Traduction de «service en ligne protégé » (Français → Anglais) :

This Code does not create new rights but sets out in a transparent and understandable way the key existing principles and rights of citizens under EU law protecting them when using online services, buying goods online, and in case of conflict with their providers of these services.

This includes rules on non-discrimination, contractual information, termination of contracts and switching, in addition to rules on access to online content, applications and services and on traffic management which not only protect end-users but simultaneously guarantee the continued functioning of the Internet ecosystem as an engine of innovation.

The creation of a European framework for online copyright licensing would greatly stimulate the legal offer of protected cultural goods and services across the EU.[19] Modern licensing technology could help make a wider range of online services available cross-border or even create services that are available all over Europe.[20]

16 Member States[47] provide for a right of reply covering online newspapers / periodicals; in 13 Member States[48], it covers Internet-based news services; in 17 Member States[49], it covers online television services; in 15 Member States[50], it covers online radio services and in nine Member States[51], it covers other online services.

(18) Information society services span a wide range of economic activities which take place on-line; these activities can, in particular, consist of selling goods on-line; activities such as the delivery of goods as such or the provision of services off-line are not covered; information society services are not solely restricted to services giving rise to on-line contracting but also, in so far as they represent an economic activity, extend to services which are not remunerated by those who receive them, such as those offering on-line information or commercial communications, or those providing tools allowing for search, access and re ...[+++]trieval of data; information society services also include services consisting of the transmission of information via a communication network, in providing access to a communication network or in hosting information provided by a recipient of the service; television broadcasting within the meaning of Directive EEC/89/552 and radio broadcasting are not information society services because they are not provided at individual request; by contrast, services which are transmitted point to point, such as video-on-demand or the provision of commercial communications by electronic mail are information society services; the use of electronic mail or equivalent individual communications for instance by natural persons acting outside their trade, business or profession including their use for the conclusion of contracts between such persons is not an information society service; the contractual relationship between an employee and his employer is not an information society service; activities which by their very nature cannot be carried out at a distance and by electronic means, such as the statutory auditing of company accounts or medical advice requiring the physical examination of a patient are not information society services.

(9) Whereas Member States may, until the dates provided in Directive 90/388/EEC prohibit, as regards packet- or circuit-switched data services, economic operators from offering leased line capacity for simple resale to the public; whereas there should be no other restriction on the use of leased lines, in particular in respect of the transmission of signals which are not originated by the user who subscribed to the leased line offering, the transmission of signals which are not finally destined for the user who subscribed to the leas ...[+++]ed line offering, or the transmission of signals which are neither originated by nor finally destined for the user who subscribed to the leased line offering;