EU laws ‘will hit online trade’

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Series Details 22.1.07
Publication Date 22/01/2007
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New cross-border trade laws proposed by Brussels will bog companies down in a legal quagmire, damage online businesses and undermine the UK's financial services sector, the Confederation of British Industry warned 22 January 2007. CBI Deputy Director-General John Cridland called on EU policy-makers to urgently review the contract legislation, known as Rome I, before it goes to the European Parliament for debate later in January 2007.

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CBI: Press Release, 22.1.07: CBI warns that new cross-border trade laws proposed by Brussels will bog companies down in a legal quagmire http://www.cbi.org.uk/ndbs/press.nsf/0363c1f07c6ca12a8025671c00381cc7/ae2f0b170fe6f8f980257265003ac73d?OpenDocument
European Commission: EUR-LEX: COM (2005)650 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2005:0650:FIN:EN:PDF

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