European Economic
and Social Committee
Legislative proposal on unjustified geoblocking on DSM
Key points:
In its Opinion, the EESC:
- considers the proposal from the Commission as a welcomed step further in the creation of a Digital Single Market,
- urges the Commission to put forward ambitious and well-defined proposals for an ambitious Digital Single Market in favour of consumers and companies,
- underlines that justified geo-blocking resulting from different Member States' industrial policies and diverging legislation is also damaging the development of SMEs and scale-ups operating in Europe,
- points that the EU should focus equally on the remaining obstacles in the Single Market that discourage or hamper traders from selling on-line and/or off-line across borders.
Other relevant EESC opinions:
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Portability of online content services (INT/781)
- Digital Contract Rights (INT/775)
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Modernization of copyright rules (INT/774)
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Digital Single Market Strategy (TEN/574)
For more information please contact the INT Section Secretariat