26 Overview

This final edition of the DCFR deviates in a number of respects from the Interim Outline Edition of 2008. We referred earlier to the new Books that are included and to the statement of principles which underlie the model rules, now placed in a separate section between this introduction and the model rules. Here we mention some of the more detailed changes to the Articles published in the Interim Outline Edition. One general change has been the elimination of a number of redundant provisions. Another general change has been the expansion of the expression ‘goods and services’ in a number of acquis-based provisions to include assets other than ‘goods’ in the narrow sense of corporeal movables in which the word is defined in the DCFR. Finally, the catalogue of definitions has been revised and added to, with material which was misplaced there either expunged or, on occasion, upgraded to the model rules. Here we have frequently taken up points made in public discussion of the text. Although it would be excessive to give details of every drafting or editing change made since the publication of the Interim Outline Edition, a few of the more significant changes will now be mentioned.