LABnews

March - April 1999

• Canada - Canadian Consumer handbook provides practical user guidance in electronic transactions
• Luxembourg - Draft electronic commerce bill introduced
• UK - DTI Consultation Document on electronic commerce policy released

January - February 1999

• Australia - Attorney General releases draft Electronic Transactions Bill
• EU - Electronic commerce directive proposal published

November - December 1998

• UK - Competitiveness White Paper considers e-commerce key driver in a knowledge driven economy
• New Zealand - Governmental position paper released advising against modification of domain name status to protect electronic commerce
• USA - Industry report on Government’s role in Internet electronic commerce issued in California

September - October 1998

• EC - European Commission announces draft Directive on distance selling of financial instruments
• USA - North Carolina launches virtual public rulemaking dialogue on Electronic Commerce

July - August 1998

• Japan - Electronic Commerce Promotion Council releases Certification Authority and Cross Certification guidelines
• Singapore - Electronic Transactions Act passed

May - June 1998

• USA - FTC releases report on ineffective self-regulatory protection of consumers' privacy in electronic commerce

March - April 1998

• Australia - The Attorney General releases a report on legal aspects of electronic commerce
• Colombia - Draft Proposal of law on electronic commerce, digital signatures and certification authorities
• WTO - Study focuses on trade gains from electronic commerce

January  - February 1998

• Australia - Treasury releases paper on electronic commerce

December 1997

• OECD- Report on Tax Administration and Compliance Issues in Cyberspace

December 1997

• OECD - Conference in Turku
• USA - Senate Commerce Committee approves Internet Tax Freedom Act
• Germany - Court issues temporary injunction against spammer

Legal Advisory Board

• LAB meeting 6 & 7 October 1997 - Electronic commerce / computer crime Minutes |Agenda | List of participants

European Union

• Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on certain legal aspects of electronic commerce in the internal market: COM(98) 586 final
• Commission Communication on Commercial communications Full text for downloading (PDF 232Kb-282Kb) EN FR DE
• EU-US - Joint EU-U.S. Statement on electronic commerce 5 December 1997
• A European Initiative in Electronic Commerce 
  Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions COM(97)157
  • Reactions to the European Initiative in Electronic Commerce
• Electronic Commerce pages on ISPO server

United States

• A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce

International

• Measuring Electronic Commerce OECD
• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
• Model Law on Electronic Commerce

Articles

• Electronic Commerce: Trading places FT Online registration required
• In search of the perfect market - A survey of Electronic Commerce The Economist May 10th 1997
• The Internet Transaction Survey Results

Subject areas

Digital signatures and encryption

Taxation

Advertising

• Neues zum Werbeverbot für Zahnärzte Entscheidungssammlung Onlinerecht: Oberlandesgericht Koblenz vom 13. Februar 1997

Seminars

• Dismantling the barriers to global electronic commerce An International Conference and Business-Government Forum organised by the OECD and the Government of Finland in co-operation with the European Commission, Japan and BIAC Turku, Finland, 19-21 November 1997