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Europe Panel Is Rethinking How It Views E-Commerce

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/27/technology/27CROS.html?pagewanted=print

June 27, 2001

Europe Panel Is Rethinking How It Views E-Commerce

By PAUL MELLER

RUSSELS, June 26 — In a surprising reversal, officials at the European Commission say they will listen to public concerns and are considering abandoning a long-held position on a core legal issue surrounding Internet commerce: whose laws apply in cross-border disputes.

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Cross-border jurisdiction is also the subject of protracted international talks at The Hague, which Mr. Fares said remained far from reaching a resolution on the issue.

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