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Date: 1998-10-15
EU-Entwurf zum E-Kommerz
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Irgendwie sind die teuflisch guten Reporter/innen von Reuters
an einen EU-Entwurf ("a copy of which was obtained by
Reuters") zum E-Kommerz gekommen. Der Entwurf scheint
davon auszugehen, dass jeweils der niedrigste Standard an
Konsumentenschutz gelten habe.
postscrypt: Am Runden Tisch der Grosskopferten, wo das
EU-Papier diskutiert ward, ist neben Bertelsmann &
Micro/ehschonwissen auch Reouters Group gesessen.
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By Suzanne Perry
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters)
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The European Union's executive arm has begun debating a
draft text covering issues such as advertising, electronic
contracts, liability for illegal content and professional
standards. It is expected to issue a formal proposal in several
weeks.
The draft, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, sets out
the basic principle that a company offering electronic
services -- such as publications, home shopping, legal advice
or video games -- should be subject to rules of the country
where it is established.
Except in unusual circumstances -- for example, a threat to
children or public safety -- an EU country could not block a
service that had been authorized in one of its 14 EU partners.
That "country of origin" principle is music to the ears of
companies engaged heavily in electronic commerce, who fear
any hint of a regime that would force them to comply with a
patchwork of different national laws.
The International Communications Round Table, which
groups more than 25 publishing, computer and
communications companies including Bertelsmann AG,
Microsoft Europe and Reuters Group Plc , has already
issued a resolution on the text that warns the EU to avoid the
alternative "country of reception" approach.
It said that would particularly hurt smaller companies, which
"are the least able to afford the many management and legal
costs involved in complying with regulatory regimes in all of
the countries in which they conduct business."
However, it will face opposition from the European consumers
group BEUC as the legislation goes through EU ministers
and the European Parliament.
BEUC argues that electronic buyers should be able to rely on
national consumer protection laws. "(The country of origin
approach) is too unilateral and doesn't take into account the
interests of consumers," BEUC legal adviser Ursula Pachl
said.
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