The European Commission has presented its plans to double the share of e-commerce in retail sales by 2015 through 16 targeted initatives.

Businesses do not have enough knowledge of, and information on, the rules governing e-commerce. They think that it is too complicated or too risky to sell online or expand their field of activity to cross-border sales.

The Commission will encourage a more active policy by using existing networks, in particular the Enterprise Europe Network, to supply online dealers with information on their obligations in the context of cross-border sales and on the opportunities offered by sale in EU countries.

• Read the press release
• Full details on the communication on e-commerce and other online services (2012)