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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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