EU regulation of e-commerce. A commentary

Summary:

For the last twenty years the European Union has been extremely active in the field of e-commerce. This important new book addresses the key pieces of EU legislation in the field of e-commerce, including the E-commerce Directive, the Services Directive, the Consumer Directive, the General Data Protection Regulation, and the eID Regulation. The latest in the Elgar Commentaries series, this is the first book to apply this well-established format to a dynamic and increasingly significant area of law.

This unique work will provide the definitive account of the essential pieces of EU legislation on e-commerce. Legal practitioners will benefit from the clear structure and close examination of key provisions. The book will also appeal to legal scholars and advanced students, who will appreciate the concise overview and thoughtful analysis on future developments in the field.

Table of contents:

1. The European Union and e-commerce - Arno R. Lodder and Andrew D. Murray

2. Directive 2000/31/EC on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the internal market - Arno R. Lodder

3. Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society - Tatiani Eleni Synodinou

4. Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights - Yin Harn Lee

5. Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market - Giovanna De Minico and Miriam Viggiano

6. Directive 2009/110/EC on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions and Directive 2015/2366/EU on the control of electronic payments in the EU - Christine Riefa

7. Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights - Christiana Markou

8. Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumers and Regulation (EC) 524/2013 on online dispute resolution - Pablo Cortés

9. Regulation (EU) 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (eIDAS Regulation) - Jos Dumortier

10. Directive 2014/26/EU on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market - Dinusha Mendis

11. E-commerce and EU competition law - Sonia Jozwiak-Gorny and Magdalena Jozwiak

12. Privacy, data protection and e-commerce - Tijmen H.A. Wisman