European Economic
and Social Committee
EuroCommerce
Summary of the initiative
Name
EuroCommerce
Objective(s)
Enable on-line commerce to grow; foster a culture of entrepreneurship; reduce the administrative burden; improve the quality of legislation.
Description of the Initiative
Sector
Sector
Contact Point - Commission
MARKT E.2.
Self/Co-Regulation Basic Act
Self/Co-Regulation Basic Act
LEGISLATIVE ACT
Year
2000
Title of Act
Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce); Official Journal L 178, 17/07/2000, p. 1-16.
Review, Revision or Sunset Clause Year
2003
PRIVATE ACT
Year
2000
Title of Act
European Code of Conduct for On-line Commercial Relations
Geographical Coverage
Geographical Coverage
Global coverage
Participating Countries
Austria
Description
Description
Problems that lead to the introduction of Self/Co-Regulation and the adoption of the Founding Act
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Target Group(s)
Companies engaged in on-line commerce.
Type of Instrument(s)
Code of conduct.
Level(s) at which private rules should be defined and applied
Type of Financing
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Type of Monitoring
| Conduct an initial survey of compliance capacity of future regulatees | Conduct regular visits and spot checks | Initiate complaints procedures | Maintain database of those bounded by the norms | Produce regular reports | Receive complaints and verify if norms were breached or not | Reflexive dialogue with the - stakeholders | Other | |
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| European Commission | ||||||||
| National public authority | ||||||||
| International public authority | ||||||||
| Private regulator (code owner) | ||||||||
| Private independent party with a mandate (e.g. auditors) | ||||||||
| Self-appointed private parties (e.g. NGOs) |
Succinct description of the type of Monitoring
National Associations adhering to the present Code of Conduct shall Control that the participating national companies and/or affiliated bodies comply with the rules in the present Code of Conduct; be able to stipulate at the level of the national participating companies and/or affiliated bodies, in the interest of supplementary protection of their customers, stricter rules than those laid down in the present Code of Conduct; be the sole bodies authorised to utilise the Logo (XX) and the complaint form (YY) and to allow the utilisation of these by the participating national companies and/or affiliated bodies.
Type of Enforcement
| Faming, shaming and blaming | Judicial sanctions | Membership suspension/exclusion | Private fines | Other | |
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| Private Regulator | |||||
| Private independent party with a mandate (e.g. auditors) | |||||
| Court system | |||||
| Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) / Online dispute resolution (ODR) |
Succinct description of the type of Enforcement
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Results of Commission Monitoring
Link / Reference of Evaluation
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Downloads
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SMO self- and co-regulation database - private code 47