Parliamentary Testimony
Economic benefits of the Digital Single Market
Testimony before the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO).
On 10 July 2018, J. Scott Marcus testified before the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO).
The authors firstly present the growth of e-commerce within the EU, highlighting the remaining cross-borders impediments. In their view, the completion of the Digital Single Market wouldl provide some answer to these issues, and will assure consumer protection in a more efficient way. Finally, they estimate the economic benefits of sales of goods and services through e-commerce, and assess the legislative measures that have been taken so far.
