485

Article 4 (recital 28)

Principle excluding prior authorisation

13, 31, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 73, 106, 109, 118, 129, 141, 169, 189, 192, 195, 198, 211, 242, 273, 344, 412, 429, 468, 486

Article 5

General information to be provided

31, 32, 33, 53, 54, 61, 63, 64, 73, 106, 110, 111, 117, 118, 129, 142, 143, 169, 189, 192, 195, 198, 211, 212, 242, 243, 273, 274, 307, 324, 344, 345, 369, 429, 430, 431, 486, 487, 488

Article 6 (recital 29)

Information to be provided

14, 33, 53, 54, 61, 65, 73, 106, 117, 118, 130, 133, 134, 143, 144, 170, 189, 192, 195, 198, 213, 244, 274, 292, 307, 321, 324, 332, 345, 412, 431, 469, 488

Article 7 (recital 30, 31)

Unsolicited commercial communication

14, 34, 53, 54, 66, 67, 74, 106, 112, 113, 117, 118, 130, 133, 134, 144, 170, 189, 192, 195, 198, 214, 245, 275, 291, 299, 308, 321, 324, 332, 346, 392, 412, 432, 469, 489

Article 8 (recital 32, 33)

Regulated professions

15, 34, 35, 52, 53, 54, 66, 68, 74, 106, 114, 118, 131, 133, 145, 170, 171, 189, 191, 192, 195, 198, 199, 214, 215, 245, 246, 275, 308, 321, 324, 332, 346, 367, 368, 375, 376, 383, 392, 413, 432, 433, 470, 489, 490, 509

Article 9 (recital 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)

Treatment of contracts

15, 16, 35, 36, 53, 54, 66, 68, 69, 74, 118, 119, 120, 133, 134, 146, 147, 190, 191, 192, 193, 199, 200, 216, 247, 276, 277, 293, 308, 322, 330, 347, 348, 383, 392, 413, 414, 433, 434, 470, 471, 490, 491

Article 10 (recital 9, 39)

Information to be provided

5, 16, 36, 37, 53, 54, 66, 69, 70, 74, 118, 121, 122, 133, 148, 149, 190, 192, 193, 195, 198, 217, 248, 277, 293, 321, 324, 332, 348, 368, 414, 434, 435, 460, 471, 491, 492

Article 11 (recital 39)

Placing of the orders

16, 37, 38, 53, 54, 66, 75, 117, 118, 122, 123, 133, 149, 150, 190, 192193, 195, 198, 218, 249, 278, 293, 308, 309, 323, 324, 331, 332, 349, 392, 393, 414, 435, 436, 471, 492, 493

Article 12 (recital 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50)

Mere conduit

17, 18, 20, 38, 39, 54, 75, 78, 79, 80, 83, 118, 123, 124, 150, 151, 190, 192, 198, 219, 220, 250, 251, 279, 280, 293, 294, 295, 301, 302, 309, 320, 321, 323, 324, 327, 331, 350, 351, 364, 365, 376, 394, 415, 416, 418, 436, 437, 472, 473, 493, 494, 509

Article 13 (recital 43, 44, 45, 46)

Caching

18, 19, 39, 40, 54, 75, 78, 80, 83, 151, 152, 190, 192, 198, 220, 221, 251, 252, 280, 293, 294, 310, 320, 321, 323, 324, 327, 331, 332, 351, 364, 365, 376, 416, 417, 437, 438, 473, 474, 494, 495, 509

Article 14 (recital 45, 46, 48, 50)

Hosting

18, 19, 20, 40, 41, 54, 75, 78, 81, 83, 153, 190, 192, 198, 222, 253, 281, 293, 294, 310, 320, 331, 352, 364, 366, 376, 377, 416, 417, 418, 438, 439, 473, 474, 475, 495, 496, 509

Article 15 (recital 47, 48)

No general obligation to monitor

19, 41, 75, 82, 83, 154, 172, 190, 192, 223, 254, 282, 293, 294, 311, 321, 323, 324, 328, 331, 332, 353, 364, 366, 377, 391, 398, 417, 439, 474, 496, 509

Article 16 (recital 49)

Codes of Conduct

19, 42, 76155173, 174, 175, 190, 192, 195, 224, 225, 255, 256, 283, 294, 311, 312, 323, 331, 354, 417, 440, 474, 497

Article 17 (recital 51)

Out-of-court dispute settlement

20, 43, 76, 155, 156, 173, 175, 176, 190, 192, 194, 195, 225, 256, 283, 284, 324, 354, 355, 418, 441, 475, 498

Article 18 (recital 52, 53)

Court actions

20, 43, 44, 52, 76, 88, 89, 156, 173, 176, 190, 192, 194, 195, 226, 257, 284, 294, 302, 312, 332, 355, 362, 418, 441, 442, 475, 498

Article 19 (recital 22, 59, 61, 62, cf recital 58)

Cooperation

12, 20, 22, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 56, 90, 133, 134, 156, 157, 173, 177, 178, 192, 195, 199, 226, 227, 257, 258, 284, 285, 289, 297, 302, 303, 317, 324, 355, 356, 392, 410, 419, 420, 442, 443, 467, 476, 477, 498, 499

Article 20 (recital 54)

(Referred as Article 21 under the Initial Proposals

Sanctions

21, 45, 91, 133158, 173, 179, 192, 195, 228, 259, 285, 356, 419, 443, 476, 500

Article 21(recital 65)

(Referred as Article 24 or Article 23 under the Initial Proposals)

Re-examination

23, 46, 54, 93, 161, 180, 184, 229, 260, 286, 323, 357, 366, 377, 392, 419, 421, 444, 478, 501

Article 22

Transposition

47, 76, 377, 445, 502

Article 23 (recital 50)

(Referred as Article 26 or Article 25 under the Initial Proposals)

Entry into force

47, 93, 162, 180, 184, 230, 261, 286, 301, 315, 324, 357, 418, 445, 475, 502

Article 24

(Referred as Article 27 or Article 26 under the Initial Proposals)

Addresses

48, 93, 162, 180, 185, 230, 261, 287, 313, 358, 446, 503

Annex (recital 56)

(Referred as Annex II or Annex I under the Initial Proposals)

Derogations from Article 3

21, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 9192106, 107, 108, 113, 117, 133, 134, 144, 159, 164, 165, 231, 262, 288, 295, 303, 305, 313, 359, 367, 378, 391, 398, 418, 447, 448, 476, 504, 505

 

Abandoned Articles

Description

Pages

Initial Proposals Article 11  

Moment at which the contract is concluded

71, 133, 134, 324

Initial Proposals Article 20

Electronic media

91, 157, 173, 179, 192, 195, 199, 228, 259, 285, 356, 392

Initial Proposals Article 22

Exclusions and derogations

91, 92, 94, 97, 98, 107, 108, 133, 134, 159, 160, 180, 181, 182, 183, 191, 192, 195, 198, 199, 200, 312, 313, 357, 391, 392, 398

Initial Proposals Article 23

Committee

93, 161, 180, 183, 191, 229, 260392

Initial Proposals Article 25 or 24

Implementation

93, 161, 180, 184, 230, 261, 286, 317, 323, 331, 357, 362, 368