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• Moving/settling abroad with children
• Parental child abduction
• Family maintenance
• Cross-border placement of a child including foster family

Money/monetary claims

• European payment order
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• Small claims
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• Insolvency/bankruptcy
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• Impact of COVID-19 on the justice field
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  • Price Indication Directive (98/6)
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    • Text of the Directive
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    • Text of the Directive
  • Timeshare Directive (2008/122)
    • Text of the Directive
  • Injunctions Directive (2009/22)
    • Text of the Directive
  • Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83)
    • Text of the Directive
  • Unfair Contract Terms Directive (93/13)
    • Text of the Directive
  • Package Travel Directive (2015/2302)
    • Text of directive
  • Repealed
    • Doorstep Selling Directive (85/577)
      • Text of the Directive
    • Package Travel Directive (90/314)
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      • Text of the Directive
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