早在20世纪80年代初,西欧有少数几个比较法学者率先提出,假若欧洲形成了没有贸易壁垒的统一大市场和共同体,那么它也很可能需要一个共同的私法。但在当时,这种观点并未引起人们的注意。1987年,随着《单一欧洲文件》(Single European Act)的生效,西欧的政治一体化进程取得了历史性进展;不久之后,1992年《马斯特里赫特条约》的签署进一步加快了这一进程。这就为制定欧洲共 As early as the early 1980s, a few comparative law scholars in Western Europe took the lead in proposing that if Europe formed a unified market and community without trade barriers, it would most likely also need a common private law. But at the time, this view did not draw the attention of people. With the entry into force of the Single European Act in 1987, historic progress was made in the process of political integration in Western Europe; soon thereafter, the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 accelerated even further A process. This is for the development of a total of Europe