: Hans Schulte-Nölke, Christian Twigg-Flesner, Martin Ebers
: Hans Schulte-Nölke, Christian Twigg-Flesner, Martin Ebers (Eds.)
: EC Consumer Law Compendium The Consumer Acquis and its transposition in the Member States
: sellier.european law publishers
: 9783866537248
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: Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht
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< >The EC Consumer Law Compendium presents the results of a wide-ranging study prepared for the European Commisison. This Compendium provides the reader with the necessary information for conducting pan-European cross-border consumer transactions.

For the first time, the transposition of 8 key consumer directives (including those on sales, unfair terms, distance and doorstep selling as well as package travel and timeshare) into the national laws of all Member States is analyzed. The findings of this study reveal the substantial differences between the various national implementing measures as a result of utilising minimum harmonisation clauses and regulatory options.

General Overview6
Contents8
Introduction28
Contributors to the Project32
1. General Co-ordinator of the Consumer Law Compendium Project32
2. Editors of the Comparative Analysis32
3. Co-Authors32
4. Language and Editing Work33
5. Database Team33
6. National correspondents contributing to the project34
7. Independent Evaluator appointed by the Commission36
8. Acquis Group36
Part 1: Overview of the Member States’ Legislative Techniques37
A. Austria – Legislative techniques37
B. Belgium – Legislative techniques40
C. Cyprus – Legislative techniques44
D. Czech Republic – Legislative techniques46
E. Denmark – Legislative techniques48
F. Estonia – Legislative techniques51
G. Finland – Legislative techniques53
H. France – Legislative techniques55
I. Germany – Legislative techniques57
J. Greece – Legislative techniques61
K. Hungary – Legislative techniques64
L. Ireland – Legislative techniques68
M. Italy – Legislative techniques70
N. Latvia – Legislative techniques73
O. Lithuania – Legislative techniques75
P. Luxembourg – Legislative techniques77
Q. Malta – Legislative techniques79
R. Netherlands – Legislative techniques82
S. Poland – Legislative techniques85
T. Portugal – Legislative techniques89
U. Slovakia – Legislative techniques91
V. Slovenia – Legislative techniques94
W. Spain – Legislative techniques96
X. Sweden – Legislative techniques100
Y. United Kingdom – Legislative techniques103
Part 2: Transposition of the individual Directives106
A. Doorstep Selling Directive (85/577)106
B. Package Travel Directive (90/314)135
C. Unfair Contract Terms Directive (93/13)224
D. Timeshare Directive (94/47)289
E. Distance Selling Directive (97/7)334
F. Price Indication Directive (98/6)391
G. Injunctions Directive (98/27)410
H. Consumer Sales Directive (99/44)434
Part 3: Common structures in the Directives480
A. The notion of “consumer”480
B. The notion of “business”492
C. Right of withdrawal498
D. Information duties509
Part 4: Recommendations524
A. Creating common uniform definitions and basic rules for all consumer law directives524
B. Re-structuring the consumer acquis through a horizontal consumer protection measure525
C. Issues concerning individual directives527
D. Full harmonisation and remaining scope for member states529
E. Other matters to be considered530
Annex A: Abbreviations532
Annex B: European Community Sources of Law536
A. Treaties and Convention536
B. Regulations536
C. Directives537
D. European Court of Justice Judgements539
Annex C: National Legislation542