The Consumer Rights Directive and the CFR : Two worlds apart?

The European Commission, on 8 October 2008, presented a Proposal for a Directive on consumer rights (COM (2008)614 final). The content of this proposal could overlap with some provisions of the Draft Common Frame of Reference. This Briefing Note compares the contents of both projects in order to assess possible overlapping and how these two projects could be effectively coordinated in order to avoid fragmentation in European contract law.

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