MEĐUNARODNO PRIVATNO PRAVNI ASPEKTI ZAŠTITE POTROŠAČA U PRAVU EVROPSKE UNIJE SA KRAĆIM PRIKAZOM DOMAĆEG ZAKONODAVSTVA
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASPECTS OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION LAW WITH THE SHORT REVIEW OF THE DOMESTIC LEGISLATION

Summary/Abstract: Law of the Consumer protection is a new and emerging field of law in the European Union. The main characteristics of the consumer law is that consumer law deals with everyday problems that consumers are confronted with, they are always weaker party in the contract and the consumers are not informed enough about the terms of the contract, especially in the cross-border transactions. Those transactions are especially problematic to the consumers due to the problems concerning the applicable law, differences between national laws and jurisdiction of the courts in the possible dispute. In order to lower the risk of purchasing abroad and all other risks connected with the consumer’s contracts; the European Union developed new field of law- Consumer Protection Law and passed many instruments of the Community law, namely Rome convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations (1980) and Council Regulation of 22 December 2002 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. Those two Community instruments are analyzed in details in this work. At the end of the work, the solutions from those instruments are compared with the domestic legislation and some practical guidelines are given how to amend and harmonize our positive legislation.

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