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Last Published: 11/19/2019

Web Resources

EU websites:
Coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents (Council Directive 86/653/EEC): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31986L0653:EN:HTML
Agreements of Minor importance which do not appreciably restrict Competition under Article 101(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.2014.291.01.0001.01.ENG
Directive on Late Payment: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:048:0001:0010:EN:PDF
European Ombudsman: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/home/en/default.htm
EU’s Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:1995:281:0031:0050:EN:PDF
EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (2016/679/EC): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679&from=EN
Information on contracts for transferring data outside the EU: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/data-collection/data-transfer/index_en.htm  
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/  
EU Data Protection Homepage: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/index_en Consumer Rights Directive:  http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumer_rights/rights-contracts/directive/index_en.htm
Distance Selling of Financial Services: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2002:271:0016:0024:EN:PDF
E-commerce Directive (2000/31/EC): http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/e-commerce/index_en.htm
VAT on Electronic Service: EU VAT Directive 2006/112/EC and its Implementing Regulation 282/2011.
The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/rights /
Nutrition and health claims made on foods - Regulation 1924/2006:  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:012:0003:0018:EN:PDF
Regulation on Food Information to Consumers:  Regulation 1169/2011
EU-28 FAIRS EU Country Report on Food and Labeling requirements: USDA Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards EU 28 2014
Health & Nutrition Claims:  http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/claims/index_en.htm
Tobacco:  http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/policy/index_en.htm
Product Liability: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/goods/free-movement-sectors/liability-defective-products/index_en.htm
Product Safety:  http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumers_safety/product_safety_legislation/index_en.htm
Legal Warranties and After-Sales Service: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumer_rights/rights-contracts/sales-guarantee/index_en.htm
Copyright:  https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/modernisation-eu-copyright-rules
European Patent Office (EPO):  http://www.european-patent-office.org/
EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO):  https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/home
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Madrid:  http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en

U.S. websites:
IPR Toolkit: https://www.stopfakes.gov/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=015t00000004q81
EU Public Procurement: http://export.gov/europeanunion/marketresearch/eufundingandgovernmentprocurementsectors/index.asp
Local Professional Services: http://export.gov/europeanunion/businessserviceproviders/index.asp
 

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