European Union Litigation

This section provides an overview of cases in front of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning contract law. The present issue covers the period between the beginning of September 2013 and the end of December 2013

European Union Litigation

This section provides an overview of cases in front of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning contract law. The present issue covers the period between the beginning of July 2014 and the end of December 2014

European Union Litigation

: This section provides an overview of cases in front of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning contract law. The present issue covers the period between the beginning of January 2015 and the end of June 2015

Private parties and the annulment procedure: Can the gap in the European system of judicial protection be closed?

The restrictions imposed on the possibility for an individual to challenge European law measures and the restrictive interpretation of the notion of ‘individual concern’ given by the European Court of Justice have been highly criticised by legal scholars and members of the European judiciary as being against the principle of effective judicial protection. This paper shows how the restrictive interpretation of the notion of ‘individual concern’ developed in the case law of the European Court of Justice. Furthermore, the paper discusses possible improvements to the current system of judicial protection, such as the possibility to introduce a fundamental rights complaint procedure and the obligation of Member States to provide for effective judicial remedies before national courts. Finally, the impact of the modifications made by the Lisbon Treaty to the annulment procedure is assessed

European Union Litigation

This article provides an overview of cases decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning contract law. The present issue covers the period between the beginning of February and the end of June 2019

Overview of cases before the CJEU on European Consumer Contract Law (2008–2013) – Part II

During the last five years the CJEU had to decide on more than 50 preliminary references in the area of consumer contract law. As a consequence there are far more than 100 decisions available which represent the increasingly concrete basis for a European contract law. Particularly striking is the rising number of questions referred to the CJEU by the new Member States. With regard to quantity, two fields stand out: legal conflicts about financial services of all kinds and about passenger rights. Since the CJEU has developed independent dogmatics for some areas of contract law, it might be necessary to rethink legal categories on the national level.Durant les cinq dernières années, la CJUE a dû répondre à plus de 50 questions préjudicielles dans le domaine du droit des contrats de consommation. En conséquence, il y a bien plus de 100 décisions disponibles qui représentent une base concrète croissante pour un droit européen des contrats. L’accroissement du nombre de questions adressées à la CJUE par les nouveaux Etats membres est particulièrement frappant. Quantitativement, deux domaines se distinguent : les conflits juridiques relatifs aux services financiers de toutes sortes et ceux relatifs auxprétations propres dans quelques domaines du droit des contrats, il pourrait être nécessaire de repenser les catégories juridiques au niveau national.In den letzten fünf Jahren hatte der EuGH mehr als 50 Vorlageverfahren zu entscheiden. Per dato liegen damit weit mehr als 100 Entscheidungen vor, die in immer dichterer Form die Grundlagen für ein europäisches Vertragsrecht konkretisieren. Auffällig ist die steigende Zahl von Vorlagen aus den neuen Mitgliedstaaten. In der Sache dominieren in quantitativer Hinsicht zwei Bereiche: rechtliche Auseinandersetzungen um Finanzdienstleistungen jedweder Art und das Passagier- bzw. Reiserecht. Für Teilbereiche des Vertragsrechts entwickelt der EuGH eine eigenständige Dogmatik, die ein Überdenken nationaler rechtlicher Kategorien notwendig macht

European Union Litigation

This article provides an overview of cases decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerning contract law. The present issue covers the period between mid-January 2018 and mid-July 2018