The condition for approving such aid should be that the eligible forest areas and infrastructures are accessible for recreational purposes to all users without payment and that the information materials contain only generic information on forests to the exclusion of all advertising or promotion of products or producers;

As regards financial services, lack of information in advertising on the annual rate and the cost of credit, offers of misleading bargains for credit contracts with a low interest rate, and lack of proper information on the legal obligations related to the signing of contracts were amongst the practices reported.[113] In relation to immovable property, examples of practices encountered were: misdescription of property characteristics, lack of transparency in relation to the cost of the property and respective taxes, bait advertising, aggressive practices by real estate agents such as intimidating consumers into signing an exclusive contr ...[+++]act with an agent when attempting to sell their properties.

Such practices include the use of tobacco brand names on non-tobacco products or services (brand-stretching) and/or clothes (merchandising), the use of promotional items (such as ordinary objects like ashtrays, lighters, parasols and other similar objects) and of tobacco samples, the use and communication of sales promotion (such as a discount, a free gift, a premium or an opportunity to participate in a promotional contest or game), the use of billboards, posters and other indoor or outdoor advertising techniques (such as advertising on tobacco vending machines), the use of tobacco advertising in cinemas, as well as any other forms of a ...[+++]dvertising, sponsorship or practices directly or indirectly addressed to promote tobacco products.

They are already subject to some harmonisation at Community level: misleading advertising has been banned, comparative advertising has been regulated and strict conditions have been set for TV advertising in the Television without Frontiers Directive.

(3) Article 46(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that the managing authority is responsible for ensuring publicity about an assistance package and in particular for informing potential final beneficiaries, trade and professional bodies, the economic and social partners, bodies promoting equality between men and women and non-governmental organisations about the opportunities afforded by the assistance and for informing the general public about the role played by the Community in the assistance concerned and its results.

However, some discrepancies remain in the fields of definitions, jurisdiction, advertising, the promotion of European works, the protection of minors, major events, the right of reply and judicial review.