Consequences of an optional regime for consumers 2 different EU laws on the same issue; 2 standards of unfairness in the laws of Member States; Complication of the legal environment by introducing a parallel set of rules: confusion for consumers and SMEs, legal uncertainty, incoherence of application and of the interpretation of EU law; Less protection for European consumers against unfairness in consumer contracts offering business a means to circumvent better mandatory national standards;
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