EU Parliament To Vote On Uniform Purchasing Law

The European Parliament announced it is working on a proposal for a vote on installing uniform regulations on the cross-border European Purchasing Law, reported Ecommerce Europe. On September 17, the draft report was approved, which means that soon the EU Parliament will vote on the proposed regulation.

The regulation aims to increase cross-border purchasing transactions in Europe through offering a discretional set of uniform rules that retailers can choose to accept. The rules will try to help provide a solution for the inconsistency of rules found across different EU states.

Some members of parliament are not in favor of the proposal, reasoning that the system is too complicated and will likely confuse both merchants and consumers. Moreover, the initiative will be too expensive to install.

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