Laws and case law from IT&C

Laws and Case Law from IT&C

European Union Legislation

Information Technology Directives
Other legal acts on Information Technology
Electronic communication directives

Council of Europe Documents

OSCE Recomandations

US Legislation

International Treaties

Case law on Internet Law

Some domain name cases - WIPO

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European Union

Information Technology Directives

Council Directive 2006/58/EC of 27 June 2006 amending Council Directive 2002/38/EC as regards the period of application of the value added tax arrangements applicable to radio and television broadcasting services and certain electronically supplied services

Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC (Data retention directive)

Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights

Council Directive 2002/38/EC of 7 May 2002 amending and amending temporarily Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the value added tax arrangements applicable to radio and television broadcasting services and certain electronically supplied services

Council Regulation (EC) No 792/2002 of 7 May 2002 amending temporarily Regulation (EEC) No 218/92 on administrative cooperation in the field of indirect taxation (VAT) as regards additional measures regarding electronic commerce

Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society

Directive 2000/46/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the taking up, pursuit of and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions

Directive 2000/31/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce)

Directive 1999/93/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures

Directive 97/7/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts

Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data

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Other normative acts of the European Union on Information Technology

Regulation (EC) No 733/2002of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 April 2002 on the implementation of the.eu Top Level Domain

Council Resolution of 25 March 2002 on the eEurope Action Plan 2002: accessibility of public websites and their content

Regulation (EC) No 45/2001of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data

Multiannual Community Action Plan on promoting safer use of the Internet- Decision No 276/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 January 1999

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EU Directives on electronic communications

Directive 2002/58/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council
of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)

Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive)

Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive)

Directive 2002/20/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive)

Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive)

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