[cooperation-wg] European Commission proposes new e-commerce rules

 Please look at full press release for some more details. Snippets follow:

Commission proposes new e-commerce rules to help consumers and companies
reap full benefit of Single Market - Brussels, 25 May 2016

The European Commission today tabled a package of measures to allow
consumers and companies to buy and sell products and services online more
easily and confidently across the EU.

Today’s e-commerce package is composed of:

• A legislative proposal to address unjustified geoblocking and other forms
of discrimination on the grounds of nationality, residence or establishment;

• A legislative proposal on cross-border parcel delivery services to
increase the transparency of prices and improve regulatory oversight;

• A legislative proposal to strengthen enforcement of consumers' rights and
guidance to clarify, among others, what qualifies as an unfair commercial
practice in the digital world.

The proposed revision of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation
will give more powers to national authorities to better enforce consumer
rights. They will be able to:

• check if websites geo-block consumers or offer after-sales conditions not
respecting EU rules (e.g. withdrawal rights);

• order the immediate take-down of websites hosting scams;

• request information from domain registrars and banks to detect the
identity of the responsible trader.


http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1887_en.htm
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