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The CRD is an important instrument in B2B sales because it determines the minimum rights of a consumer vis-à-vis the seller. Its aim is...

Recital 10 of the Consumer Rights Directive states that Rome I has priority over the provisions that are stated in the CRD. Thus, the...

“Distance contracts” regulate the laws that bind the two parties who have concluded a contract which occurs not face to face but at a...

In order to ascertain whether there has occurred sale of goods between two businesses, the requirement of a valid contract of sale of...

The EU commission ensures that that consumer laws are harmonised at EU level through introducing various important EU legislative...

The development of trade practices over the past two decades has contributed to reduced prices of goods and their swifter supply in terms...

EU law imposes that persons travelling to a host Member State must have ‘sufficient resources or sickness cover’ so as to not become a...

Baumbast,[104] a key case on EU Citizenship, established that persons do not necessarily have to be economically active, that is, be a...

Citizens Directive retains the worker status and additionally all the rights of social assistance flowing thereunder to jobseekers...

Workers and self-employed persons Free movement of workers[72] within the Member States of the European Union has been long established,...

There is no statutory definition of residence in the Citizens rights 2004, but rather residence rights are dependent on the legal status...

WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCY UNDER EU LAW Sufficient resources criteria Persons who are self-sufficient are able to establish that they have...

Historical development of free movement rights The internal market was formed through the Single European Act coming into force, as laid...

‘Citizenship of the Union is intended to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States’.[1] Reconciling European Unions...

Economically inactive migrants under UK Law In the UK, the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 implemented the Citizens...

What is required for a Free Trade Agreement to enter into force and be applicable on trade relations between the EU and the UK? The...

Can a company based in the EU claim economic compensation corresponding to the wrongly increased tariffs? Usually, the country in breach...

EU courts There is no general direct effect to WTO obligations attributed by the EU courts, but there is a possible scope for indirect...

As a general rule, the GATT is built upon the principles non- discrimination in the form of National Treatment (NT) and Most Favoured...

One may suppose that there may be several differences that can be mentioned but what would make this easier if on could mention the...