Annex: Important
Directives Related to E-Commerce
All documents mentioned in this booklet can be
found under
http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html.
You just need to indicate the number of the
document and the year of its publication (always
included in the title of the document e.g.
1999/93/EG) Many documents in all European
languages can also be found under
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/legal/legal.html.
Contracts
Directive (97/7/EC) of May
20, 1997 on the protection of consumers in
respect of distance contracts
Directive (2000/31/EC) of June 8, 2000 'on
certain legal aspects of information society
services, in particular electronic commerce in
the internal market'
Jurisdiction & Applicable law
The 1968 Brussels
Convention on Jurisdiction
and the Enforcement of Judgements in Civil and
Commercial Matters
The 1988 Lugano Convention on
Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgements
in Civil and Commercial Matters.
The 1980 Rome
Convention on the Law
Applicable to Contractual Obligations
Council Regulation 44/2001/EG
of December 22, 2000 on jurisdiction and
enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial
matters
European Commission Proposal
for a Community Instrument revising the Rome
Convention on the law applicable to contractual
obligations
Electronic Signatures
Directive 1999/93/EC of
December 13, 1999 on a Community Framework for
electronic signatures
Electronic Money
Directive 2000/46/EC of 18
September 2000 on the taking up, pursuit of and
prudential supervision of the business of
electronic money institutions
Directive 2000/28/EC of 18
September 2000 amending Directive 2000/12/EC
relating to the taking up and pursuit of the
business of credit institutions
Data Protection
Directive 95/46/EC of 24
October 1995 on the protection of individuals
with regard to the processing of personal data
and on the free movement of such data
Directive 97/66/EC of
December 15, 1997 on the processing of personal
data and the protection of privacy in the
telecommunications sector by updating and
adapting it to market and technological
developments
European Commission Proposal
COM/2000/385
of July 12, 2000 for a
Directive concerning the processing of personal
data and the protection of privacy in the
electronic communications sector
Commission Decision
2000/520/EC of July 26, 2000 pursuant to
Directive 95/46/EC on the adequacy of the
protection provided by the safe harbour
principles and related frequently asked
questions issued by the US Department of
Commerce
Consumer Protection
Directive (97/7/EC) of May
20, 1997 on the protection of consumers in
respect of distance contracts
European Commission Proposal
of October 14, 1998 for a Directive 'concerning
the distance marketing of consumer financial
services and modifying Directives 90/619/EEC,
97/7/EC and 98/27/EC'
Liability of
Intermediaries
Directive (2000/31/EC) of June 8, 2000 'on
certain legal aspects of information society
services, in particular electronic commerce in
the internal market'
Taxation
European Commission Proposal
of June 7, 2000 for a Regulation amending
Regulation (218/92/EEC) on administrative
co-operation in the field of indirect taxation
(VAT)
European Commission Proposal
of June 7, 2000 for a Directive amending
Directive 77/388/EEC as regard the value added
tax arrangements applicable to certain services
supplied by electronic means
European Commission Proposal
for a Directive of November 20, 2000 amending
Directive 77/388/EEC with a view to simplifying,
modernising and harmonising the conditions laid
down for invoicing in respect of value added tax
European Commission
Communication of February 9, 2001: 'Electronic
Commerce and Financial Services
Intellectual Property
Rights
Directive 96/9/EC of 11 March
1996 on the legal protection of databases
European Commission Directive
2001/29/EC
of May
22 2001
on the harmonisation of
certain aspects of copyright and related rights
in the Information Society
Cross-Border Alternative
Dispute Resolution
Council Resolution of April
13, 2000 on the creation of a Community network
for out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes
Cybercrime
European Commission
Communication on "Creating a Safer Information
Society by Improving the Security of Information
Infrastructures and Combating Computer related
Crime"
Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime
e-Europe
European Commission
Communication of December 8, 1999 on an
initiative entitled 'eEurope - An Information
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