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Abstract
This article argues that behavioural and legal design insights should become of pivotal importance in the preparation of information obligations in European Union consumer law. Such insights should be considered as ‘relevant’ and ‘best available’ evidence in the sense of the Better Regulation Guidelines and Toolbox because these provide invaluable insights into how consumers process information. Even more than the amended Enforcement and Modernisation Directive, the current revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive illustrates that the inclusion of both behavioural and legal design insights lead to information obligations that are shorter, more accessible and thus potentially more effective.
European Journal of Law Reform |
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Article | Designing Information Obligations in EU Consumer and Energy LawBehavioural Research and Legal Design as ‘Best Available Evidence’ |
Keywords | better regulation, impact assessment, information obligations, consumer law, energy policy, behavioural science, legal design, evidence-based law-making |
Authors | Esther van Schagen, Jaap Baaij en Isabelle Rueda |
DOI | 10.5553/EJLR/138723702022024001007 |
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