The MARQUES Unfair Competition Team has updated its chart on self-regulatory organisations to include a section on France.

The new section is authored by Alexandra Di Maggio of Novagraaf France, who is Chair of the Team. The project is led by Philippe Probst Fuhrer of Marbach & Partners in Switzerland.

The chart now covers Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.

Its purpose is to provide corporate lawyers and attorneys with a practical, user-friendly overview of self-regulatory organisations for advertising and unfair competition matters.

With increasing digitalisation and globalisation of advertising and other business activities, it is increasingly important for businesses to familiarise themselves with self-regulation of advertising and other matters.

The chart covers advertising and unfair competition matters, but not consumer protection matters or industry-specific organisations.

The five questions for each jurisdiction encompass: existence and identity of self-regulatory organisations; matters handled; rules, eligible parties and fees; procedure; and penalties and enforceability.

The chart can be downloaded on the Team’s page on the MARQUES website (MARQUES log-in required).