The Future Optional Instrument on European Contract Law: A Brief Introduction to Issues Related to Formation, Interpretation, Content and Effects

Abstract:     
In 2010, Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission, promoted a new strategy in the field of contract law that ended in late 2011 with the approval of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Common European Sales Law. This paper briefly analyzes the background and the scope of the European Regulation as well as the rules listed in its Annex I governing formation, interpretation, content and effects of contracts.

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Number of Pages in PDF File: 27

Keywords: proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the council on a common European sales law

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