"Our overall mission is to streamline and facilitate negotiations and conclusions of contracts," he said.

The Commission will introduce tight measures to reduce the time between the commitment of credits and the conclusion of contracts.

Relevant well-established civil court case law is based on the general provisions of the Civil Code relating to the conclusion of contracts.

Council of Basel, Sessio XIX: Jews are forbidden to obtain academic degrees and to act as agents in the conclusion of contracts between Christians.

Under Article 102(2)d) "tying" is defined as "making the conclusion of contracts subject to acceptance by the other parties of supplementary obligations which, by their nature or according to commercial usage, have no connection with the subject of such contracts."

While the matter of damage caused by aircraft to third-parties on the ground had been handled by the Rome Convention, problems such as the nationality of aircraft, rights aboard aircraft, births, deaths, marriages, conclusion of contracts, drawing up of wills aboard aircraft in flight, etc. remained.

To facilitate the conclusion of contracts electricity undertaking established in a Member State the supply of electricity to eligible customers in Member State, Member States and, where appropriate, national regulatory authorities should work towards more homogeneous conditions and the same degree eligibility for the whole of the internal market.