Highlights - Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination: adoption of draft report - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

The regulation on geo-blocking seeks to provide more legal certainty and enforceability by defining specific situations when there can be no justified reason for discrimination on the grounds of nationality/residence. It also bans the blocking of access to websites and the use of automatic re-routing without the customer's prior consent; and includes provisions of non-discrimination within accepted payment means. The IMCO committee will vote on its draft report on 25 April AM.