Distance Selling. Electronic signatures. Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures.
This Directive lays down the criteria that form the basis for legal recognition of electronic signatures by focusing on certification services. These comprise the following: E-Commerce Directive. Introduction of the Directive The Electronic Commerce Directive, adopted in 2000, sets up an Internal Market framework for electronic commerce, which provides legal certainty for business and consumers alike.
It establishes harmonised rules on issues such as the transparency and information requirements for online service providers, commercial communications, electronic contracts and limitations of liability of intermediary service providers. Digital Agenda COMM(2010)245. Commission sets out "blueprint" for Intellectual Property Rights to boost creativity and innovation.
Brussels, 24 May 2011 Commission sets out "blueprint" for Intellectual Property Rights to boost creativity and innovation Intellectual property rights (IPR), which comprise patents, trademarks, designs and geographical indications, as well as copyright (authors' rights) and rights related to copyright (for performers, producers and broadcasters), have been around for centuries.
Often, without our even realising, they affect our daily lives: they protect the technology we use (cars, mobile phones, trains), the food we eat and the music we listen to or the films we watch.