Ecommerce Europe participated in the third European Commission stakeholder consultation group for consumer rules for online and digital purchases. Léon Mölenberg - Senior Policy Advisor...
Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade has shifted rapidly from physical to digital products, raising the availability...
This paper examines the impact of one transmission channel for the economic effects of a shift from offline to online consumption: cross-border trade costs. We use data on cross-border e-commerce...
Ecommerce Europe publishes its vision on how to come to a better integrated European market for parcel delivery. The position paper “e-Logistics: A need for integrated European solutions...
This study confirms: - The importance of the creative sector for Europe, representing 6.8 % of European GDP (approximately €860 billion) and 6.5% of European employment (approximately 14 million...
EUROCHAMBRES President, Richard Weber, met Vice-President Ansip in February 2015. President Weber's follow-up letter highlights notably: 1. The need to re-evaluate a wide range of existing...
Let's start from here... "Does it make sense to you?" The question is not how to make the EU more technological. It's about how to make the EU more humane again and simple. There is nothing more...
This publication is a Working Paper by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. It results from the Digital Economy Research Programme at the JRC Institute for Prospective Technological...
This work aims to contribute to the policy debate on how to spur "digital growth" in Europe in the context of the crisis, by assessing the potential economic impact of structural reforms efforts...
This study embodies work-in-progress on a long-term project being undertaken by the Parliament’s European Added Value Unit, in conjunction with the office of the Secretary-General and the...
The report presents the new business opportunities that have resulted from advanced digital technologies, identifies key challenges for Europe, and provides thirteen recommendations to help promote...
The Digitisation of Radio would address the future needs of listeners and provide an economic boost for EU industry. The European Commission can make a positive contribution by: -Including Digital...
In this Annual Growth Survey for 2015, the Commission which took office on 1 November 2014 outlines the main features of its new jobs and growth agenda. Reviving growth can only be achieved if the EU...
As a European you can be a Dutchmen with a Portuguese father and Spanish mother, that grew up in Holland decides to go live in the France once you get older. This is awesome! This is what Europe is...
Orgalime believes that data and notably so-called 'big data' will play a key role in what we believe are three interlinked European policy areas where the engineering industry can play an overarching...
- A common understanding of location is vital to connecting Europe - That in turn requires dependable geospatial information and a shared location framework - The INSPIRE Directive has already established the ground rules for a European Spatial Data Infrastructure created by the Member States - Now the European Location Framework project is developing a cloud-based platform of harmonised INSPIRE-compliant national geospatial information - The Commission’s forthcoming Digital Single Market Strategy can help to ensure that geospatial information is able to play its full part in the Digital Single Market
Retail and wholesale are at the heart of the European economy, with 5.5 million enterprises providing jobs to 29 million Europeans. The digital economy creates major new opportunities for increasing...
Europe's Digital Single Market must be multilingual. In the following we include an Open Letter to the European Commission , written by the European Language and Language Technology community, asking...
How many children live in the European Union (EU)? And how has their share in the population evolved and is expected to change in the future? Are the youngest children in your country cared for more...
New payment apps designed for release by currency-issuing governments that enable users to automate payments such as taxes, interest expenses, and dividends are now available. Automated cash-...