On February 14, 2019, the European Commission, European Parliament, and Council of the European Union reached agreement on new rules designed to ensure a fair, transparent and predictable business environment to the benefit of both end consumers and entrepreneurs using third party online platforms for their business. The new rules will be implemented by way of an EU regulation to be adopted by the Council and European Parliament. Members of our competition team have outlined the main changes that this new regulation brings in our recent alert.
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