European Union Committee - Twelfth Report
European Contract Law: the Draft Common Frame of Reference

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 19 May 2009.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: History of the Common Frame of Reference

Chapter 3: The Draft CFR

Box: Table of contents

Some differences compared with the Common Law and other national laws

Specific examples of areas of difference

The concept of contract

Pre-contract negotiations

Mistake as a ground for setting aside a contract

More fundamental areas of concern

Party autonomy and contractual certainty

Chapter 4: Purpose of a CFR

Possible uses of a CFR

Harmonised EU law

An optional instrument

Standard terms and conditions

A toolbox

Inter-institutional agreement

Does the draft CFR provide a suitable basis for a toolbox?

Chapter 5: Process

The source of demand for a CFR

Impact assessment

Consultation

A European law commission?

Next steps

Appendix 1: Sub-Committee E (Law and Institutions)

Appendix 2: List of Witnesses

Appendix 3: Reports

Oral Evidence

Oral evidence, 26 November 2008

Oral evidence, 17 December 2008

Oral evidence, 25 March 2009

NOTE: References in the text of the Report are as follows:

(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence

(p) refers to a page of the Report or Appendices, or to a page of evidence

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