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Seminar – Contracts on the Internet 2006. CÓRDOBA 16 Y 17 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2006. Seminar – Contracts on the Internet 2006. Part A: Presentation of the eCommerce Contact Point Germany Legal background Tasks and activities Figures of 2005 and development in 2006
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Seminar – Contracts on the Internet 2006 CÓRDOBA 16 Y 17 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2006
Seminar – Contracts on the Internet 2006 • Part A: Presentation of the eCommerce Contact Point Germany • Legal background • Tasks and activities • Figures of 2005 and development in 2006 • Part B: Online Subscription Cases • Definition • Legal situation • Cooperation with the German Wettbewerbszentrale
Part A: The eCommerce Contact Point • Founded in 2003 • Art. 19 IV eCommerce Directive • Tasks: • To inform • To forward to the correct contact person
Activities in 2006 • Online subscription cases • ODR Workshop „ODR in Europe“ in October 2006 • Brochures: „Shopping Online“ in 2005 „Sicher Surfen“ in 2006
Part B: Online subscription cases • Use of misleading terms like „gratis“ „100 sms included“, „test stage“ or „trial subscription“ • How to attack the contract: • Expression of will • Rescission from the contract • Revocation
Competition Law • Law against Unfair Trading • Cooperation with the German Wettbewerbszentrale „Control Centre against Unfair Competition“ • Launched in 1912 • Handling more than 20 000 complaints every year • Aim to improve and observe fair competition
eCommerce Contact Point Germany Euro-Info-Verbraucher e.V. Susanna Münstermann eCommerce Verbindungsstelle Deutschland Tel.: (+49) 7851/991 48 19 muenstermann@euroinfo-kehl.com www.ecommerce-verbindungsstelle.de