European Consumer Policy after Maastricht raises both horizontal' and vertical' issues of consumer policy in the European Community and associated countries. The work was prompted by three important constitutional' events in Europe: the completion of the Internal Market on 31 December 1992, the adoption of the Maastricht Treaty on Political Union, and the conclusion of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
The horizontal' papers in Part I are concerned both with analyzing the acquis' of consumer policy in Europe and with new directions as well as obstacles. The...

European Consumer Policy after Maastricht raises both horizontal' and vertical' issues of consumer policy in the European Community and associated countries. The work was prompted by three important constitutional' events in Europe: the completion of the Internal Market on 31 December 1992, the adoption of the Maastricht Treaty on Political Union, and the conclusion of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
The horizontal' papers in Part I are concerned both with analyzing the acquis' of consumer policy in Europe and with new directions as well as obstacles. The...