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EU assembly urges rewrite of draft Internet law

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Tuesday January 11, 12:43 AM

EU assembly urges rewrite of draft Internet law

BRUSSELS - A draft European Union law which online firms fear will stunt the growth of electronic commerce should be delayed, rewritten and amended, a draft report commissioned by the European Parliament has said.

The report calls on the European Commission to rework a proposal which as it stands would allow Internet shoppers to sue online firms in the shopper's own country rather than the country where the online firm is based.

"It is essential that the Council defer the adoption of the new regulation and that the Commission propose alternative dispute- resolution machinery without delay," the report, drafted by British Liberal Democrat MEP Diana Wallis and obtained by Reuters, says.

It warns the bill in its current form would open up online firms to a nightmare scenario which could see them facing lawsuits in any one of the EU's 15 countries regardless of whether they had sought to market their products there or not.

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