Certain legal aspects of updates of digital content and digital services

Neprestani razvoj nove tehnologije i novih tehnoloških otkrića veliki je izazov za pravnu struku. Sukladno razvoju tehnologije, trebaju se razvijati i novi pravni instituti sa odgovarajućim regulatornim rješenjima. Jedan od značajnih iskoraka prema zaštiti ugovornih strana u poslovanju s digitalnim značajkama jest i obveza ažuriranja. Važnost uređenja obveze ažuriranja digitalnog sadržaja ili digitalnih usluga prepoznala je Europska unija koja je potonje regulirala dvjema direktivama maksimalne harmonizacije. S jedne strane, ažuriranja su uređena Direktivom (EU) 2019/770 o određenim aspektima ugovora o isporuci digitalnog sadržaja i digitalnih usluga, ali i u okviru Direktive (EU) 2019/771 o određenim aspektima ugovora o kupoprodaji robe. Cilj ovoga rada je objasniti određene aspekte ažuriranja digitalnog sadržaja i digitalnih usluga, ponajprije kao zahtjeva usklađenosti. Dio rada posvećen je i uređenju ažuriranja u pravu Republike Hrvatske, načinima implementacije i primjene u hrvatskom pravnom sustavu.The constant development of technology and new technological discoveries represent a great challenge for the legal profession. In accordance with the development of technology, new legal institutes with appropriate regulatory solutions should also be developed. One of the significant steps towards the protection of contractual parties in business with digital features is the update obligation. The importance of regulating the obligation to update digital content or digital services was recognized by the European Union, which regulated the latter with two maximum harmonization directives. On the one hand, the updates are regulated by Directive (EU) 2019/770 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services, but also within the framework of Directive (EU) 2019/771 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the sale of goods. The aim of this paper is to explain certain aspects of updating digital content and digital services, primarily as conformity requirements. Part of the work is also dedicated to the arrangement of updates in the law of the Republic of Croatia, the ways of implementation and application in the Croatian legal system