Review of the eight EU consumer acquis minimum harmonisation directives and their implementation in the UK and analysis of the scope for simplification

This report was compiled for the UK Department of Trade and Industry by Professor Robert Bradgate and Annette Nordhausen at the Institute of Commercial Law Studies at the University of Sheffield and Doctor Christian Twigg-Flesner of the Law School, the University of Hull. The first part of the report seeks to analyse eight existing consumer acquis minimum harmonisation directives and the domestic measures which implement them. These directives relate to: doorstep selling; package travel; unfair contract terms; timeshare; distance selling; unit prices; injunctions; sale of goods and associated guarantees. The second part of the report comprises a comparative review of the eiqht directives. The third and final part contains recommendations for simplification and rationalisation of the acquis based on the analysis undertaken in the first two parts. Document reference number: URN 05/1952.

United Kingdom: Department of Trade and Industry: Review of the eight EU consumer acquis minimum harmonisation directives and their implementation in the UK … (Executive summary) http://www.bis.gov.uk/files/file27199.pdf

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