A Cross-Border-Only Regulation for Consumer Transactions in the EU A Fresh Approach to EU Consumer Law /

• Main Author: Twigg-Flesner, Christian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Business ; 9
• Subjects: European Economic Community literature.; Economic policy.; Law and economics.; Economics.; Law and Economics.; European Integration.; Economic Policy.

For almost three decades, the European Union (EU) has adopted measures to regulate consumer transactions within the internal market created by the EU Treaties.  Existing legislation is largely based on directives harmonizing aspects of national consumer laws.  This Brief argues that a more appropria...

Table of Contents:

• The present approach and its problems.-The case for a cross-border-only regulation.-Scope defining “cross-border”.-An EU consumer transactions regulation.- substantive issues
• private international law issues
• The debate about an “optional instrument” and the EUCTR .