Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce is a type of industry where the buying and selling of products or services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management and internet marketing. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web; however, e-commerce may also encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail, mobile devices, social media, and regular telephones.

The Council adopted today a directive regarding the European Investigation Order (EIO) in criminal matters (PE-CONS 122/13). The goal of the directive is to allow member states to carry out investigative measures at the request of another member state on the basis of mutual recognition.

The revision of the Insolvency Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000, as well as the harmonisation of substantive Insolvency Law will be the main focus of the Civil Justice Conference “Insolvency Law: Recent developments towards harmonisation”. The conference will be held on 12 March at the Zappeion Megaron in Athens.

On the second day of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, which took place in Brussels on 3-4 March, EU Justice Ministers examined topics aimed at, inter alia, strengthening the data protection rights, improving the position of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and combatting fraud against the EU’s budget. The meeting was chaired by the Greek Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights, Charalampos Athanasiou.