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EU Digital Law
Article-by-Article Commentary- Editors:
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- Publisher:
- 2020
Summary
The rules on the EU's digital single market are a milestone in consumer protection. They have harmonised the provision of digital content and online sales across Europe.
The new commentary on "EU Digital Law" comments, article by article, on the most important European regulations on digital law in the EU:
the Digital Content Directive;
the EU Consumer Rights Directive;
the E-Commerce Directive;
the Portability Regulation.
The legal framework for digital content is being fundamentally redefined.
The authors are experts from all over the EU. Their contributions provide detailed explanations of the background and purpose of the provisions and show concrete ways of implementing them.
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- Copyright year
- 2020
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-8487-4978-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-8452-9188-8
- Publisher
- Nomos, Baden-Baden
- Series
- Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 596
- Product type
- Comment
Table of contents
ChapterPages
- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XX
- Reiner Schulze, Dirk Staudenmayer
- A. The new challenges for EU law No access
- 1. Digital Content Directive No access
- 2. Consumer Rights Directive No access
- 3. E-Commerce Directive No access
- 4. Portability Regulation No access
- II. Aim No access
- Reiner Schulze
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Purpose No access
- 1. General No access
- 2. Individual areas No access
- 3. Borderline to ‘unaffected’ areas of Member State law No access
- 4. ‘Gold plating’ by the Member States No access
- I. Type of transposition No access
- II. Conflicts between purpose and limited subject matter No access
- Juliette Sénéchal
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Digital content No access
- II. Digital service No access
- III. Goods with digital elements No access
- IV. Integration No access
- V. Trader No access
- VI. Consumer No access
- VII. Price No access
- VIII. Personal data No access
- 1. Digital environment No access
- 2. Functionality No access
- 3. ‘Compatibility’ and ‘interoperability’ No access
- X. Durable medium No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Dirk Staudenmayer
- A. FunctionThis commentary expresses only the personal opinions of the author and does not bind in any way the European Commission. No access
- I. The Digital Content Directive as a consumer contract law directive No access
- II. A step towards the adaptation of private law to the digital economy No access
- 1. Trader No access
- 2. Consumer No access
- 1. Included contracts No access
- 2. Object of the contract No access
- 1. Services No access
- 2. Electronic communication services No access
- 3. Healthcare No access
- 4. Gambling No access
- 5. Financial services No access
- 6. Free and open source software No access
- 7. Public performance No access
- 8. Public sector information No access
- 1. Regime of bundle contracts No access
- 2. Relationship with the European Electronic Communications Code No access
- 1. Delimitations in relation to other areas of EU law No access
- 2. Delimitations in relationship to national law No access
- Reiner Schulze
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Full harmonisation No access
- II. Aims No access
- III. Exceptions No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Reiner Schulze
- A. Function No access
- I. European contract law No access
- II. Comparative remarks No access
- 1. Requirements No access
- 2. Content No access
- 3. Legal consequences No access
- II. Due date of supply No access
- 1. Digital content No access
- 2. Digital services No access
- I. Relationship to existing provisions in the Member States No access
- II. Possible model function No access
- Dirk Staudenmayer
- A. FunctionThis commentary expresses only the personal opinions of the author and does not bind in any way the European Commission. No access
- 1. Consumer Sales Directive No access
- 2. CESL No access
- II. Full harmonisation No access
- 1. Subjective and objective conformity No access
- 2. The subjective approach under the Commission Proposal for a Digital Content Directive No access
- 3. The approach under the Digital Content Directive No access
- II. Consistency No access
- III. Relationship to Arts 9 and 10 No access
- Dirk Staudenmayer
- A. FunctionThis commentary expresses only the personal opinions of the author and does not bind in any way the European Commission. No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Requirement of a contract between the trader and the consumer No access
- 1. Agreed features No access
- 2. Agreed purpose No access
- 3. Agreed accessories and assistance No access
- 4. Agreed updates No access
- Dirk Staudenmayer
- A. FunctionThis commentary expresses only the personal opinions of the author and does not bind in any way the European Commission. No access
- B. Context No access
- 1. Fit for purpose No access
- 2. Performance features reasonably expected by the consumer No access
- 3. Accessories and instructions No access
- 4. Trial version No access
- 5. Reasonable consumer expectations No access
- 1. Conformity during continuous supply over a period of time No access
- 2. Most recent version No access
- 1. Update obligation No access
- 2. Failure to install No access
- 1. Purpose No access
