The Maastricht Collection comprises a broad selection of legal instruments and provisions that have proven to be particularly relevant and useful to students and practitioners of international, European, and comparative law. The compilation is based on the long-standing expertise in teaching and researching European, international, and comparative national law at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law. It includes codes and statutory legislation from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, international treaties and instruments of international organisations, as well as the Treaties and selected secondary legal instruments of the European Union. The provisions contained in The Maastricht Collection are reproduced in the original English or in the authentic English version, where applicable, or they are freshly translated under critical editorship. Many existing translations of written law, including officious translations available on government websites, are significantly out of date and not sufficiently faithful to the original. They often seek to turn old-fashioned or ambiguous original texts into modern and elegant English. Or, instead of translating, they seek to explain how certain terms or formulations are interpreted in practice. The translations contained in The Maastricht Collection remain true to the content, style, and syntax of the original as far as possible, allowing the reader to appreciate not only the substance but also the authentic form of legal sources. Next to a comprehensive update and revision of all the instruments contained in The Maastricht Collection, this sixth edition also contains a number of useful additions, such as legislation relating to Brexit and statutory legislation on criminal procedure. With these updates and additions, The Maastricht Collection now presents itself as an even more comprehensive resource for students of European, international, and comparative law.
The sixth edition is divided into four reader-friendly volumes:
Vol. I – International and European Law
Vol. II – Comparative Public Law
Vol. III – International and European Private Law
Vol. IV – Comparative Private Law
The four volumes of The Maastricht Collection are available both separately and as a complete set.
Sascha Hardt is Assistant Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at Maastricht University. Nicole Kornet is Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law at Maastricht University and programme coordinator of the European Law School.
Preface to the sixth edition
Contents
Volume III: International and European Private Law
PART I International Business Law
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980)
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)
International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading (“Hague-Visby Rules”)
United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
PART II Private International Law
Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 [Brussels I; recast]
Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 [Brussels II Bis]
Regulation (EC) 593/2008 [Rome I]
Regulation (EC) 864/2007 [Rome II]
Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 [Rome III]
Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 [Maintenance Regulation]
Hague Maintenance Protocol
Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 (Succession)
Hague Convention (1980)
Hague Convention (1996)
Hague Convention (2005)
PART III European Company Law
Council Directive 2001/86/EC (Involvement of Employees)
Directive 2004/25/EC (Takeover Bids)
Directive 2007/36/EC (Certain Rights of Shareholders)
Directive 2009/102/EC (“Twelfth Company Law Directive”)
Directive 2013/34/EU (Consolidated Financial Statements)
Directive 2014/95/EU (Disclosure of Non-Financial Information)
Directive (EU) 2017/828 (Long-Term Shareholder Engagement)
Directive (EU) 2017/1132 (Company Law; Codification)
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85 (European Economic Interest Grouping; EEIG)
Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 (Statute for a European Company)
Proposal for a Regulation on a European Private Company
Proposal for a Directive on Single-Member Private Limited Liability Companies
PART IV European Private Law
Council Directive 85/374/EEC (Product Liability)
Council Directive 86/653/EEC (Commercial Agency)
Council Directive 87/102/EEC (Consumer Credit)
Council Directive 93/7/EEC (Cultural Objects)
Council Directive 93/13/EEC (Unfair Terms)
Directive 1999/44/EC (Consumer Sales and Associated Guarantees)
Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce’)
Directive 2011/7/EU (Combating Late Payment; recast)
Directive 2002/47/EC (Financial Collateral Arrangements)
Directive 2009/44/EC (Financial Collateral Arrangements; amendments)
Directive 2005/29/EC (Unfair Commercial Practices)
Directive 2008/122/EC (Timeshare)
Directive 2011/83/EU (Consumer Rights)
Directive 2015/2302 (Package Travel)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 (Insolvency Proceedings)
Directive 2014/17/EU (Consumers Mortgage Credit Agreements)
The Principles of European Contract Law [PECL]
The Principles of European Tort Law [PETL]
PART V European Civil Procedure Council Regulation (EC) N0 1206/2001 (Taking Evidence)
Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 (European Enforcement Order)
Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 (European Order for Payment Procedure)
Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 (European Small Claims Procedure)
Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 (Service of Documents)
Directive 2008/52/EC (Mediation)
PART VI Tax Law
Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164 (Tax Avoidance)
OECD Model Convention