EU CONTRACT LAW NETWORK
August 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is pushing ahead with its plans to harmonise European Union (EU) contract law, inviting legal practices to join a special policy-making network. This CFR-Net (common frame of reference) group will also incorporate consumer organisations and business groups. It will be tasked with creating the 'reference', namely "common principles, definitions and model rules improve existing and future EU legal rules on contract law". The Commission wants solicitors barristers, judges and notaries to join the group, developing preparatory ...
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