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Better online consumer rights will boost e-commerce, according to the EU executive. (Photo: alles-schlumpf)

EU to put online market reform at the heart of consumer strategy

The European Commission has put reforming the continent's digital market at the heart of a drive to improve consumer rights, amid concerns about the efficiency of the online single market.

The proposal forms part of a European Consumer Agenda released on Tuesday (22 May) by the Commission aimed at increasing consumer confidence in the single market and is intended to operate in tandem with the EU's Digital Agenda strategy led by Commissioner Neelie Kroes.

According to the Commiss...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Better online consumer rights will boost e-commerce, according to the EU executive. (Photo: alles-schlumpf)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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