ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the acquis communautaire on contract law.1
Rather than discussing all the features of each measure in turn, a broad distinction has been made between different aspects of contract: the pre-contractual phase; contract formation and validity; the substance of the contract; performance; and remedies.2 In respect of each of these, it is possible to identify relevant EU law, although it will soon become clear that the current pattern of Europeanisation of contract law can be characterised as rather patchy.
