Members endorsed the draft report by 30-3-4 and the mandate to open interinstitutional negotations by 31-2-1. 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.
Further information
Subject file
Roll call vote result
Procedure file
Press release: E-commerce: ending unjustified geo-blocking across the EU
Subject file
Roll call vote result
Procedure file
Press release: E-commerce: ending unjustified geo-blocking across the EU
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