• Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on certain legal aspects of electronic commerce in the Internal Market
• Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on a common framework for electronic signatures
• Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive concerning thedistance marketing of consumer financial services and amending Directives 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC

Intellectual Property | Subject Page

• Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the Information Society

28 September 1999
LABnews | Subject Page

• LABnews July - August 1999

13 July 1999
LABnews | Subject Page

• LABnews May - June 1999

29 June 1999
Access to Public Sector Information | Subject Page

• Green Paper on Public Sector Information in the Information Society | Legal Advisory Board reply to Green Paper (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format) 
  Other comments

26 May 1999
Legal Advisory Board | Subject Page

• Meeting of the Legal Advisory Board, 26 May 1999 | Minutes

10 May 1999
LABnews | Subject Page

• LABnews March - April 1999

3 March 1999
LABnews | Subject Page

• LABnews January - February 1999

1 February 1999 
Convergence | Subject Page

• Position paper on the Green Paper on the convergence of the telecommunications, media and information technology sectors

20 January 1999
Access to public sector information| Subject Page

• Green Paper on Public Sector Information in the Information Society

6 January 1999
LABnews | Subject Page

• LABnews November - December 1998

5 January 1999
Legal Advisory Board | Subject Page

• Meeting of the Legal Advisory Board, 25 November 1998 Minutes | Participants

21 December 1998
Internet Action plan | Subject Page | Internet Page

• The European Union adopts Action Plan on Promoting Safer Use of the Internet

6 November 1998
LABnews | Subject Page

• LABnews September - October 1998

1 October 1998
Internet Action plan | Subject Page | Internet Page

• Council Common Position 24 September 1998
• Commission Modified proposal 11 September 1998
• European Parliament
  • 1st reading 2 July 1998
  • Report Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs Rapporteur: Gerhard SCHMID

30 September 1998 
Telecommunications | Subject Page

• UMTS Common position adopted by the Council concerning the coordinated introduction of a third -generation mobile and wireless communications system (UMTS) in the Community. Download in WinWord format: [EN]

11 September 1998 
LABnews | Subject Page

• LABnews July - August 1998

4 August 1998 
Internet - Content | Internet Page | Internet action by country

• Internet Action Plan - call for tenders published 
  A call for tenders has been published by the European Commission for preparatory actions in the framework of the proposed multi-annual Community Action Plan on Promoting the Safe Use of the Internet (OJ No S 147 of 1.8.1998, p. 32). Lot 1: preparatory work for setting up hotlines in Member States and launching a European network of hotlines to gather information on illegal content; Lot 2: feasibility study for a European system of content self-rating; Lot 3: review of European third-party filtering and rating software and services; Lot 4: preparation of awareness actions taking into account the cultural and linguistic diversity of users (parents, teachers). Tender documents should be requested by 14 September 1998 from fax +352 4301 34079. The deadline for submission of tenders is 24 September 1998.

20 July 1998 
LABnews | Subject Page

• LABnews May - June 1998

10 June 1998 
Internet - Domain Names | Subject Page

• Policy Statement on Management of Internet Names and Addresses - United States Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration

2 June 1998 
Internet - Content | Internet Page | Internet action by country

• Council Recommendation of 28.05.1998 on the development of the competitiveness of the European audiovisual and information services industry by promoting national frameworks aimed at achieving a comparable and effective level of protection of minors and human dignity DE FR

18 May 1998 
Computer-Related Crime | Subject Page 

• Executive Summary of  the COMCRIME-Study

Seminars & Conferences | Subject Page 

• European Lawyers’ Union conference

Legal Advisory Board | Subject Page

• Convergence, 31 March 1998 Minutes

15 May 1998 
Digital Signatures | Subject Page 

• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on a common framework for electronic signatures COM(1998) 297 Press release

6 May 1998 
LABnews | Subject Page 

• LABnews March - April 1998

23 March 1998 
Internet - Action Plan | Subject Page

• Action Plan on promoting safe use of Internet new page with links to proposal for a Council decision, draft calls for proposals, partner search and information day. Includes the call for evaluators, published in the Official Journal on 21 March.

Internet - Domain Names | Subject Page

• Reply of the European Community and its Member States to the US Green Paper on Internet governance (Council of the European Union - European Commission) Definitive text

Electronic commerce | Subject Page

• Commission Communication on Commercial communications Full text for downloading (PDF 232Kb-282Kb) EN FR DE

5 March 1997 
Data Protection (privacy) | Subject Page 

• EU data protection directive in the telecommunications sector ( DE , EN , FR )

2 March 1998 
LABnews | Subject Page 

• LABnews January - February 1998

11 February 1998 
Telecommunications | Subject Page

• Proposal by the Commission for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the co-ordinated introduction of mobile and wireless communications (UMTS) in the Community Download in WinWord format: [ DE ], [ EN ], [ FR ]

9 February 1998 
Information Society | Subject Page 

• Globalisation and Information Society - The need for strengthened international coordination Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions COM(98) 50 Press release

Internet - Domain Names | Subject Page

• US Green Paper on DNS management A proposal to improve technical management of Internet names and addresses - discussion draft 1/30/98
• Summary of news on US Green Paper A special page of the QuickLinks archive has been set up to include links to the large number of news stories which are likely to appear about the US plans for the domain name systems, and reactions to them.

