| General Overview | 6 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Introduction | 28 |
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| Contributors to the Project | 32 |
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| 1. General Co-ordinator of the Consumer Law Compendium Project | 32 |
| 2. Editors of the Comparative Analysis | 32 |
| 3. Co-Authors | 32 |
| 4. Language and Editing Work | 33 |
| 5. Database Team | 33 |
| 6. National correspondents contributing to the project | 34 |
| 7. Independent Evaluator appointed by the Commission | 36 |
| 8. Acquis Group | 36 |
| Part 1: Overview of the Member States’ Legislative Techniques | 37 |
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| A. Austria – Legislative techniques | 37 |
| B. Belgium – Legislative techniques | 40 |
| C. Cyprus – Legislative techniques | 44 |
| D. Czech Republic – Legislative techniques | 46 |
| E. Denmark – Legislative techniques | 48 |
| F. Estonia – Legislative techniques | 51 |
| G. Finland – Legislative techniques | 53 |
| H. France – Legislative techniques | 55 |
| I. Germany – Legislative techniques | 57 |
| J. Greece – Legislative techniques | 61 |
| K. Hungary – Legislative techniques | 64 |
| L. Ireland – Legislative techniques | 68 |
| M. Italy – Legislative techniques | 70 |
| N. Latvia – Legislative techniques | 73 |
| O. Lithuania – Legislative techniques | 75 |
| P. Luxembourg – Legislative techniques | 77 |
| Q. Malta – Legislative techniques | 79 |
| R. Netherlands – Legislative techniques | 82 |
| S. Poland – Legislative techniques | 85 |
| T. Portugal – Legislative techniques | 89 |
| U. Slovakia – Legislative techniques | 91 |
| V. Slovenia – Legislative techniques | 94 |
| W. Spain – Legislative techniques | 96 |
| X. Sweden – Legislative techniques | 100 |
| Y. United Kingdom – Legislative techniques | 103 |
| Part 2: Transposition of the individual Directives | 106 |
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| 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 Directives | 480 |
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| A. The notion of “consumer” | 480 |
| B. The notion of “business” | 492 |
| C. Right of withdrawal | 498 |
| D. Information duties | 509 |
| Part 4: Recommendations | 524 |
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| A. Creating common uniform definitions and basic rules for all consumer law directives | 524 |
| B. Re-structuring the consumer acquis through a horizontal consumer protection measure | 525 |
| C. Issues concerning individual directives | 527 |
| D. Full harmonisation and remaining scope for member states | 529 |
| E. Other matters to be considered | 530 |
| Annex A: Abbreviations | 532 |
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| Annex B: European Community Sources of Law | 536 |
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| A. Treaties and Convention | 536 |
| B. Regulations | 536 |
| C. Directives | 537 |
| D. European Court of Justice Judgements | 539 |
| Annex C: National Legislation | 542 |