Contracts in the EU

CU LINIATERMAL CHANGE + TERM6 DE UNILATERAL CHANGE + TERMS ALLOWED BUT MUST DISCLOSE COST INCREMENTS TO_JUSTIFY. HÄS EXIT RIGHT IF ABOVE INFLATION. CHANGE POSSIBLE, CANCELLATION RIGHT IF NEW PRICE UNPROPORTIONALLY HIGH. -MAX LONGTH CONTRACT NONE. CONTRACT AUTO - RENEWAL MAY LENGTA CONTIRACT 24 MONTHS AUTO - RENEWAL POSSIBLE ONLY WITH REASONABLE NOTICE PERIOD COTMNING AUTO - KENEWAL: AUTO-RENEWAL BY MAX. 1 YEAR NO REMINDER BY SUPPLIER NECESSARY NOTICE PERIOD CANNOT EXCEED 2 MONTH8. CN UNILATEIRAL CHANGE + TLKM6 CHANGE POSSIBLE. CANCELLATION RIGHT IF NEW PRICE UNPRÓPORTIONALLY HIGH. MAX LENGTA CONTRACT UNILATLIRAL CHANGE + TURMS NL AUTO KENEWAL AUTO RENEWAL POSSIBLE BUT IN PRACTICE HARDLY EVER USED: NOTICE PERIOD CANNOT EXCEED Í MONTH. EXCEPTION AMONG EU. EXIT RIGHT FOR CONSUMERS ONLY IF WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTUS 9 NIN MIDI CONINCTS CONUTMCTS MAX LONGTA CONTIRACT 12 MONTHS in Evropean jiriadiction AUTO - RENEWAL AUTO -RENEWAL ONLY FOR INDEF. PERIOD WITH 1 MONTHS NOTICE FR UNILATLIKAL, CHANGE + TERMS ANY CHANGES FORBIDDEN MORE PROTECTIVE THÂN EU REQUIREMENTS. ITELECOM CONTRACTS ALL MAX. 24 MONTHS DUE TO EU DIRECTIVE 2002/22 LEVEL OF FTOTECTION MAX LENGTA CONTRACT - LEAST CONSUMER PROTECTION The aim of the research is to compare a particular aspect of long term consumer contracts, which so far has found little attention in the literature, and which has also been left aside in the Draft Common Frame of Reference and other European projects. The area of law under discussion is what in English is often called automatically renewable contracts. The research highlights that there is a significant trade-off in countries where the supplier has to contact the consumer in order to renew the contract in that the supplier can unilaterally change the terms of the contract or may extend the contract for a longer period of time. -EN/CU/FR -EN NL -FR DE NO MAX. LENGTH. JEU/EN -DE -NL -DE -NL -FR -AUTO -KENEWAL AUTO RENEWAL FOR FIXED TERM: REMINDER NECESSARY, NO REMINDER =RIGHT TO CANCEL -MOST CONSUMER PROTECTION UNILATERAL CHANGE OF TERMS. AUTO RENEWAL MAX. LENGTH OF CONTRACT RESEARCH BI: TIMOTHY J. DODSWORTH CHRISTOPHER BISPING UNIVERSITY of WARWICK %3D