LEGISLATION AND REGULATION

Bill for Amendment and Supplementation of the E-Commerce Act

The draft law aims to ensure the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20^th June 2019 for promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediary services.

The Regulation is aimed at preventing potentially harmful practices and unfair business behaviour in B2B (business-to-business) relations between online platforms and business users of the intermediary services that the platforms provide. The aim is to ensure a predictable, sustainable and reliable online business environment within the EU Single Market, ensuring transparency and trust in business-to-business relations in the online platform economy.

Part of the proposed amendments and supplements to the E-Commerce Act are related to the introduction of rules on civil legal protection, and online intermediary services providers and online search engine providers will be liable for violations of the requirements of the Regulation under the Civil Procedure Code (CPC).

Signature:002-01-33 Date: 07.08.2020

The bill can be found on the website of the National Assembly at:

https://www.parliament.bg/bg/bills/ID/163312/

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