New EU rules on business-to-consumer and platform-to-business relationships
| Published date | 01 August 2019 |
| Date | 01 August 2019 |
| Author | Caroline Cauffman |
| DOI | 10.1177/1023263X19865835 |
| Subject Matter | Editorial |
Editorial
New EU rules on business-to-
consumer and platform-to-
business relationships
Caroline Cauffman*
Abstract
Recently, two EU instruments relating to business-to-consumer (B2C) relationships have been
adopted: a new consumer sales directive and a directive on the supply of digital content. Three
further EU instruments are in the pipeline: the so-called Omnibus Directive and a directive on
collective redress together known as the ‘New Deal for Consumer’, and a Platform-to-Business
regulation (P2B). This editorial aims to give a brief overview and a prima facie evaluation of the
content of these instruments and to invite contributions offering a more in-depth analysis of the
new rules and their expected impact.
Keywords
EU consumer law, consumer sales, P2B, digital content, digital services, omnibus directive,
collective redress
1. Introduction
Recently, two EU instruments relating to business-to-consumer (B2C) relationships have been
adopted: a new consumer sales directive
1
and a directive on the supply of digital content.
2
Three
* Associate Professor, Private Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Corresponding author:
Caroline Cauffman, Maastricht University Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, Bouillonstraat 1-3, Maastricht, 6200,
Netherlands.
E-mail: caroline.cauffman@maastrichtuniversity.nl
1. Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning
contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services, OJ L 136, 22 May 2019, p. 1 (hereinafter: Digital Content
Directive).
2. Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning
contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services, OJ L 136, 22.5.2019, p. 1 (hereinafter: New Consumer
Sales Directive).
Maastricht Journal of European and
Comparative Law
2019, Vol. 26(4) 469–479
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