MBR final low res
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Online platforms:<br />
New Rules to Increase<br />
Transparency & Fairness<br />
EU: ONLINE PLATFORMS<br />
Malta Business Review<br />
The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs<br />
Rapporteur MEP Francis Zammit Dimech<br />
will be p<strong>res</strong>enting a new draft EU law that<br />
will impact online businesses together with<br />
rep<strong>res</strong>entatives from the MEIB and other<br />
stakeholders.<br />
Through this new proposal, providers of<br />
online intermediation services (e.g. Amazon<br />
and eBay) and online search engines (e.g.<br />
Google search) will be required to implement<br />
a set of measu<strong>res</strong> in the contractual relations<br />
they have with online businesses. These<br />
proposed new measu<strong>res</strong> aim to ensure<br />
transparency and fairness with online<br />
retailers, hotels and <strong>res</strong>taurants businesses<br />
and app sto<strong>res</strong>, among others, which use<br />
such online platforms to sell and provide<br />
their services to customers in the EU.<br />
The proposal is still at an early stage in<br />
consideration in the European Parliament,<br />
which is why Friday’s event will also provide<br />
those affected with an opportunity to make<br />
their position known in time before the vote.<br />
So if you sell goods or services on online<br />
platforms such as Google Play, Amazon,<br />
Facebook or Booking.com or if your online<br />
business has trouble meeting the terms<br />
and conditions set up by online platforms,<br />
join the European Parliament Office and the<br />
Malta Business Bureau on Friday 5 October<br />
at the Life Sciences Park at 9 a.m.<br />
If inte<strong>res</strong>ted, please register at epvalletta@<br />
ep.europa.eu. <strong>MBR</strong><br />
Creditline: EPO<br />
European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Rapporteur<br />
MEP Francis Zammit Dimech<br />
www.maltabusinessreview.net<br />
49
Change language