E-Commerce in the Single Market Context – The Invisible Framework
Savin, A., Trzaskowski, J., Research Handbook on EU Internet Law (Elgar, Cheltenham 2014), Forthcoming
19 Pages Posted: 24 Jan 2014
Date Written: January 22, 2014
Abstract
The paper explores the Digital Single Market, which seems to be invoked in almost all Internet related EU documents but is, in fact, a complex and confusing concept developed in different individual contexts by different Directorates General. The Digital Single Market-dimension in the EU is split between the telecommunications framework and the content/services framework, but the reality of Internet use increasingly requires convergence. The paradox is that the Digital Single Market, by the EU’s own admission, remains an unachieved goal while at the same time functioning relatively smoothly in a number of areas. The truth may very well be that other paradigms will be more useful in the future development of an Internet-based society.
This is the working paper version of the chapter published in the forthcoming Savin, A., Trzaskowski, J., Research Handbook on EU Internet Law (Edward Elgar, Chelteham 2014).
Keywords: E-Commerce, EU Law, Telecommunications Law
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