EC Directives for Self-Employed Commercial Agents and on Time-Sharing - Apples, Oranges and the Core of the Information Overload Problem

Information requirements contained in European secondary law have been implemented in national legislations in various areas of law. However, information requirements supposed to protect consumers have been facing more and more criticism. Especially, the respective provisions contained in the Time-Sharing Directive1 (TSD) are under attack. In the following, these information requirements will be compared to the duties contained in the Commercial Agents’ Directive2 (CAD).