by Desislava Stankova | Jun 25, 2015 | Contracting, E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Liability and the Internet, News and Events, Privacy and Data Protection
You are an EU company selling services online (information society services) or you are planning to establish an entity somewhere in the EU and to sell to EU clients. Not a problem, but you just need to be aware of a list of items that the company must cover in order to comply with all regulations for a EU business selling services online. The applicable acts to be taken into account would be different depending on the specific country you operate but regardless of the country, they all implement the EU’s Electronic Commerce Directive 2000 and others applicable into local law and practically every commercial website would be covered by it. The following article covers Business to Business (B2B) transactions, i.e. selling to business clients online. For companies selling to individual consumers (natural persons), additional requirements and specific consumer protection rules apply that will be included in my next post. MINIMUM INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED: You are bound by law to provide at least the following information to your potential clients: the name of the service provider on the site.; the geographic address of the company; the details of the company including email address; details of a register, including any registration number; if the company is a member of a trade or similar register available to the public, confirmation of that; the particulars of the relevant supervisory authority if the services are subject to an authorisation scheme; details of any professional body or similar institution with which the company is registered, their professional title and the Member State where that title has been granted; a VAT number – even...
