Brussels, 25/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Consumers' Association (BEUC) has welcomed the result of the vote in the European Parliament on the Wallis Report (see EUROPE of 23 September, p.13) and the stance taken by plenary in favour of the powers of the courts of a consumer's country of residence for litigation between them and a company selling its products through electronic commerce. BEUC considers that this recognition of a fundamental consumer right also to be of a nature to...