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Ready to join the EU Information Society? Implementation of E-commerce Directive 2000/31/EC in the EU acceding countries – the example of Poland
1 Research assistant at the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law, Utrecht University
The main goal of the article is to provide the reader with a brief overview of specific features regarding implementation of the E-commerce Directive into the law of Poland, as an example of a country which is preparing for accession. Ten acceding countries, that will soon be a part of the European society and the single market, have been obliged to adopt the body of European Union law, also as regards information society issues. The article discusses such topics as: the nature of services covered by the new law, the obligations of service providers (with particular regard to rules on commercial communications), the liability of service providers and the regulation of electronic contracts. The new provisions under Polish law are briefly compared with the text of the E-commerce Directive, but the main focus is placed on the original solutions developed within the limits of national legislative autonomy offered by the Directive.