Briefing Paper on the proposed Consumer Rights Directive: Consumer rights concerning contract terms: Chapter V

The paper examines Chapter V (consumer rights concerning contract terms) of the proposed Directive on Consumer Rights. It considers what impact a fully harmonised general clause would have on the Member States’ substantive law. It also considers what such a general clause might look like. The paper focuses on the national law of the following Member States: Germany, France, UK, Poland, Denmark, Cyprus, Portugal, Romania.

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