- 2. Conditions No access
- Frank Rosenkranz
- A. Function No access
- I. Art. 9 and the acquis communautaire No access
- II. Art. 9 in the legislative process No access
- III. Art. 9 in the system of the Digital Content Directive No access
- I. Scope of application No access
- 1. Digital environment No access
- 2. Incorrect integration No access
- 3. Lack of conformity No access
- 4. Causation No access
- 5. By the trader or under the trader’s responsibility No access
- 6. Or by the consumer and due to shortcomings in the instructions No access
- 7. Relevant point in time No access
- III. Legal consequence No access
- IV. Burden of proof No access
- V. Mandatory nature No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Frank Rosenkranz
- A. Function No access
- I. Art. 10 and the acquis communautaire No access
- II. Art. 10 in the legislative process No access
- III. Art. 10 in the system of the Digital Content Directive No access
- I. Scope of application No access
- 1. Any right No access
- 2. Third party No access
- 3. Violation No access
- 4. Resulting restriction No access
- 5. Limitation of usability No access
- 6. Relevant point in time No access
- 7. No fault requirement No access
- 1. Reference to Art. 14 No access
- 2. Opening clause for nullity or rescission of the contract No access
- IV. Burden of proof No access
- V. Mandatory nature No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Fryderyk Zoll
- A. Function No access
- I. European private law No access
- II. Comparative remarks No access
- 1. Non-performance No access
- 2. Supply No access
- 3. Relationship to Art. 13 No access
- 1. Scope No access
- 2. Conformity No access
- 3. Time of supply No access
- 4. Liability period No access
- 5. Limitation period No access
- 1. Definition No access
- 2. Conformity No access
- 3. Time of supply No access
- 4. Limitation period No access
- I. Deterioration of digital content No access
- II. Third party rights No access
- III. Incorrect integration No access
- Fryderyk Zoll
- A. Function No access
- I. European private law No access
- II. Comparative remarks No access
- I. Failure to supply No access
- 1. Supply No access
- 2. Becomes apparent No access
- 3. Presumption No access
- III. Continuous supply No access
- 1. Incompatibility of the consumer’s digital environment No access
- 2. Duty to cooperate No access
- I. Scope of presumption No access
- II. Period of presumption No access
- III. Presumption in contracts for continuous supply No access
- Matthias Fervers
- A. Function No access
- I. Modifications in relation to the Commission’s Proposal No access
- II. Interaction with other consumer protection directives No access
- III. Application of private international law No access
- I. Consumer’s right to demand performance No access
- II. Scope No access
- 1. Failure to supply No access
- 2. Termination after request to the trader No access
- 3. Immediate termination No access
- 4. Exercise of the right of termination No access
- IV. Legal consequences of termination No access
- 1. Possible diversity of national provisions No access
- 2. Termination without declaration by the consumer No access
- 3. Impossibility in case of delayed supply No access
- 4. Legal consequences of impossibility No access
- II. Right to withhold performance No access
- III. Right to reject the supplied content or service No access
- IV. Differences between Art. 13 DCD and Art. 18 CRD No access
- 1. Liability for damages No access
- 2. Other remedies No access
- Beate Gsell
- A. Function No access
- I. Modifications in relation to the Commission’s Proposal No access
- 1. Consumer Rights Directive No access
- 2. Sale of Goods Directive No access
- 1. Lack of conformity No access
- 2. Time limits No access
- 1. Modalities No access
- 2. Limits No access
- 1. Special requirements for the second level remedies No access
- 2. Price reduction No access
- 3. Termination No access
- I. Scope of full harmonisation No access
- II. Frustrated expenditures No access
- III. Place of remedying the conformity No access
- IV. Liability for damage beyond the scope of the Directive No access
- V. Right to withhold performance beyond the scope of the Directive No access
- Christian Twigg-Flesner
- A. Function No access
- I. European contract law No access
- II. Comparative remarks No access
- I. Relationship with other provisions No access
- 1. Statement to trader expressing decision to terminate No access
- 2. Possible formal requirements for effective statement No access
- 3. Content of the statement No access
- 4. Effectiveness of statement No access
- 5. Withdrawal of consent to processing personal data No access
- 6. Operation of right to terminate No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Christian Twigg-Flesner
- A. Function No access
- I. European contract law No access
- II. Comparative remarks No access
- I. System No access
- II. Trader’s obligation to reimburse all sums paid under the contract No access
- 1. Consumer has paid a price. No access
- 2. Digital content or digital service supplied over a period of time No access
- 3. Lack of conformity for some of the period of supply only No access
- 4. Partial reimbursement where all criteria met No access
- IV. Trader’s obligations in respect of personal data No access
- 1. Content other than personal data No access
- 2. Obligation to refrain from using content No access
- 3. Exceptions to the obligation to refrain from using content No access
- 1. Purpose of this obligation No access
