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On February 9, 2021, the Italian Advertising Self-Regulatory Body ("IAP") published a new regulation (the "Regulation") aimed at governing commercial communications on food products and beverages to protect children and ensure healthy eating.

The Regulation broadens the rules already provided by Article 11 of the Self-Regulatory Code on Commercial Communications (the "IAP Code"), which prescribes that special consideration shall be given to messages aimed at minors below the age of 12 and teenagers. Among other things, Article 11 of the IAP Code already forbade commercial communications that encourage "the adoption of imbalanced eating habits or disregard for the need to follow a healthy lifestyle." Article 11 of the IAP Code has now been amended so that that food product and beverage advertising aimed at children is also subject to the content of the Regulation, which is expressly referenced as being part of the IAP Code.

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