[FYI] EU: Move to resolve net disputes

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

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Move to resolve net disputes

By Deborah Hargreaves in Brussels - 21 Feb 2000 21:16GMT  

The European Commission is looking at setting up a European Union-
wide system for resolving consumers' disputes about goods bought over 
the internet as part of a wider initiative to encourage electronic 
commerce.  

The system would involve setting up a series of clearing houses in EU 
countries to direct complaints and consumer requests for redress to 
the relevant national bodies.  

David Byrne, consumer protection commissioner, said consumers would 
still have recourse to national courts as a last resort, but that an 
alternative mechanism would be "an enormous advantage for consumers 
because it would be quick, cheap, simple and effective".  

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