- 2. Content other than personal data within the scope of Art. 16(4) No access
- 3. Content to be made available on request No access
- 4. Timescale for making request No access
- 5. Content to be made available No access
- 6. Consumer’s entitlement to retrieve No access
- 7. Exceptions to obligation under Art. 16(4) No access
- VII. Trader’s right to prevent further use of digital content or digital service No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Christian Twigg-Flesner
- A. Function No access
- I. European contract law No access
- II. Comparative remarks No access
- I. Refrain from using digital content or digital service No access
- II. Refrain from making digital content or digital service available to third party No access
- 1. Duty arises after request by trader No access
- 2. Time limit for trader to make request No access
- 3. Return of the tangible medium by the consumer No access
- 4. Return at the trader’s expense No access
- 5. Consumer to return tangible medium without undue delay No access
- IV. Limitation of obligation to pay for use of digital content or digital service No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Christian Twigg-Flesner
- A. Function No access
- I. European contract law No access
- II. Comparative remarks No access
- I. System No access
- II. Reimbursement owed to consumer No access
- 1. Reimbursement without undue delay No access
- 2. Reimbursement no later than within 14 days No access
- 3. Return of tangible medium as precondition for reimbursement No access
- 1. Same method as used by the consumer for paying No access
- 2. Express agreement by the consumer to a different means of payment No access
- 1. Fees charged for using a particular means of payment No access
- 2. Trader must not charge fees for reimbursing consumer No access
- VI. No regulation of consequences of non-compliance No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Matthias Wendland
- A. Function No access
- I. Modifications in relation to the Commission’s Proposal No access
- II. Relationship to the Unfair Terms Directive No access
- III. Conformity No access
- 1. Requirements No access
- 2. Effect No access
- 1. Negative impact No access
- 2. Effects No access
- III. Application of Arts 15–18 No access
- 1. Requirements No access
- 2. Effect No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Damjan Možina
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Liability to consumer because of any failure to supply or lack of conformity No access
- II. Resulting from an act or omission No access
- III. Person or persons liable in the chain of commercial transaction No access
- IV. Modalities of redress No access
- V. Non-mandatory right of redress No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Damjan Možina
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- C. Explanation No access
- Damjan Možina
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Agreements on the notion of conformity No access
- II. Agreements on liability of the trader, burden of proof, remedies of the consumer and modifications of contract No access
- III. Agreements after the consumer has gained knowledge of the failure of supply or lack of conformity or of the modification No access
- IV. Agreements non-binding on the consumer No access
- Damjan Možina
- A. Function and context No access
- I. Amendment to the Consumer Protection Regulation No access
- II. Amendment to the Injunctions Directive No access
- Reiner Schulze
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Transposition No access
- II. Information obligations No access
- 1. Overview No access
- 2. General rule No access
- 3. Specific rule for Arts 19 and 20 No access
- Dirk Staudenmayer
- A. FunctionThis commentary expresses only the personal opinions of the author and does not bind in any way the European Commission. No access
- 1. General purpose of review clauses No access
- 2. Development of review clauses in European contract law directives No access
- II. Link with Art. 25 SGD No access
- 1. Review clause No access
- 2. Content No access
- 1. General framework No access
- 2. Common issues in both Directives as regards digital content, digital services and goods with digital elements No access
- D. Transposition issues No access
- Article 26 Entry into force No access Pages 346 - 346 Dirk Staudenmayer
- Article 27 Addressees No access Pages 346 - 347 Dirk Staudenmayer
- Evelyne Terryn, Joyce Vandenbulcke
- A. Function No access
- I. Link with other information requirements No access
- II. Sanctions No access
- 1. On-premises contracts No access
- 2. Sales and services No access
- 3. Day-to-day transactions No access
- 1. General requirements No access
- 2. Specific information to be provided No access
- III. Minimum harmonisation No access
- D. Reform/Criticism No access
- Evelyne Terryn, Joyce Vandenbulcke
- A. Function No access
- I. Distance Selling Directive No access
- II. Digital contracts No access
- III. Link with other information requirements No access
- IV. Sanctions No access
- 1. Distance contracts No access
- 2. Off-premises contracts No access
- 3. Sales and services No access
- 1. Requirements No access
- 2. Specific information to be provided No access
- 3. Pre-contractual information is part of the contract, unless otherwise agreed No access
- Evelyne Terryn, Joyce Vandenbulcke
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- 1. Distance contracts in general No access
- 2. Specific distance contracts No access
- II. Confirmation of the concluded contract No access
