Following the recent adoption of the E.C. Directive on Certain Aspects of the Sale of Consumer Goods and Associated Guarantees, the topic of consumer product guarantees will be the focus of attention. The Directive deals with two main aspects of consumer protection: the so-called ""legal"" guarantee (the requirement that goods conform to a certain quality standard) and the ""commercial"" guarantee (voluntary guarantee offered by manufacturers and retailers). Member States will have to consider how to implement this into their domestic legal order. This book will trace in detail the implementation of the Directive in three Member States, and also monitor the impact of the Directive in the other Member States, including the new members from Central and Eastern Europe. The approaches taken in Europe and those taken in the United States and in Australasia will be compared.