Table of Contents Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 269 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 271 1. Main conclusions......................................................................................................... 271 a) Form: EU instruments are difficult to access and legislative competence is fragmented across the EU and the Member States ........................................................................................ 271 i) Poor accessibility .................................................................................................... 271 ii) Fragmentation of competencies ...................................................................... 271 b) Substance: the EU acquis in the field of business law is both heterogeneous and incomplete ...................................................................... 272 i) Heterogeneous integration ................................................................................ 272 ii) European law is more financial than commercial ..................................... 272 2. Subjects for consideration .................................................................................. 273 a) Form: the value of a European code of business law ........................ 273 i) A Code for Europe ................................................................................................ 273 b) Substance: contents of the European code of business law ......... 274 i) A Code for European traders and companies ............................................. 274 I. Market law ...............................................................................................................................277 A. The acquis ..............................................................................................................................277 1. Law of distribution contracts ........................................................................... 277 2. Competition law (antitrust, concentrations and State aid) .... 277 3. Law on unfair practices between businesses..................................... 284 4. International private law...................................................................................... 284 B. Outlook......................................................................................................................................284 II. E-commerce law ..............................................................................................................287 A. The acquis ..............................................................................................................................287 385