Ecommerce Europe

Ecommerce Europe is overall broadly supportive of the proposed EU Digital Omnibus package, as it is expected to deliver meaningful regulatory simplification and operational efficiencies across the GDPR, AI Act, and NIS2/DORA frameworks. However, efforts to simplify the EU data legislative framework must be coherent and workable in practice.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the simplification agenda of the EU rulebook by the Commission as legal clarity is essential for businesses to operate and expand their operations across Member States. We especially appreciate the focus on improving the alignment and consistency of existing rules, rather than introducing additional layers of regulation. Kindly find below or initial feedback on the proposed changes.

Ecommerce Europe is committed to shaping a Circular Economy Act that delivers for all industries and businesses involved in the transition from a linear economic model to a circular one. While we see the publication of the Call for Evidence as an important step towards the delivery of the initiative, we note the absence of planned measures to foster the re-use of resources, most notably finished products, including…

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the publication of the proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste. We are supportive of the European Commissions ambition to clarify and harmonise packaging rules across the EU, while proposing to raise ambition to improve the sustainability of packaging and the reduction of packaging waste.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the call for evidence for an impact assessment on the revision of the EU waste framework. Waste management plays a key role in decreasing waste generation but also represents an important tool for the transition to a circular economy.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide input for the Commissions evaluation process of the Geo-blocking Regulation (GBR). Ecommerce Europe is the united voice of the European Digital Commerce sector, representing the interests of companies selling goods and services online to consumers in Europe.

We welcome the opportunity to provide preliminary feedback on the Proposal for a Directive on Substantiation and Communication of Explicit Environmental Claims. Ecommerce Europe values the European Commissions work on establishing a clear regime for the substantiation of environmental claims and labels.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the European Commissions Digital Fairness Act. Ecommerce Europe is the united voice of the European Digital Commerce sector, representing the interests of companies selling goods and services online to consumers in Europe. Our mission is to act at EU level by engaging with policymakers to create a better regulatory framework for all e-merchants.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Implementing Regulation laying down the implementation arrangements for the digital product passport registry under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. The registry holds the potential to facilitate enforcement and support the compliance of economic operators and other value chain actors.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commissions proposal for a revision of the Union Customs Code (UCC). This proposal is a clear step forward to strengthening the legal framework for customs and to making it suitable to address the challenges that have emerged in recent years.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commissions proposal for a revision of the Union Customs Code (UCC). This proposal is a clear step forward to strengthening the legal framework for customs and to making it suitable to address the challenges that have emerged in recent years.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the EU’s ambition to make customs smarter, more data centric, fit for the twin digital and green transitions. We strongly believe we have a shared interest with the EU to make customs processes and controls more efficient and harmonised as this reduces the costs and time to process imports, facilitates international cross-border trade and minimises delivery delays and unexpected costs for…

Ecommerce Europe, the united voice of digital commerce in Europe, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Call for Evidence on the Digital Fitness Check, the second stage of the Commissions plan to simplify the EUs digital rules following the adjustments under the Digital Omnibus.

We welcome the opportunity to provide preliminary feedback on the Proposal for a Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information. Ecommerce Europe welcomes the European Commission’s work on harmonising and clarifying how existing consumer legislation applies to environmental claims and sustainable aspects of products and services.

Ecommerce Europe is grateful for the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposals for a Regulation and a Directive on Aligning product legislation with the digital age. While our association is overall supportive of tapping digital solutions to simplify reporting obligations, the proposals raise some procedural and practical questions.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the revision of the Market Surveillance Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 plays an important role in guaranteeing the free movement of compliant products across the EU, including when offered for sale online, thus contributing to shaping trust in e-commerce.

Ecommerce Europe is grateful for the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposals for a Regulation and a Directive on Aligning product legislation with the digital age. While our association is overall supportive of tapping digital solutions to simplify reporting obligations, the proposals raise some procedural and practical questions.

Ecommerce Europe warmly welcomes the publication of the draft Implementing Regulation and the related Annex providing common details and disclosure format, specifying Article 24.1 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. We especially appreciate the European Commissions decision to set a deferred entry into application of the Implementing Regulation, which will contribute to the successful implementation of the new disclosure…

You will find attached the Position Paper of Ecommerce Europe. We overall welcome the publication of the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on fairness and transparency in online platform trading. In particular, the European e-commerce association appreciates and supports the soft-touch and principle-based approach proposed by the Commission.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the VAT in the Digital Age proposal of the European Commission, which is a big step forward to delivering a simplified and modernised VAT system in the EU. Please find enclosed our comments. Our paper addresses first and foremost the pillar of Single VAT Registration in the EU as this will be a key simplifier for businesses operating in the EU.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to reply to the call for evidence on the VAT in the Digital Age proposal of the European Commission. Ecommerce Europe fully supports the European Commission’s ambition to reduce VAT-related barriers for cross-border trade in the EU, in particular the work towards a single EU VAT registration.

Ecommerce Europe - the European association representing cross-border digital commerce - gathered feedback from its membership on the Council Directive (EU) 2021/514 on Administrative Cooperation in the field of taxation (DAC7).

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence on a new EU Delivery Act, aiming at updating the rules on postal and parcel delivery. We welcome the efforts of simplification, harmonisation and adapting the framework to the new technological developments and user behaviour.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the Commissions proposal for a IV Simplification Omnibus package, as well as the overall objective of this Commissions mandate to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and foster a regulatory environment that promotes innovation and growth.

The aim of the initiative on further specifying procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is to streamline cooperation between national data protection supervisory authorities when enforcing the GDPR in cross-border cases.

Ecommerce Europe, the European Digital Commerce Association, welcomes the opportunity to provide constructive feedback to the European Commission’s inception impact assessment (i.e. roadmap) on the introduction of a European digital tax called “a fair & competitive digital economy – digital levy”, which was published on 14 January 2021. Please refer to the detailed Position Paper attached for further information.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide additional input to the Commission on the revision of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) framework. We consider that there is room for improvement in the Commission proposal to alleviate unintended negative consequences (e.g. scope), improve trader participation in ADR schemes and ultimately facilitate better consumer protection.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide additional input to the Commission on the revision of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) framework. We consider that there is room for improvement in the Commission proposal to alleviate unintended negative consequences (e.g. scope), improve trader participation in ADR schemes and ultimately facilitate better consumer protection.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide additional input for the Commissions evaluation process. Overall, we consider that the Directive has successfully created a standard for EU-wide out-of-court commercial dispute resolution mechanisms. Wide-spread infringements have been better tackled thanks to an enhanced cooperation among EU public authorities.

Ecommerce Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide additional input for the Commissions evaluation process on the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Regulation (EU) 2017/239. We appreciate the CPC Regulation as it stimulates competent national authorities to cooperate on consumer protection actions and the enforcement of EU consumer law, especially in cross-border cases.