El criterio de las actividades dirigidas como concepto autónomo de DIPr de la Unión Europea para la regulación de las actividades en Internet

Abstract

The article revises the case law of the CJEU in which the «targeting activities» criterium has been discussed. The purpose is to determine whether this criterium can be considered an autonomous notion of EU Private International Law and to establish whether its scope of application goes beyond art. 17.c) Brussels I Regulation on consumer contracts. From the analysis it can be affirmed that the application of the criterium can only be expanded to questions related to the applicable law to this category of contracts, to the protection of personal data, and to the applicable law to intellectual property infringements. Unfortunately, the CJEU prefers to apply the «mere accesibility» criterium to interpret art. 7.2 Brussels I Regulation. However, there are several reasons that justify the interpretation of this ground of jurisdiction in accordance with the «targeting activities» criterium. This would certainly lead to a better regulation in terms of proximity and predictability