Better Regulation in EU Contract Law: The Fitness Check and the New Deal for Consumers

Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
1. Impact Assessments in EU Contract Law
	I. Introduction
	II. The Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law
	III. The Suitability of Fitness Checks
	IV. Policy Options
	V. The Potential of Better Regulation for EU Contract Law
2. The REFIT Process in the Area of Consumer Protection:
Odds Stacked Against Consumers
	I. Introduction
	II. Consumer Protection is Only a By-product of the Better Regulation Agenda and the REFIT Process
	III. Better Regulation and REFIT Favour Businesses
	IV. REFIT Ex-ante and Ex-post Evaluation Methodology is Ill Equipped to Consider Consumer' Interests
	V. Distorted Data Quality, Consumer Representation and Framed Narrative – Case Study on the Right of Withdrawal in the New Deal Proposal
	VI. Conclusion
3. REFIT or Rethink – The Politics of EU Research – A Grand Misunderstanding?
	I. The Hypothesis
	II. Consumer Law
	III. Audiovisual Media Services Law
	IV. Conclusions
4. EU Financial Regulation, Contract Law and Sustainable
Consumer Finance
	I. Introduction
	II. The Gap between Financial Regulation and Contract Law
	III. Bridging the Gap between Financial Regulation and Contract Law
	IV. Concluding Remarks
5. The Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law and the Impact Assessment
for the New Deal for EU Consumers
	I. Introduction
	II. The Fitness Check: Publication, Conclusions and Follow-Up
	III. The Fitness Check: Framework and Limitations
	IV. The Impact Assessment Accompanying the New Deal
	V. Fitness Checks and Impact Assessments in EU Contract Law
6. The Court as a Jack-in-the-box – An Old Story in a New Context
	I. Introduction
	II. The Jack-in-the-box
	III. Consumer Law – The Legislative Acquis
	IV. Fitness Check
	V. The Need to take the Court Seriously
	VI. Conclusion
7. ‘Better’ Enforcement of EU Consumer Law: Exploring Responsive
Enforcement
	I. Introduction
	II. 'Better' Enforcement in the Commission's New Deal
	III. Responsive Enforcement
	IV. Recommendations for Responsive Enforcement
	V. An Integrated Approach
8. European Standardisation and the Unfair Contract Terms Directive
	I. Introduction
	II. A Short Introduction to European Standardisation
	III. European Standardisation in EU Law
	IV. European Standards and the Unfair Contract Terms Directive
	V. European Standardisation and the Fitness Check
	VI. Conclusion
9. Good Governance and the Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law
	I. Introduction
	II. Governance
	III. Good Governance
	IV. The Fitness Check: Good or Bad Governance?
	V. Conclusion
Index