Open AccessThe electronic commerce legal regulation features within the European Union
Author(s) -
Kirill Pashkov
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
časopis kiïvsʹkogo unìversitetu prava
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2219-5521
DOI - 10.36695/2219-5521.4.2019.72
Subject(s) - european union , directive , parliament , electronic signature , e commerce , business , liability , information society , legal research , law and economics , law , commerce , political science , international trade , economics , accounting , computer science , process (computing) , politics , programming language , operating system
Considering that improving access to digital goods and services, creating an environment where digital networks and services can thrive, positioning of digitalization as the driving force of everything new, it becomes clear that an e-commerce legal platform of EU business entities activity will soon be subject to review in the EU and in connection with this fact, the study of the features of modern legal regulation of electronic commerce within the EU becomes both theoretical and practical relevance and significance.
The article deals with the peculiarities of legal regulation of electronic commerce within the European Union. The author of the article has analyzed in detail the legal framework and the legal norms that regulate the implementation of e-commerce in the EU and which have the greatest impact on the implementation of foreign economic activity. These norms were grouped in three directions: 1) norms that set the country of origin principle; 2) rules that recognize the legal force of electronic contracts and regulate the procedure for their conclusion; 3) rules that limit the liability of third party content providers. For this research, an analysis of secondary law of the European Union governing the conduct of electronic commerce within the Union has been carried out. Particular attention is paid to the study of the provisions of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information services, in particular e-commerce, in the internal market, namely, on the internal market, aimed at promoting the development of the EU information services market in the EU, on the principles of the conclusion of electronic agreements in the EU, a list of the minimum information that the information society service provider must give to the customer in the EU, as well as the provisions minimizing the Internet intermediaries liability for the actions of third parties related to the implementation of electronic commerce.