Novedades en la regulación de los contratos en línea en la Directiva (UE) 2023/2673
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2023
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Pedro A. De Miguel Asensio “Novedades en la regulación de los contratos en línea en la Directiva (UE) 2023/2673” La Ley Unión Europea, Número 120, diciembre 2023
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La Directiva (UE) 2023/2673 lleva a cabo una importante modernización del régimen específico de los contratos a distancia de servicios financieros con consumidores, adaptándolo a la transformación tecnológica y de los modelos de negocio que ha tenido lugar en las dos últimas décadas. Con el propósito de simplificar el marco legislativo previo, suprime el instrumento específico en materia de contratos a distancia de servicios financieros con consumidores -la Directiva 2002/65/CE-, integrando su régimen en el instrumento que contiene el marco general sobre contratación a distancia de consumo, la Directiva 2011/83. Además, introduce, nuevas obligaciones para los comerciantes tendentes a facilitar el ejercicio del derecho de desistimiento por los consumidores en los contratos celebrados mediante una interfaz en línea. Estas obligaciones no resultan de aplicación solo a los contratos a distancia de servicios financieros, sino a todos los contratos a distancia sujetos al derecho de desistimiento con arreglo a la Directiva 2011/83/UE celebrados mediante una interfaz en línea. En esta primera aproximación al nuevo instrumento se abordan las siguientes cuestiones: el desistimiento en los contratos a distancia celebrados mediante una interfaz en línea; la aplicación de la Directiva 2011/83/UE a los contratos de servicios financieros; y el régimen específico de los contratos a distancia de servicios financieros.
Directive (EU) 2023/2673 brings about a major modernization of the specific regime for distance contracts for consumer financial services, adapting it to the technological and business model transformation that has taken place over the last two decades. In order to simplify the existing legislative framework, Directive (EU) 2023/2673 repeals the specific instrument on distance contracts for consumer financial services (Directive 2002/65/EC), integrating its regime into the instrument containing the general framework on consumer distance contracts (Directive 2011/83/EU). Additionally, Directive (EU) 2023/2673 imposes new obligations on traders concerning the exercise by consumers of the right of withdrawal from distance contracts concluded by the means of an online interface. These obligations apply not only to contracts for consumer financial services but to all contracts concluded by the means of an online interface where a right of withdrawal exists under Directive 2011/83/EU. In this introductory overview of the new instrument, the following issues are addressed: the exercise of the right of withdrawal from distance contracts concluded by the means of an online interface, the application of Directive 2011/83/EU to distance contracts for financial services and the specific rules concerning financial services contracts concluded at a distance.
Directive (EU) 2023/2673 brings about a major modernization of the specific regime for distance contracts for consumer financial services, adapting it to the technological and business model transformation that has taken place over the last two decades. In order to simplify the existing legislative framework, Directive (EU) 2023/2673 repeals the specific instrument on distance contracts for consumer financial services (Directive 2002/65/EC), integrating its regime into the instrument containing the general framework on consumer distance contracts (Directive 2011/83/EU). Additionally, Directive (EU) 2023/2673 imposes new obligations on traders concerning the exercise by consumers of the right of withdrawal from distance contracts concluded by the means of an online interface. These obligations apply not only to contracts for consumer financial services but to all contracts concluded by the means of an online interface where a right of withdrawal exists under Directive 2011/83/EU. In this introductory overview of the new instrument, the following issues are addressed: the exercise of the right of withdrawal from distance contracts concluded by the means of an online interface, the application of Directive 2011/83/EU to distance contracts for financial services and the specific rules concerning financial services contracts concluded at a distance.