On Thursday 8 June, the Council of the EU set out its negotiating position on the draft directive relating to certain aspects of contracts providing digital content. All the delegations, apart from Austria, supported the compromise prepared by the Maltese Presidency.
It should be pointed out that the draft directive, presented at the beginning of 2016 at the same time as a draft directive on online or remote sales of tangible goods, seeks to remove the main barriers relating to contract law...