European Parliament Alerts from the Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee

Highlights - Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination: vote in Plenary - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 31-01-2018 09:44 AM CET At their Plenary sitting in Strasbourg, Members will discuss on 5 and vote on 6 Feruary the legislative report on geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment. 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. Further information Procedure file on Geo-blocking subject file on Geo blocking Plenary agenda Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111