The paper reflects on responsibilities and duties of care of online intermediaries as set out in the E-Commerce Directive and gives recommendations for a possible future EU Digital Services Act....
The aims of Task 4 were: 1. To assess the level of clarity and transparency of information on online peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms; 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of self-regulatory mechanisms that platforms implement for trust building, verification of information, complaint handling, redress ...
The Swiss National Bank is highly independent but weakly accountable. Weak accountability is rooted in the formal legislation on central banking but also in the reputation of the Bank, which is unanimously considered as highly successful. The ECB too is highly independent and weakly accountable ...
This study explores consumer issues in five online peer to peer platform markets: (Re)sale of Goods; Sharing/renting of goods, Sharing/renting accommodation; Sharing/hiring rides; and Odd jobs. The study estimates that 191m citizens across the EU-28 spend EUR 27.9 billion per year on online P2P ...
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are emerging as a new technology and new form of mobility in Europe. Expectations are high: these vehicles can bring down the number of road fatalities near zero, increase accessibility of mobility services and help to reduce harmful emissions from transpo...
This study offers a legal analysis of the “intermediary service providers of non-hosting nature”. It analyses the technological and legal evolution around non-hosting intermediary services and the way the existing legal framework for such services could be upgraded in the forthcoming Digital Ser...
