Brussels, 03/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - A new phenomenon - participative funding, or “crowdfunding” - was the subject of a conference organised by the European Commission's DG Internal Market and Services on Monday 3 June. The diversity of rules applicable, and their differences from one country to another, raises the issue of a purely European framework - an issue on which the Commission is not responding at this stage.
“It is too early to know if crowdfunding will revolutionise...