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EU Law

Doing business over the Internet may raise a wide array of legal questions that can be crucial to the commercial success of the venture. This text contains the text of the EU legislation which is of particular relevance to e-business, covering a broad spectrum of legal issues such as: data protection; distance selling; electronic signatures; liability of online intermediates; electronic money; applicable law and jurisdiction in international disputes.;This publication combines the regulatory initiatives of the various directorates-general of the European Commission (which may also be found on their web sites) in one hardcopy volume which should be of interest to lawyers, business executives or law students dealing with the legal aspects of e-business. The source materials selected for this publication are explained briefly in a short introductory chapter for those readers not already familiar with this subject matter.