23 May
                
                    2017
                
            
            
                23 May
                
                '17
                
            
            
            
        
    
                7:02 p.m.
            
        Pedro de Botelho Marcos wrote:
The current approach for establishing agreements is cumbersome, typically requiring lengthy discussions.
i'm not sure the available data supports this conclusion:
http://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/download/0...
which notes:
Of the total analyzed agreements, 1,347 (0.07%) were formalized in written contracts. This is down from 0.49% in 2011. The remaining 1,934,166 (99.93%) were “handshake” agreements in which the parties agreed to informal or commonly understood terms without creating a written document.
Nick