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17 J. Consumer Pol'y vii (1994)

handle is hein.journals/jrncpy17 and id is 1 raw text is: Introductory Remarks This special issue, which has been generously supported by a grant from the EC Commission, Consumer Policy Service, raises both horizontal and vertical issues of consumer policy in the European Community and associated countries. It has been 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). Due to the large number of contributions, it has become necessary to divide the contents into two parts. Part I appears as a double issue, Nos. 3+4 of Volume 16 (1993); whereas Part II appears as No. 1 of Volume 17 (1994). The horizontal papers in Part I are concerned both with analysing the acquis of consumer policy in Europe and with new directions as well as obstacles. The keynote paper by Micklitz and Weatherill gives an overall analysis of the political and legal bases of consumer policy from both the Internal Market and the Political Union perspectives. It is followed by two papers on subsidiarity by Gibson and Dahl which take up and clarify a somewhat confusing and irritating discussion in the EC. Lothar Maier is concerned with the function and role of the Consumers' Consultative Council in the EC of which he is the president; Monique Goyens with the opportunities and, especially, the shortcomings of consumer interest lobbying in the EC by her association, BEUC. The papers by Schmitz, Micklitz, Wilhelmsson, and Krdmer raise controversial and still un- resolved policy and legal issues which go beyond traditional consumer policy via directives, e.g., in commercial marketing, cross-border litiga- tion, contract law matters, and conflicts between consumer and environ- mental policy. These papers will, it is hoped, provoke comments and rejoinders; the special issue editors will be happy to consider them for publication if submitted in due time and form. Part II is concerned with national perspectives. The individual country reports relate to the EC and EEA countries and to Switzerland. They document the diverse - sometimes protective, sometimes disturbing - impact of EC law-making on national legislation, court practice, and Journal of Consumer Policy 17: vii-viii, 1994.

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