Under draft legislation tabled this week, member states will have to notify the Commission…

Date: 25/07/1996

...of any controls they plan to impose on information society services. The proposed rules would be put on hold for three months - and possibly a further four - while they were examined by the Union. Internal Market Commissioner Mario Monti explained that the move was designed to prevent uncoordinated national standards fragmenting the single market. In a parallel initiative, the Commission presented a Green Paper on the central social challenges posed by the information society.