3 Amendments of Hans-Peter MAYER related to 2011/2013(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the negotiations on the consumer protections’ rights directive1 illustrated just how difficult it is to harmonise contract law without undermining the common commitment to a high level of consumer protection in Europe and what limits this imposes on the process,
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that individual components of consumer contract law are already spread across various sets of European rules, so that it would make sense to consolidate them into a European Contract Law; stresses that, in the field of insurance contract law, preliminary work has already been performed with the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL), which should be integrated into a body of European contract law and should be revised and pursued further; points out, further, that these existing sets of rules illustrate the need for a clearly structured, uniform body of law which consumers can readily identify;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that the regulatory focus of a European Contract Law should be the principles underpinning contracts: in the case of consumer contracts, the focus should be on the law governing sales and, where appropriate, service and works contracts and on insurance contract law, and the general provisions should contain rules on the definition of a contract, pre- contractual obligations, the procedures for concluding contracts, representation, grounds of nullity, the interpretation of contracts, the performance of contracts, rights and obligations, in particular warranty rights, under a contract, the right of withdrawal, termination, statutory limitation, etc.;