- III. Express request of the consumer and acknowledgement of the loss of the right of withdrawal No access
- IV. Interplay with E-Commerce Directive No access
- V. Full harmonisation No access
- D. Reform/Criticism No access
- Evelyne Terryn, Joyce Vandenbulcke
- A. Function No access
- I. Distance Selling Directive No access
- II. Sanctions No access
- C. Explanation No access
- Evelyne Terryn, Joyce Vandenbulcke
- A. Function and context No access
- I. Audio, video and software No access
- II. Online digital content No access
- III. (Digital) services No access
- Dominik Lubasz, Monika Namysłowska
- A. FunctionPart of the research leading to this commentary was supported by the National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) in Poland on the basis of Decision No. 2018/31/B/HS5/01169. No access
- I. Relation to other information requirements in EU law No access
- II. Level of harmonisation No access
- 1. Service provider No access
- 2. Recipient of a service No access
- 3. Competent authorities No access
- 1. Overview No access
- 2. Name of the service provider No access
- 3. Geographic address of the service provider No access
- 4. Details of the service provider No access
- 5. Trade register and registration number No access
- 6. Particulars of the relevant supervisory authority No access
- 7. Information regarding regulated professions No access
- 8. VAT identification number No access
- 9. Tax and delivery costs No access
- 1. Overview No access
- 2. Easy access to information No access
- 3. Direct access to information No access
- 4. Permanent access to information No access
- D. Criticism No access
- Dominik Lubasz, Monika Namysłowska
- A. FunctionPart of the research leading to this commentary was supported by the National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) in Poland on the basis of Decision No. 2018/31/B/HS5/01169. No access
- I. Regulatory context No access
- II. Level of harmonisation No access
- 1. Service provider No access
- 2. Recipient of the service No access
- 1. Overview No access
- 2. Commercial communication No access
- 3. Identifiability of commercial communication No access
- 4. Scope of information requirements No access
- D. Future development No access
- Dominik Lubasz, Monika Namysłowska
- A. FunctionPart of the research leading to this commentary was supported by the National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) in Poland on the basis of Decision No. 2018/31/B/HS5/01169. No access
- I. Regulatory context No access
- II. Level of harmonisation No access
- 1. Service provider No access
- 2. Recipient No access
- 1. Overview No access
- 2. Unsolicited commercial communication No access
- 3. Identification of unsolicited commercial communication No access
- 4. Opt-out registers No access
- D. Criticism No access
- Introduction to Arts 10–11 No access Pages 445 - 447 Esther Arroyo Amayuelas
- Esther Arroyo Amayuelas
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Conclusion of contract No access
- II. Filing and accessibility of the contract No access
- III. Technical means for identifying and correcting errors No access
- IV. Contract language No access
- V. Codes of conduct No access
- VI. Exclusions and derogations No access
- VII. Contract terms and general conditions No access
- VIII. Individual communications No access
- D. Criticism No access
- Esther Arroyo Amayuelas
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Acknowledgement of receipt of the order No access
- II. Receipt of the order and of the acknowledgment of receipt No access
- III. Technical means to correct input errors No access
- IV. Exclusions and derogations No access
- D. Criticism No access
- Esther Arroyo Amayuelas
- A. Internet intermediaries and their roles No access
- B. Harmonising exemptions from the liability of Internet intermediaries No access
- C. Policy considerations and current reforms No access
- Esther Arroyo Amayuelas
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- 1. Concept of ‘intermediaries of access’ No access
- 2. Free Wi-Fi connections No access
- 3. Business models No access
- 1. Manipulations of a technical nature No access
- 2. Automatic, intermediate and transient caching No access
- III. Knowledge of illegal activity No access
- IV. Injunctions No access
- D. Criticism No access
- Esther Arroyo Amayuelas
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. Transmission and automatic, intermediate and temporary copies No access
- II. Included and excluded caching services No access
- 1. Neutrality and no modification of the information No access
- 2. Conditions on access to the information No access
- 3. Updating the information No access
- 4. Non-interference No access
- 5. Removal or disabling access No access
- 6. Scope No access
- IV. Prohibitory injunctions No access
- D. Criticism No access
- Esther Arroyo Amayuelas
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- 1. Hosting in a broad sense No access
- 2. Technical, automatic and passive activity No access
- 1. Knowledge No access
- 2. Notice-and-take-down procedures No access
- 1. Acting under the relevant control or authority of the provider No access
- 2. Injunctions No access
- 3. Duty of care No access
- I. The need to adapt the norm to new scenarios No access
- II. Economic activities No access
- III. Active and passive providers No access
- Esther Arroyo Amayuelas
- A. Function No access
- B. Context No access
- I. General and specific obligation to monitor No access
