1. Seminar – Contracts on the Internet 2006 CÓRDOBA 16 Y 17 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2006

2. Seminar – Contracts on the Internet 2006  Part A: Presentation of the eCommerce Contact Point Germany  Legal background  Tasks and activities  Figures of 2005 and development in 2006  Part B: Online Subscription Cases  Definition  Legal situation  Cooperation with the German Wettbewerbszentrale

3. Part A: The eCommerce Contact Point  Founded in 2003  Art. 19 IV eCommerce Directive  Tasks:  To inform  To forward to the correct contact person

4. Network of eCommerce Contact Points

5. Increase of Information Requests

6. Topics of Interest

7. Activities in 2006  Online subscription cases  ODR Workshop „ODR in Europe“ in October 2006  Brochures: „Shopping Online“ in 2005 „Sicher Surfen“ in 2006

8. Part B: Online subscription cases  Use of misleading terms like „gratis“ „100 sms included“, „test stage“ or „trial subscription“  How to attack the contract:  Expression of will  Rescission from the contract  Revocation

9. Competition Law  Law against Unfair Trading  Cooperation with the German Wettbewerbszentrale „Control Centre against Unfair Competition“  Launched in 1912  Handling more than 20 000 complaints every year  Aim to improve and observe fair competition

10. eCommerce Contact Point Germany Euro-Info-Verbraucher e.V. Susanna Münstermann eCommerce Verbindungsstelle Deutschland Tel.: (+49) 7851/991 48 19 muenstermann@euroinfo-kehl.com www.ecommerce-verbindungsstelle.de