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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=531402213-06042005>Here's the
information promised about the E-Commerce Directive. A point about
required information to be provided on commercial and non-commercial websites
came up during the DENIC pressentation on WHOIS. This information tries to
explain the EU-wide requirement that contact information be provided on
commercial websites.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=531402213-06042005>Paragraph 17 of the
recital (on page 3) describes what's meant by an 'information society service
provider', generally understood to be a commercial venture; "any services
normally provide for remuneration, at a distance, by means of electronic
equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of
data, and at the individual request of a recipient of the service". There
is a description of different possible kinds of information society service
providers in paragraph 18 of the recital. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=531402213-06042005>Article 5 of the
Directive proper (on page 10) on 'general information to be provided'
describes the information required. It's required to be easily accessible,
but there's no ongoing accuracy requirement.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=531402213-06042005>The full text of the
directive is at <A
href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2000/l_178/l_17820000717en00010016.pdf">http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2000/l_178/l_17820000717en00010016.pdf</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=531402213-06042005>all the best,
Maria</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>