This paper examines the steps taken in recent years to establish and develop European contract law. The process of harmonizing European contract law takes place in different ways. One way is to draw up and improve the EU acquis, which contains regulations on contracts. Another way is to develop a general theory of contracts, through optional instruments of uniform law, which serve as models for the EU and national legislators. Implicit harmonization of contract law also takes place through the adoption of uniform legal solutions in the process of modernizing civil law in different European countries.
