Review of the European Consumer Acquis

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1 Review of the European Consumer Acquis Bearbeitet von Marco Loos 1. Auflage Taschenbuch. VI, 97 S. Paperback ISBN Format (B x L): 14,1 x 22,4 cm Gewicht: 168 g Recht > Zivilrecht > Internationales Privatrecht > Europäisches Privatrecht Zu Leseprobe schnell und portofrei erhältlich bei Die Online-Fachbuchhandlung beck-shop.de ist spezialisiert auf Fachbücher, insbesondere Recht, Steuern und Wirtschaft. Im Sortiment finden Sie alle Medien (Bücher, Zeitschriften, CDs, ebooks, etc.) aller Verlage. Ergänzt wird das Programm durch Services wie Neuerscheinungsdienst oder Zusammenstellungen von Büchern zu Sonderpreisen. Der Shop führt mehr als 8 Millionen Produkte.

2 GPR Praxis Schriften zum Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht

3 Die Schriften zum Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht werden herausgegeben von Professor Dr. Martin Schmidt-Kessel, Osnabrück Professor Dr. Christian Baldus, Heidelberg Privatdozent Dr. Martin Gebauer, Heidelberg u. Fankfurt / Oder Professor Dr. Brigitta Jud, Wien Professor Dr. Peter Jung, Basel Richter am OLG Dr. Jan Maifeld, Düsseldorf Rechtsanwalt Dr. Eike Najork, LL.M., Köln Notar Dr. Robert Schumacher, LL.M., Aachen

4 Review of the European Consumer Acquis Marco B.M. Loos

5 Marco Loos is professor of Private Law, in particular European consumer law, at the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law of the Amsterdams Institute for Private law of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at by sellier. european law publishers GmbH, Munich. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. Design: Sandra Sellier, Munich. Production: Karina Hack, Munich. Printing and binding: AZ Druck und Datentechnik GmbH. Printed on acid-free, non-ageing paper. Printed in Germany.

6 Table of Contents Introduction 1 1. The Common Frame of Reference (CFR) and the revision of the consumer acquis 6 3. The reactions to the Green paper Review of the consumer acquis 3.1 Horizontal instrument on the basis of full harmonisation? Uniforming terminology: the notion of consumer The principle of good faith Right of withdrawal Towards a general regulation for contractual remedies? Enforcement of consumer law and collective action Information obligations The responses pertaining to the revision of the consumer sales directive 4.1 Duration of the legal guarantee Notification of a non-conformity Reversal of the burden of proof of the non-conformity Hierarchy of remedies in case of non-conformity Specific rules for second-hand goods and auctions Delivery and passing of risk Direct liability of producers The commercial guarantee Extension of the scope of the consumer sales directive to other types of contracts The responses pertaining to the revision of the unfair contract terms directive Revision of the distance selling directive Particular exceptions to the scope of the directive or to the right of withdrawal Information duties Minimum harmonisation 49

7 VI Table of Contents 7. Revision of the price indication directive Revision of the doorstep selling directive Revision of the timeshare directive 9.1 Scope and definitions Information duties and right of withdrawal Advance payments Revision of the package travel directive 10.1 Scope of the directive Information obligations and liability of tour organisers and retailers Price variations Cancellation of the contract by the consumer and right to compensation Package travel contracts in the draft-cfr? Concluding remarks 76 Articles referred to in the text 83