Standard contracts are preventive tools arranged in order to avoid the onset of problems between consumers and enterprises. Law 580/1993 entrusted the Chambers of Commerce with the task of promoting the use of this type of contracts between enterprises, their associations and associations of consumers and users. This task allows ensuring rules of transparency and fairness during the drawing up phase, thanks to the collaboration of the different parties that find in Chambers of Commerce an ideal seat to come to an agreement.
The implementation of a standard contract checks the drawbacks arising when the so-called “standard contracts”, generally arranged by enterprises, are signed. In a few cases, the latter put consumers in a disadvantaged position. In other cases, on the contrary, contracts are defined with ambiguous and equivocal terms, thus making the rights and obligations of the parties scarcely transparent.