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Competent authority
Defined in 4 EU acts of the Consumer protection group: ADR Directive First MCD Own wording Payment Accounts Directive Own wording CPC Regulation Own wording
ADR Directive, Article 4(1)(i) First adopted 2013-05-21
any public authority designated by a Member State for the purposes of this Directive and established at national, regional or local levelMCD, Article 4(22) Own wording adopted 2014-02-04
any public an authority designated as competent by a Member State for the purposes of this Directive and established at national, regional or local level in accordance with Article 5
Compared with ADR Directive: struck words are only in ADR Directive, marked words only here.
Payment Accounts Directive, Article 2(27) Own wording adopted 2014-07-23
any public an authority designated as competent by a Member State for the purposes of this Directive and established at national, regional or local level in accordance with Article 21
Compared with ADR Directive: struck words are only in ADR Directive, marked words only here.
CPC Regulation, Article 3(6) Own wording adopted 2017-12-12
any public authority designated by a Member State for the purposes of this Directive and established either at national, regional or local level and designated by a Member State as responsible for enforcing the Union laws that protect consumers’ interests
Compared with ADR Directive: struck words are only in ADR Directive, marked words only here.