1. Electronic Commerce Act

2. E-commerce
E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the Internet. These business transactions occur either business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-consumer or consumer-to-business. The terms e-commerce and e-business are often used interchangeably.

3. E-Government
e-Government is the use of information and communication technologies, particularly the Internet, as a tool to achieve a better government
It enables better policy outcomes, higher quality services and greater engagement with citizens

4. Video exercise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uok6WSc4nk
What does e-govt make use of?
What are synonyms for e-government?
Which are objectives of e-govt?
What are benefits of e-govt?

5. Suggested answers Synonyms: online government, connected government
Objectives: automation, informatisation, transformation
Benefits: more efficiency, less spending, faster action, more results

6. Electronic Commerce Act
The Electronic Commerce Act was adopted by the Croatian Parliament at its session on 15 October It has been harmonised with the Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and Council. It regulates the obligation of informing and providing commercial communications, e-documents, form and validity of e-contracts, responsibility of the provider of information society services, as well as inspection supervision and penal provisions.

7. General provisions
This Act shall regulate the provision of information society services, the responsibility of the provider of information society services and rules concerning contracts concluded by electronic means.
Translate the sentence above!
Take into consideration the usage of legal ‘shall’

8. Opće odredbe
Ovim se zakonom uređuje/regulira pružanje usluga informacijskog društva, odgovornost davatelja usluga informacijskog društva, te pravila u vezi sa sklapanjem ugovora u elektroničkom obliku.

9. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to data protection, the field of taxation, the activities of notaries, the representation of a client and defence of his interests before the courts, gambling activities which involve wagering a stake with monetary value in games of chance, including lotteries, casino games, betting transactions and slot machine games pursuant to the provisions of special laws regulating the respective areas.
the activities of notaries – javnobilježnička aktivnost
representation of a client – zastupanje klijenta
wagering a stake with monetary value in games of chance – igre na sreću s novčanim ulozima
pursuant to – u skladu s

10. Relevant terms Information - podatak
Information society service – usluga informacijskog društva
Electronic signature – elektronički potpis
Service provider – pružatelj usluge
Recipient of the service – korisnik usluge
Electonic contracts – ugovori u elektroničkom obliku
Commercial communication – komercijalno priopćenje
Consumer - potrošač

11. Translate the following paragraph:
Electronic signature means data in electronic form which are attached to or logically associated with other electronic data and which serve as a method of identification of the signatory and of the credibility of the signed electronic document as defined by a special law.

12. Elektronički potpis je skup podataka u elektroničkom obliku koji su pridruženi ili su logički povezani s drugim podacima u elektroničkom obliku, a služe za identifikaciju potpisnika I vjerodostojnosti potpisanoga elektroničkog dokumenta, kako je definirano posebnim zakonom.

13. Comprehension check Read the text and answer the following questions:
What shall the Electronic Commerce Act regulate?
What is Information Society Service?
What is electronic signature?
Who is a service provider?
Who is a recipient of the service?
Who is a consumer?

14. Complete the table with words from the text and their related forms:
VERB
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
provision
apply
recipient
regulated
constitute

15. Collocations with adjectives
Which collocations with the adjectives from the previous exercise can you think of?
provisional ______________
applicable _______________
___________ receivable
regulated ________________
constitutional ____________

16. provisional accounts – privremena financijska izvješća, privremena računovodstvena dokumentacija
accounts receivable – potraživanja od kupaca / accounts payable – naplata računa
credit card receivables – potraživanja po kreditnim karticama
amounts receivable – iznos potraživanja
interest receivable – naplativa kamata

17. Match the verbs in the left column with the nouns in the right column:
bear
data
receive
contract
provide
meaning
archive
respective areas
conclude
act
promote
access
exercise
message
allow
services
adopt
profession
regulate
image

18. Translate the collocations:
to bear meaning
to receive a message
to provide services
to archive dana
to conclude a contract
to promote an image
to exercise profession
to allow access
to adopt an act
to regulate respective areas

19. Translate into English:
Davatalj usluga informacijskog društva sa sjedištem u RH dužan je potupati I pružati usluge u skladu sa zakonima I drugim propisima RH.

20. The provider of information society services with a seat in the Republic of Croatia shall act and provide services in accordance with acts and regulations of the Republic of Croatia.

21. Thank you for your attention!