Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services

Author (Corporate)	Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Series Title	Official Journal of the European Union
Series Details	L 186
Publication Date	11/07/2019
Content Type	Legislation
	Summary: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 setting out new rules for online platforms in order to create a fair, transparent and predictable business environment for smaller businesses and traders. Further information: This Regulation aims at ensuring a fair, predictable, sustainable and trusted legal environment for business users, corporate website users, providers of online intermediation services and online search engines alike, which should limit the occurrence and the impact of harmful platform-to-business trading practices occurring in certain online activities, thereby safeguarding trust in the online platform economy and preventing further legal fragmentation of the Digital Single Market.
Source Link	Link to Main Source https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2019.186.01.0057.01.ENG
Related Links	Official EUR-Lex: COM(2018)238: Proposal for a Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2018:238:FIN EUR-Lex: SWD(2018)138: Impact assessment https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2018:138:FIN EUR-Lex: SWD(2018)139: Executive summary of the impact assessment https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2018:139:FIN European Commission: Press Release, 26/04/2018: Online platforms: Commission sets new standards on transparency and fairness http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-3372_en.htm European Commission: Fact Sheet, 26/04/2018: Commission sets new standards on transparency and fairness for online platforms [Q&A] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-18-3373_en.htm News EurActiv, 26/04/2018: Online platforms under fire as EU pushes for transparency on search results https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/online-platforms-under-fire-as-eu-pushes-for-transparency-on-search-results/ European Broadcasting Union: Press Release, 26/04/2018: EBU calls for effective rules to secure transparency and fairness on platform-to-business practices https://www.ebu.ch/news/2018/04/ebu-news-entry
Subject Categories	Business and Industry
Subject Tags	Digital Economy, Digital Single Market [DSM]
Keywords	Electronic Commerce \| E-commerce
International Organisations	European Union [EU]