PRE-CONTRACTUAL PROTECTION OF THE ELECTRICITY INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER
PRE-CONTRACTUAL PROTECTION OF THE ELECTRICITY INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER

Summary/Abstract: Contractually, the protection of the individual consumer is achieved in two ways: through common law (regulated mainly by the Civil Code) and consumer law (regulated mainly by the Consumer Code). In the pre-contractual phase, specific expressions of will can include agreements in principle, preferential pacts, option pacts, unilateral and bilateral promises, framework agreements, etc. A framework contract is defined as an agreement by which the parties "agree to negotiate, conclude, or maintain contractual relations whose essential elements are determined by it" (Art. 1176 para. 1 Civil Code). Practically, the framework contract proves its usefulness in regulating the distribution, supply, and transmission of electricity and natural gas, and implicitly, in protecting the energy consumer, as an individual. On the other hand, the protection of relations between the trader and the consumer is achieved based on the principles and objectives derived from the provisions of the Consumer Code. The work is structured into three sections: "Formation of the contract. Preparatory contracts and framework contracts"; "Particularities of the electricity supply framework contract"; and "Consumer protection for the individual electricity user. Principles and objectives".

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