19 January 1998 
Convergence | Subject Page 

• Cable Review
  • Commission communication concerning the review under competition rules of the joint provision of telecommunications and cable TV networks by a single operator and the abolition of restrictions on the provision of cable TV capacity over telecommunications
  • Draft Commission Directive amending Directive 90/388/EEC with regard to its effective Application in a multimedia Environment, by legally separating the provision of telecommunications and cable tv Networks owned by a single Operator

Electronic Commerce | Subject Page

• EU-US - Joint EU-U.S. Statement on electronic commerce 5 December 1997

Intellectual Property | Subject Page

• Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society: Proposal for a Directive COM(97) 628 Background document and texts for downloading in Adobe Acrobat format

17 December 1997 
LABnews | Subject Page 

• LABnews December 1997

11 December 1997 
Convergence | Subject Page 

• Green Paper on the convergence of the telecommunications, media and information technology sectors, and the implications for regulation - Towards an Information Society approach COM(97) 623

26 November 1997 
Internet - Content | Internet Page | Internet action by country

• Action Plan on promoting safe use of the Internet - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions COM(97) 582 DE FR | Press release
• Commission Communication to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee on the follow-up to the Green paper on the protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and information services including a Proposal for a Recommendation COM(97) 570 - 18 November 1997 DE FR

Internet - Domain Names | Subject Page

• Issues involving the registration of Internet domain names 
  European Commission reply to the Department of Commerce (NTIA) enquiry.
• Internet domain name administration A step towards Global Internet Governance 
  Address to the Center for Information Law and Policy Conference (Washington DC, 8 October 1997, Christopher Wilkinson, European Commission, Brussels)

5 November 1997 
Audiovisual policy | Subject Page 

• 2nd Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee on the application of Directive 89/552/EEC "Television without frontiers"

News

• QuickLinks - Links to news items about legal and regulatory aspects of Internet and the information society, particularly those relating to information content, and market and technology.

29 October 1997 
Intellectual Property | Subject Page

• Information meeting on intellectual property in databases Report Geneva, September 17 to 19, 1997

Internet - Content | Internet Page | Internet action by country

• European Parliament Resolution of 24 October 1997 on the Commission Green Paper on the protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and information services (COM(96) 483)

21 October 1997 
LABnews | Subject Page 

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

14 October 1997 
Digital signatures and encryption | Subject Page 

• COM (97) 503 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ensuring security and trust in electronic communication 
  Towards a European Framework for Digital Signatures and Encryption

22 September 1997 
Convergence | Subject Page 

• A new World Order for Global Communications Martin Bangemann Speech to Telecom Inter@ctive '97 ITU Geneva 8 Sep 1997
• Europe and the Information Society - The Policy Response to Globalisation and Convergence Information Society Forum Venice 18 September 1997

New pages

• LABnews A new monthly electronic newsletter on information law with references to online resources and paper documentation
• Links to sites on international and national law and sites specifically for cyber law

2 September 1997 
Audiovisual | Subject Page 

• Konsumentombudsmannen (KO) v De Agostini (Svenska) Förlag AB and TV-Shop i Sverige AB Joined Cases C-34/95, C-35/95 and C-36/95 ('Television without frontiers' Directive - Television advertising broadcast from a Member State - Prohibition of misleading advertising - Prohibition of advertising directed at children) European Court of Justice

Electronic Commerce | Subject Page

• Electronic Commerce: Trading places FT Online registration required

Encryption | Subject Page 

• Bernstein v. US Dept. of State EFF "Legal Cases - Crypto" Archive | EFF announcement of Judge Patel's decision striking down parts of the export control laws as unconstitutional

Intellectual Property | Subject Page

• Digital Future Coalition (DFC) on WIPO Treaty implementation
• Matthew Bender and HyperLaw v. West Publishing Opinion of Judge John S. Martin, May 19, 1996 - pagination system of US court cases published by West not copyright

Internet - Content | Internet Page | Internet action by country

• DG X discussion forum on protection of minors and human dignity
• Editors Reject News Site Ratings Wired News
• Fahrenheit 451.2: Is Cyberspace Burning? How Rating and Blocking Proposals May Torch Free Speech on the Internet - American Civil Liberties Union
• Préparer l'entrée de la France dans la société de l'information - discours du Premier Ministre français
• Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Multimedia Diensteanbieter e.V. - Ziel des Vereins ist es, jugendgefährdende und illegale Inhalte in Online-Diensten und im Internet zu bekämpfen

Internet - Domain Names | Subject Page

• Comments on the Registration and Administration of Internet Domain Names (NTIA)
• Internet Domain Name Survey statistics - July 1997 Network Wizards

