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The CoPECL Network of Excellence, founded in May 2005, comprises several Universities, Institutions and other Organisations, as well as more than 150 researchers operating in all EU Member States. The Network encloses several groups. These are:
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The Network will deliver a proposal for the "Common Frame of Reference" (CFR) for European contract law as described both in the Commission's Action Plan (COM [2003] 68 final) and the Commission's Communication on 'European Contract Law and the Revision of the Acquis: The Way Forward' (COM (2004) 651 Final) of 11 October 2004. The proposal will be presented in the form of principles ("Common Principles of European Contract Law" = CoPECL), including definitions, general concepts and legal rules. They will be supplemented by comments, comparative information and by evaluative analysis including an economic impact assessment, an evaluation of the philosophical underpinnings and the results of several case assessments regarding the applicability of the principles. A first draft of the CoPECL, containing definitions, general concepts and legal rules, will be presented at the end of 2007. The final draft is expected by the end of 2008. News: *New* Excerpt from the Commission Communication on the DCFR and the CFR (10 June 2009) Excerpt from the Czech Council Presidency's programme with regard to the Common Frame of Reference (CFR) - (5 February 2009) Video: Diana Wallis (Vize President of the European Parliament) on the academic DCFR (25 January 2009, Google Video) Discussion on the CFR in the Council of the European Union, July - December 2008 (January 2008) Resolution of the European Parliament on the common Frame of Reference for European contract law (3 September 2008) Common Frame of Reference for European contract law. Debate (1 September 2008) Press Release of the Council of the European Union (Justice and Home Affairs, April 18th, 2008) Excerpt from the full text (which can be obtained from the Homepage of the Council) on European Contract Law Announcement of a competitive call for an additional project partner - Now closed, many thanks to the proposers The CoPECL network is looking to add a new participant from the 12 new EU Memberstates to its structures via a competitive call. Please find the official call under the above link. Interested organisations / institutions are asked to turn in their applications until 31.03.2008 (postmark) to the project coordinator. Comments of The German Federal Bar on the Draft Common Frame of Reference (March 2008) Materials for the CFR elaborated by the Association Henri Capitant des Amis de la Culture Juridique Française and the Société de législation comparée (AHC-SLC) published Draft Common Frame of Reference - Interim Outline Edition in print The Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) prepared by the Study Group on a European Civil Code and the Research Group on EC Private Law (Acquis Group) has gone to print. The work can also be ordered as a book for € 9,90 at www.sellier.de (ISBN 978-3-86653-059-1). The title of the print edition which is to be published in February 2008 will be: “Principles, Definitions and Model Rules of European Private Law. Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR). Interim Outline Edition.” (ISBN 978-3-86653-059-1). A pre-version is available online at www.law-net.eu/en_index.htm Draft Common Frame of Reference delivered to the Commission The Joint Network on European Private Law has delivered to the Commission the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) prepared by the Study Group on a European Civil Code and the Research Group on EC Private Law (Acquis Group) as well as a set of additional drafts prepared by other participants of the Network, namely the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law by the Project Group Restatement of European Insurance Contract Law (Insurance Group) and works on Terminology, Guiding Principles and a Revision of PECL by the Association Henri Capitant des Amis de la Culture Juridique Française and the Société de Législation Comparée. It is envisaged to publish these drafts in due course.
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