- II. Scope of the injunction No access
- III. Communication and disclosure of information No access
- D. Criticism No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- 1. Historical background No access
- 2. Digital inadequacy No access
- 3. The concept No access
- 4. Copyright reform No access
- 5. Related initiatives No access
- 1. Protected works No access
- 2. Territorial nature No access
- 1. Audiovisual media No access
- 2. Telecommunications No access
- 3. Data protection No access
- 1. Content No access
- 2. Services No access
- 3. Licensing structure No access
- I. Portability Impact Assessment No access
- II. Conclusion No access
- I. Legal fiction No access
- II. Legal background No access
- III. Legal example No access
- I. Summary No access
- II. Commission’s position No access
- III. Council’s position No access
- IV. Parliament’s position No access
- E. Perception No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- A. Function No access
- I. Subject-matter No access
- II. Excluding the field of taxation No access
- III. Incorporation into the EEA Agreement No access
- IV. Applicability to non-European scenarios No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- A. Function No access
- 1. Meaning No access
- 2. Relevance No access
- 3. History No access
- 1. Meaning No access
- 2. Relevance No access
- 3. History No access
- 1. Meaning No access
- 2. Relevance No access
- 3. History No access
- 1. Meaning No access
- 2. Relevance No access
- 3. History No access
- 1. Meaning No access
- 2. Relevance No access
- 3. History No access
- 1. Meaning No access
- 2. Relevance No access
- 3. History No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- I. Goal No access
- 1. Addressee No access
- 2. Right, obligation or exception No access
- 3. Structure No access
- I. Relation to other provisions No access
- II. Relation to other laws No access
- III. History No access
- 1. Online content service providers No access
- 2. Providing services against payment of money No access
- 3. Subscriber No access
- 4. Temporarily present No access
- 5. Member State of residence No access
- 6. Enabling access and use of the online service No access
- 7. Same manner as in the Member State of residence No access
- II. No imposition of additional charges No access
- 1. Quality requirements applicable to the delivery No access
- 2. No affirmative actions to reduce the quality No access
- IV. Information obligation No access
- C. Enforcement No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- I. Goal No access
- II. Structure No access
- I. Relation to other provisions No access
- II. Relation to other laws No access
- III. History No access
- I. Provision of an online content service to a subscriber No access
- II. Access to an online content service by the subscriber No access
- III. Use of an online content service by the subscriber No access
- IV. Legal fiction No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- I. Goal No access
- II. Structure No access
- I. Relation to other provisions No access
- II. Relation to other laws No access
- III. History No access
- 1. Conclusion and renewal of subscription No access
- 2. Provision against payment of money No access
- 3. Means of verification No access
- 1. Reasonable doubts about the Member State of residence No access
- 2. In the course of the duration of the contract No access
- 3. Repetition of the verification No access
- 4. Sole means: IP address check No access
- 5. Collection in binary form only No access
- 1. Entitlement No access
- 2. Failure of verification No access
- 1. Rightholder’s discretion No access
- 2. Authorisation No access
- 3. Content of contract No access
- 4. Withdrawal of authorisation No access
- 5. Reasonable notice No access
- V. No contractual restrictions No access
- D. Enforcement No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- I. Goal No access
- II. Structure No access
- I. Relation to other provisions No access
- II. Relation to other laws No access
- III. History No access
- 1. Free-of-charge services No access
- 2. Option No access
- 3. Verification obligation No access
- 1. Inform subscribers and rightholders about the decision to enable portability No access
- 2. Timing No access
- 3. Adequate and proportional means No access
- III. Applicability of the entire Regulation No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- I. Goal No access
- II. Structure No access
- I. Relation to other provisions No access
- II. Relation to other laws No access
- III. History No access
- 1. Any contractual provision No access
- 2. Contrary to the Regulation No access
- 3. Unenforceable No access
- II. Irrespective of the law applicable No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- I. Goal No access
- II. Structure No access
- I. Relation to other provisions No access
- II. Relation to other laws No access
- III. History No access
- I. Compliance with data protection laws No access
- II. Use of collected data and third parties No access
- III. Art. 8(3): Destruction of data No access
- Nils Rauer, Lea Kaase
- I. Goal No access
- II. Structure No access
- I. Relation to other provisions No access
- II. Relation to other laws No access
- III. History No access
- I. Existing contracts and rights acquired No access
- II. Online content storage services against payment of money No access
- III. Online content storage services without payment of money No access
- Article 10 Review No access Pages 589 - 589
- Article 11 Final provisions No access Pages 589 - 596





