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disclosure requirements

Radio and Television Complaints Authority

stock exchange publicity requirements

regulation on advertising

Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television [ ICA ]

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27. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely, and use all its powers to guarantee, the correct implementation and application of key provisions of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive as regards modernised rules for combating unfair commercial practices, including online, in particular the potential abuse of market power in areas such as behavioural advertising, personalised pricing policies and internet search services; welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Protecting businesses against misleading marketing practices and ensuring effective enforcement: Review of Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparati ...[+++]ve advertising’ (COM(2012)0702 );

5. Recalls that the scope of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive is limited to business-to-consumer relations while the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive deals with business-to-business relations; underlines that certain entities do not fall within the scope either of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive or of the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive, such as NGOs or interest groups; therefore calls on the Commission to conduct a separate analysis of the impact of misleading advertising practices targeting those categories apparently not covered by either Directive; calls on the Member States to improve coordination between themselves and to provide adequate solutions for those categories ...[+++]that have been subjected to intra-EU cross-border misleading advertising practices;

12. Stresses that auditing of accounts and disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies are vital to the sound functioning of the internal market, and that new technologies such as electronic reporting formats (e.g. XBRL) should make it possible to meet disclosure requirements economically, efficiently and swiftly; welcomes, with a view to the simplification of the First and Eleventh Company Law Directives, the aim of reducing disclosure requirements; underlines, however, that, as with other simplification measures, disclosure requirements should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by means of concrete, individual simplificati ...[+++]on measures based on thorough impact assessments; suggests that exemptions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro entities should focus on reducing administrative burdens and costs, but should not jeopardise justifiable information needs or access to finance opportunities; encourages sharing of best practices on the simplification and implementation of Community rules;

12. Stresses that auditing of accounts and disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies are vital to the sound functioning of the internal market, and that new technologies such as electronic reporting formats (e.g. XBRL) should make it possible to meet disclosure requirements economically, efficiently and swiftly; welcomes, with a view to the simplification of the First and Eleventh Company Law Directives, the aim of reducing disclosure requirements; however, underlines that, as with other simplification measures, disclosure requirements should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by means of concrete, individual simplificatio ...[+++]n measures based on thorough impact assessments; suggests that exemptions for SMEs and micro-entities should focus on reducing administrative burdens and costs, but should not jeopardise justifiable information needs;