20.500.12556/DKUM-97751 The notion of consumer in EU law between traditional concepts and digital realities The notion of consumer in EU law: between traditional concepts and digital realities The digital market poses significant challenges to the traditional conception of EU consumer law. This article adopts a foundational perspective, focusing on the core question underlying the consumer-law framework: who is the consumer worthy of protection? In traditional consumer transactions, the binary distinction between ‘consumer’ and ‘trader’ has generally been clear. In digital markets, however, this binary classification is increasingly blurred, as individuals may assume more active or hybrid roles. Beyond the protection of such active market participants, the article also addresses the need for an appropriate framework to protect passive individuals who do not engage in consumption in a traditional (economic) sense. consumer digital market passive market participant hybrid consumer citizen true false false Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Neznano 2026-04-10 03:16:38 2026-05-28 11:47:12 2026-05-29 03:17:38 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 str. 109-125 ǂVol. ǂ17 Version of record 7. Apr. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-04-07 366 274568707 10.1007/s12027-026-00875-x 1612-3093 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12027-026-00875-x 1 ed003b6d-347a-11f1-92c6-00155d0001a1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=205163 RAZ_Weingerl_Petra_2026.pdf RAZ_Weingerl_Petra_2026.pdf 1 E0906927CF16E7611332F94BEBBD37AC c34468392c731ff24ce95636f9061103fb1b5f5aee7808456548961f195ad2ae 2f92bb4d-5a7a-11f1-a150-00155d580e34 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=206505 Pravna fakulteta 0 0 0