Full Description
In recent years, policy makers at various levels have discovered the concept of a circular economy and as a result, are increasingly proposing strategies and legal instruments to support the transition from a linear economy towards a more circular economy.This book explores the concept of a circular economy from both a legal and an interdisciplinary perspective. It provides an in-depth analysis of the initiatives taken at EU level and in several EU Member States (including Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia and the Scandinavian countries), both with regard to movables and immovables and in the various stages of the value chain.Consumer Protection in a Circular Economy provides the reader with an examination of the most pressing issues in consumer protection today.
Contents
PART I. SETTING THE SCENE. The Circular Economy Action plan: An Agenda for Change! (p. 3) Consumer Protection in the Circular Economy in Europe - Legal Initatives and Challenges - The Commission's View (p. 11)PART II. INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON A CIRCULAR ECONOMY. Technology for Circular Economy. A New Paradigm for the Way We Use Resources (p. 19) Circular Economy, An Economist's Perspective (p. 33) PART III. LEGAL INITIATIVES AND CHALLENGES FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY TITLE I. EUROPEAN UNION. The Design and Production Stage: Ecodesign Requirements (p. 57) The Marketing Stage: Fostering Sustainable Consumption Choices in a ''Circular'' and ''Functional'' Economy (p. 93) A Right to Repair? Towards Sustainable Remedies in Consumer Law (p. 127) From a Product-Based Economy to Services? Legal Aspects of an Economy in Transition (p. 149) PART III. LEGAL INITIATIVES AND CHALLENGES FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY TITLE II. NATIONAL INITIATIVES - MOVABLES. Towards a Circular Economy in EU Consumer Markets. Legal Possibilities and Legal Challenges and the Dutch Example (p. 159) The ''Circular Economy'' National Legal Initiatives and Challenges Concerning Movables Belgium (p. 185) A Scandinavian Perspective on the Role of Consumers in the Circular Economy (p. 201) 'Servitization' and Movables. Legal Initiatives and Challenges in Slovenia (p. 225) PART III. LEGAL INITIATIVES AND CHALLENGES FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY TITLE III. NATIONAL INITIATIVES - REAL ESTATE. Belgian Property Law and the Circular Economy. Challenges and Opportunities for Real Estate (p. 241) Belgian Property Law and the Circular Economy. Challenges and Opportunities for Real Estate (p. 241) German Property Law and the Circular Economy. Challenges and Opportunities for Real Estate (p. 287) The Circular Economy in the Real Estate Sector. Challenges and Opportunities in Spain (p. 303) PART IV. CONCLUSIONS. Squaring the Circle? Reconciling Consumer Law and the Circular Economy (p. 321)
