Brussels, 08/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - The fact that a trader is listed on a website or uses one for business does not in itself suffice to make his/her business “directed towards” consumers in other member states, who can only benefit from protection provided under EU Regulation 44/2001/EC if the business is directed towards them.
This is the essence of a Court of Justice ruling issued by the Grand Chamber on 8 December 2010, responding to three questions lodged by Austria's supreme...