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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11677

29 November 2016
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SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Council agreement on geo-blocking gives rise to variety of interpretations
Brussels, 28/11/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 28 November the Competitiveness Council managed to obtain an agreement of political principle (general approach) on the new rules seeking to put a stop to unfair geo-blocking.  Luxembourg and Austria, backed by Poland, voted against the compromise.

It should be pointed out that the draft regulation presented at the end of May obliges traders to make their goods and services accessible to all EU consumers, without discrimination in terms of access to prices, sales or payment...

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