# Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access, Article 4: Infringing activities

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States shall prohibit on their territory all of the following activities:
(a) the manufacture, import, distribution, sale, rental or possession for commercial purposes of illicit devices;
(b) the installation, maintenance or replacement for commercial purposes of an illicit device;
(c) the use of commercial communications to promote illicit devices.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/84/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-84/article-4
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