[FYI] EU: Brussels to pass e-commerce laws End-of-year deadline

["Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>]

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Friday January 28 2000


EU: Brussels to pass e-commerce laws End-of-year deadline could help 
EU match US on internet economy  

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Deborah Hargreaves in Brussels  

The European Commission has agreed an ambitious agenda to push 
through all remaining electronic commerce legislation by the end of 
the year to try to help the European Union catch up with the US on 
the internet economy.  

Commissioners want to pass seven remaining directives and pieces of 
legislation, some of which have been under discussion for several 
years, but Erkki Liikanen, information technology commissioner, said 
the timetable was realistic.  

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