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With a 'home market' of over 500 million consumers, e-commerce is a major pillar of the success of the Digital Single Market to create growth and jobs in Europe. However, today 14% of all EU enterprises are selling on-line to their domestic market and only 6% to other EU countries.

On the EU customers side, 50% shopped online in 2014 from sellers located in the same country but there were only 15% buying from another EU Member State. What are then the barriers preventing the merchants and consumers to sell and shop on line physical and digital products across the EU? The EIF dinner will provide the occasion to exchange with e-retailers and consumers on how to remove complexity, legal uncertainty and costs to unlock the potential of e-commerce in Europe.

  • programme - 24th March 2015

    Welcome and introduction:

    Vicky Ford, MEP and EIF Steering Committee Member

    Speakers:

    Clare Josa, Co-founder EUVatAction Campaign

    Jörgen Bödmar, CEO & Founder of Scandinavian Design Center; President of EMOTA

    Oliver Prothmann, Founder of the Initiative Choice in eCommerce

    Paul Alfing, Authentification and e-payments requirements: Balanced and harmonized rules on internet authentification and e-payments to remove barriers for cross-border e-commerce, Ecommerce Europe

    Ursula Pachl, Deputy Director General, BEUC

    Exchange of views with participants

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Speakers

  • Vicky Ford MEP and EIF Steering Committee Member
  • Clare Josa Co-founder EUVATAction Campaign
  • Jörgen Bödmar President of EMOTA CEO & Founder of Scandinavian Design Center
  • Oliver Prothmann Founder Initiative Choice in eCommerce
  • Paul Alfing Authentification and e-payments requirements: Balanced and harmonized rules on internet authentification and e-payments to remove barriers for cross-border e-commerce Ecommerce Europe
  • Ursula Pachl Deputy Director General BEUC