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Point in timeRead the law on any dateDirectors' duty to promote the success of the company, exactly as it stood on 1 January 2015.Read it as of 2015
‘goods’ means
DiffSee exactly what changedHow the Consumer Rights Directive redefined ‘goods’ on 28 May 2022, and which directive did it.See the changeany tangible movable itemsgoods as defined in point (5) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/771
EU art 5UK art 53 differ · 7 sameCross-borderCompare UK and EU lawEU GDPR against the UK's version, provision by provision, as each stands today.Compare side by side
AmendmentsFollow every amendmentThe Consumer Rights Directive: 84 amendments by 4 later acts, each linked to the provision it changed.Follow the history
6,420UK19,563US1,007UN5,781CA3,582 on bothSanctionsCheck who is sanctioned, and whyUK and US designations with their history and legal basis, and who appears on both lists.Search the lists
C-311/18GDPR art 46(2)(c)Privacy ShieldCase lawSee how the courts read it73 Court of Justice judgments interpret the GDPR, each linked to the articles it reads. Schrems II struck down the EU–US Privacy Shield.Read Schrems II
MapSee how the law connectsEvery citation, amendment and UK copy of EU law as one explorable map, sized by how much other law relies on each act.Explore the map
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