THE PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW
PRINCIPES DU DROIT EUROPEEN DES CONTRATS

BEGINSELEN VAN EUROPEES OVEREENKOMSTENRECHT

By the Commission on european contract law.
See the CECL-website for more information
See also Storme's Legal Page including page on European Law

I-II. Complete version of Part I and II - November 1998 - Version complète 1ière et 2ième partie - novembre 1998.

This second version of Part I and first of Part II, appeared in October 1999 and was presented to the public on a conference in Utrecht in December 1999. The book is published by Kluwer Law International. The text without comments is presented on this website :

- LATEST VERSION (ENGLISH) 1999 .

- DERNIERE VERSION (FRANCAISE) 1999.

- NEDERLANDSE VERSIE

- DEUTSCHE FASSUNG

- ITALIAN VERSION

- MAGYAR / HUNGARIAN VERSION

- SPANISH VERSION

To distinguish the first and the second version, old numbers are indicated by single dots (e.g. art. 1.101), new numbers by double dots (art. 1:101).

Another presentation in English can be found at UIO (lexmercatoria-net) and at the CECL-website in Copenhagen

 

III. Part III - Additional Chapters 2002

This is Part III, finalised in 2001-2002, containing additional chapters to the 1999 version of PECL. It was published with full text and comments in february 2003. A full French version has equally been published. The text without comments is presented on this website :

- ENGLISH VERSION

- FRENCH VERSION

- DEUTSCHE FASSUNG

- NEDERLANDSE VERSIE

© Commission on european contract law, København

 

IV. Further parts are developed by the Study group on a European Civil Code, starting from 2000 on.


V. Literature about the PECL

See http://www.cbs.dk/departments/law/staff/ol/commission_on_ecl/literature.htm

Adde :

- K. RIEDL, The Work of the Lando-Commission from an Alternative Viewpoint

- T. HANSON, Comparative law in action: the Jersey law of contract

- M.E. STORME "Schuldnerpflichten, Vertragsstörung und Verantwortung (PECL, PICC, Wiener Kaufrecht, Gandolfi-Code, BGB-Entwurf)", Kongres "Wandlungen des Schuldrechts in Europa", Freiburg i.B. 11 september 2001, in P. Schlechtriem (Hrsg.), Wandlungen des Schuldrechts, Schriften der Ernst von Caemmerer-Gedâchtnisstiftung Nr. 5, Nomos Baden-Baden 2002, p. 11-35.

- M.E. STORME, "Good faith and contents of contracts in European private law", lecture at the Conference
II INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS "BASES OF A EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW", Lleida 9 mei 2002, also at http://www.storme.be/goodfaithlleida.pdf, ter perse in Bases of European Contract Law, 2003, p. ....; ook in Electronic Journal of Comparative law (EJCL) vol. 6 (2003) No. 1.

- M.E. STORME, "Information requirements and remedies in the principles of European Contract Law", lezing congres "Information requiremnst and remedies in European contract law", Europäische Rechtsakademie Trier januari 2003, ter perse.

- M.E. STORME, "De totstandkoming van overeenkomsten (inbegrepen vertegenwoordiging) in de beginselen van europees overeenkomstenrecht en het Belgische recht", in Liber amicorum Jacques Herbots, Kluwer Antwerpen 2002, p. 423-441.

- M.E. STORME, - "Applications possibles et caractéres généraux des projets de droit uniforme des contrats", Revue de Droit International et Droit Comparé, 1995, 309-324

see also a comparison between PECL and CISG, with comments at http://joe.law.pace.edu/cisg/text/cisg-toc.html


For more information write to Matthias E. STORME, Zuidbroek 49, B-9030 GENT (BELGIUM), e-mail matthias@storme.be

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