Harmonising Digital Contract Law in Sweden

Abstract

The Transpositions of the Twin Directives

1 The Digital Content Directive, shortened “DCD”, and the Sale of Goods Directive, shortened “SGD”, jointly named the “Twin Directives”, were enacted in 2019 with the requirement that they would be implemented by January 1, 2022. Sweden was unable to meet these expectations. The implementations turned into force May 1, 2022.
2 In Sweden, the transpositions of the Twin Directives were foremost accomplished by the enactment of the Consumer Sales Act of 2022 (hereinafter “CSA”, or “CSA of 2022”), by which the former Consumer Sales Act of 1990(hereinafter “CSA of 1990”) was repealed.