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MISLEADING ORDINARY SELLING PRICE REPRESENTATIONS [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restrictive Practices (Law)
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The false or misleading ordinary selling price provisions of the Competition Act are designed to ensure that when products are promoted at sale prices, consumers are not misled by reference to inflated regular prices.

OBS

Misleading ordinary selling price representations : term usually used in the plural in this context.

Key term(s)
  • misleading ordinary selling price representation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pratiques restrictives (Droit)
  • Vente
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Les dispositions de la Loi sur la concurrence relatives aux indications fausses ou trompeuses sur le prix de vente habituel visent à faire en sorte qu'on ne trompe pas les consommateurs en annonçant un prix réduit par rapport à un prix habituel gonflé.

OBS

Indications trompeuses sur le prix de vente habituel : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • indication trompeuse sur le prix de vente habituel

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
CONT

Section 74. 01(2) – Market price and 74. 01(3) – Supplier's own of the Competition Act essentially prohibit retailers from making false or misleading representations to the public as to the ordinary selling price(OSP) of a product.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
CONT

Article 74.01(2) – prix du marché and 74.01(3) – prix du fournisseur de la Loi sur la concurrence interdisent aux détaillants de faire au public des représentations fausses ou trompeuses quant au prix de vente habituel (PVH) d'un produit.

Spanish

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