Ebay calls on EU to probe sales curbs

The opportunities created by and barriers to increased online retailing in Europe were the focus of the Online Commerce Roundtable comprising senior consumer and industry representatives hosted at the European Commission's Brussels headquarters on 17th September by European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes. The Roundtable will produce a short report for the Commission which will be published later this year to invite further comments from third parties.

Article reports that Ebay, the online auctioneer, has asked the European Union's antitrust chief, September 2008, to investigate companies that prevent retailers or sellers from offering their goods on Ebay or other online commerce platforms.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/1338: Competition: Commissioner Kroes hosts consumer and industry Roundtable on opportunities and barriers to online retailing and the European Single Market http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1338&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Competition: Public consultations: Online Commerce Group http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/consultations/online_commerce.html

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