57 The Acquis Principles (ACQP)

The Research Group on the Existing EC Private Law, commonly called the Acquis Group, is also publishing its findings in a separate series.32. The Acquis Principles are an attempt to present and structure the bulky and rather incoherent patchwork of EC private law in a way that should allow the current state of its development to be made clear and relevant legislation and case law to be found easily. This also permits identification of shared features, contradictions and gaps in theacquis. Thus, the ACQP may have a function for themselves, namely as a source for the drafting, transposition and interpretation of EC law. Within the process of elaborating the DCFR, the Acquis Group and its output contribute to the task of ensuring that the existing EC law is appropriately reflected. The ACQP are consequently one of the sources from which the Compilation and Redaction Team has drawn.