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UCPD Arts. 5–7 and Annex I: unfair and misleading commercial practices, incl. fake reviews

No commercial practice contrary to professional diligence, or misleading, that distorts the average consumer's decisions, incl. AI-generated claims and chatbot answers; stating that reviews are genuine without reasonable checks, and false reviews, are blacklisted (Annex I points 23b and 23c)

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from UCPD Arts. 5–7 and Annex I to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.Clause: Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC, Arts. 5–7 and Annex IClauseUCPDArts. 5–7 andAnnex…Duty holder: Traders dealing with consumersDuty holderTraders dealingwith consumersApplies from: 2007-12-12 (In force)Applies from2007-12-12In forceArtefact: Claims register linked to eval results; review-provenance checks; chatbot answer evals on product claimsArtefactClaims registerlinked…Layers: Layer 01 Govern-as-Code and Layer 03 Evals & Red Teaming as Evidence and Layer 04 Runtime Controls & ObservabilityLayersLayer 01Layer 03Layer 04Evidence record: the common evidence record (Evidence record v1)Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from UCPD Arts. 5–7 and Annex I to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.Clause: Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC, Arts. 5–7 and Annex IClauseUCPD · Arts. 5–7 and Annex…Duty holder: Traders dealing with consumersDuty holderTraders dealing with consumersApplies from: 2007-12-12 (In force)Applies from2007-12-12 · In forceArtefact: Claims register linked to eval results; review-provenance checks; chatbot answer evals on product claimsArtefactClaims register linked…Layers: Layer 01 Govern-as-Code and Layer 03 Evals & Red Teaming as Evidence and Layer 04 Runtime Controls & ObservabilityLayersLayer 01Layer 03Layer 04Evidence record: the common evidence record (Evidence record v1)Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-UCPD-ART5-7. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: UCPD, Arts. 5–7 and Annex….
  • Duty holder: Traders dealing with consumers.
  • Applies from: 2007-12-12, In force.
  • Artefact: Claims register linked….
  • Layers: Layer 01, Layer 03, Layer 04.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
When this obligation appliesThe date of AIGE-OBL-UCPD-ART5-7 on a time axis, against its review date 2026-09-24.Earlier2024202620282030As of 2026-09-242007-12-12 · In forcereview points added byDirective (EU) 2019/21612007-12-12 · In force · review points added by Directive (EU) 2019/2161Source: Obligation register(chapter 08)
When this obligation appliesThe date of AIGE-OBL-UCPD-ART5-7 on a time axis, against its review date 2026-09-24.2007-12-12 · In forcereview points added by Directive (EU) 2019/21612024202620282030EarlierAs of 2026-09-242007-12-12 · In force · review points added by Directive (EU) 2019/2161Source: Obligation register (chapter 08)
When this obligation applies The first date in the row's status, then each later step: filled once its date has passed, outlined while it is still ahead of the review date.
Data table: the dates
Dates of AIGE-OBL-UCPD-ART5-7
DateStepDetail
2007-12-12In forcereview points added by Directive (EU) 2019/2161
Id
AIGE-OBL-UCPD-ART5-7
Instrument
Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC law
Clause
Arts. 5–7 and Annex I
In scope
Traders dealing with consumers
Authority
National consumer-protection authorities
Applies from
In force · review points added by Directive (EU) 2019/2161

The artefact that evidences it

Claims register linked to eval results; review-provenance checks; chatbot answer evals on product claims.

Patterns that build it

Source

Chapter 08, section Liability, copyright, consumer and sector law, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). UCPD Arts. 5–7 and Annex I: unfair and misleading commercial practices, incl. fake reviews (AIGE-OBL-UCPD-ART5-7). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-ucpd-art5-7. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{UCPD Arts. 5–7 and Annex I: unfair and misleading commercial practices, incl. fake reviews (AIGE-OBL-UCPD-ART5-7)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-ucpd-art5-7},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}