Seminars | Subject Page

• Data Protection | Subject Page 
  Privacy: the New Frontier - International Conference on Privacy, Montréal, 23-26 September 1997 Proposal for an International Privacy Secretariat
• Encryption | Subject Page 
  Cryptography and the Internet - Developing Privacy and Security Policy for the European Information Society - Seminar, Brussels, 15 September 1997 Privacy International

22 July 1997 
Convergence between Telecommunications and Audiovisual | Subject Page 

• Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access  ( EN , FR )

15 July 1997 
Internet | Subject Page 

• Commission working document: Consultations on the green paper on Protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and information services  ( EN , DE , FR )

10 July 1997 
Bonn Conference | Subject Page 
Global Information Networks: Realising the Potential - Ministerial Conference 6-8 July 1997

• Press release
• Ministerial Declaration DE FR
• Industrial Declaration
• User Declaration

Consumer protection | Subject Page

• Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts
• Financial Services - Commission adopts Communication on Enhancing Consumer Confidence

Convergence between Telecommunications and Audiovisual | Subject page

• Conditional access services: Commission proposes Directive on legal protection

Electronic Commerce | Subject Page

• 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
• Electronic Commerce pages on ISPO server
• A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce United States

Internet | Subject Page | Internet action by country

• Internet Content-Related Liability Study - "The Cyberspace is not a No Law Land" commissioned by Industry Canada

30 June 1997 
Telecommunications | Subject Page

• Directive 97/ /EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Interconnection in Telecommunications with regard to ensuring Universal Service and Interoperability through application of the principles of Open Network Provision (ONP) (FINAL Text of 11 June 1997) Also available in Winword format in EN, DE , FR

Encryption | Subject Page 

• OECD cryptography guidelines Recommendation of the Council concerning Guidelines for Cryptography Policy 27 March 1997 FR

27 June 1997 
Bonn Conference | Subject Page

• Global Information Networks: Realising the Potential - Ministerial Conference 6-8 July 1997 Theme Paper

Internet | Subject Page | Internet action by country

• Interim report on Initiatives in EU Member States with respect to Combating Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet 
  DA , DE , EL , EN , ES , FI , FR , IT , NE , PT , SE 
  presented to the Telecommunications Council on 27 June 1997
• Gesetz zur Regelung der Rahmenbedingungen für Informations- und Kommunikationsdienste (Informations- und Kommunikationsdienste-Gesetz - IuKDG) in der Fassung des Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages vom 13. Juni 1997 - German law approved by lower house of Parliament EN - previous draft
• US Court cases
  • Reno, Attorney General of the United States, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union et al. United States Supreme Court - Communications Decency Act 
    
  • ALA v. Pataki United States District Court, Southern District of New York - New York Statute 
    
  • American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia v. Zell Miller, et al. United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division - Georgia statute
• European Parliament Resolution on the Commission communication on illegal and harmful content on the Internet 24 April 1997

Data protection | Subject page

• Surfer beware: personal privacy and the internet June 1997 Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, DC

20 May 1997 
DG XIII staff

• Who's Who in the Legal Sector Update

15 May 1997 
Internet - Voice Telephony | Subject Page

• Commission notice 97/C140/06 concerning the status of voice on the Internet 
  OJ C140, 7.5.97

12 May 1997 
Audiovisual | Subject Page

• The new "Television without frontiers" Directive

Electronic Commerce | Subject Page

• In search of the perfect market - A survey of Electronic Commerce The Economist May 10th 1997

Internet - Content regulation | Subject page | Internet issues

• European Parliament Report on the Commission Communication on illegal and harmful content on the Internet DA DE ES FI FR NL IT SV 
  Rapporteur: Mr Pierre PRADIER

Internet - Copyright | Subject Page

• Link to Me and I'll Sue You! PC Magazine Online John C. Dvorak
• The Internet copyright case and its implications for users of the WWW Shetland NewsProfessor Charles Oppenheim

Internet - Domain Names

• Subject Page updated

25 April 1997 
Access to public sector information | Subject page

• WWF UK (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) v. Commission of the European Communities 
  Judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities

Electronic commerce | Subject Page

• 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

Internet | Subject Page

• The Future of the Internet - What Role for Europe? For more information or to comment, please contact Franck Boissiere and Jerker Wilander

22 April 1997 
Intellectual Property | Subject Page Internet | Subject Page

• Copyright, Liability and Protection of Minors on the Information networks 
  Minutes of LAB meeting on 25 February 1997
• Follow-up to the Green Paper on Copyright and Related Rights LAB comments on the Communication (in French)
• Green Paper on Protection of Minors and Human Dignity LAB reply

18 February 1997 
Legal Advisory Board | Subject Page

• Copyright, Liability and Protection of Minors on the Information networks 
  Agenda of meeting on 25 February 1997

17 January 1997 
Intellectual Property | Subject Page

• The WIPO site now has the full text of documents adopted at the Diplomatic Conference in English , French and Spanish