DUTY OF INFORMATION DISCLOSURE IN THE CONCLUSION OF CONSUMER CONTRACTS - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU LAW STANDARDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Abstract

The article deals with the issue on the level of harmonisation of the existing Macedonian legislation with the EU information disclosure standards for consumer contracts and in which direction it should the Macedonian legislation further develop. In the first part it explores the requirements applicable for all consumer contracts the specificities for the different consumer contracts. The second part is focused on the issue of the legal remedies for the breach of the information duties, focusing on exploring whether and to what extend the remedies for the civil law are available and whether the sanctioning of such breach would be only civil or other sanctions (such as administrative) will be imposed to the trader, and what will be the relation between the sanctions.