EC to revise laws to make internet selling easier, more reliable more efficient.

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The European Commission will overhaul European contract law to make internet selling easier, more reliable and more efficient...

Recognising that e-commerce is hampered by a mass of conflicting national laws, the Commission has proposed changes to Directives which it hopes will, when transferred into national laws, bring the law into line with technological developments...

The Commission believes that online businesses would benefit significantly if doubts about the legal implications of cross-border trading were removed. "Consumer confidence is a key factor determining how and when consumers spend their money in different sectors of the economy," said a Commission statement. "All the evidence is that consumers are not yet comfortable enough in the digital and online world to seize its full potential....

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