# Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amending Council Directive 90/619/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC, Article 12: Imperative nature of this Directive's provisions

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

1. Consumers may not waive the rights conferred on them by this Directive.
2. Member States shall take the measures needed to ensure that the consumer does not lose the protection granted by this Directive by virtue of the choice of the law of a non-member country as the law applicable to the contract, if this contract has a close link with the territory of one or more Member States.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/65/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-65/article-12
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