What Italy Decreto Legislativo 70/2003 - Attuazione della Direttiva 2000/31/CE sul commercio elettronico (E-Commerce Decree) requires
Decreto Legislativo 9 aprile 2003 n. 70 transposes EU Directive 2000/31/CE on certain legal aspects of information society services and electronic commerce in the internal market into Italian law. The decree was in force from 14 May 2003 and last updated 17 April 2024. Art. 1 sets the scope (libera circolazione dei servizi della societa dell'informazione) and lists exclusions including taxation, data protection in telecoms, antitrust, non-EEA providers, notarial services and gambling. Arts. 3-4 establish the country-of-origin principle for service providers established in Italy. Art. 7 sets information obligations for service providers (identification, contact, VAT number, professional body registration). Arts. 8-9 regulate commercial communications including the requirement that promotional offers and competitions be clearly identifiable. Art. 9 prohibits unsolicited electronic commercial communications without prior consent (transposed via D.Lgs. 196/2003 art. 130). Arts. 12-13 govern e-contract formation including the acknowledgement requirement. Arts. 14-16 implement the safe-harbours for mere conduit, caching and hosting intermediaries. Art. 17 prohibits general monitoring obligations and establishes notice-based actual knowledge for hosting providers. Sanctions are administrative pecuniary under Art. 21.
Pillar: Sales, Marketing & PR · Authority: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Italy) via Normattiva - Portale della normativa vigente · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2003-04-09;70
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- D.Lgs. 70/2003, Art. 1 - Finalita ed ambito di applicazione
- D.Lgs. 70/2003, Arts. 3-4 - Principio del Paese di origine
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