E-commerce: Ban on unjustified geo-blocking and discrimination practices among customers
At a Glance
31-01-2018
In May 2016, the European Commission proposed a new regulation that prohibits online sellers of physical goods and of some types of electronically supplied services and content from discriminating among customers based on their nationality or place of residence within the European Union. The Parliament is expected to vote on the proposal during the February I plenary session.
At a Glance
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- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- business organisation
- communications
- consumer protection
- consumption
- demography and population
- discrimination on the basis of nationality
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- electronic commerce
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- equal treatment
- establishment
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- free movement of goods
- freedom to provide services
- geo-blocking
- goods and services
- international trade
- LAW
- marketing
- proposal (EU)
- residence
- rights and freedoms
- single market
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- TRADE