The Electronic Commerce (Amendment and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2026
These Regulations amend provisions of regulations which relate to the Country of Origin Principle (“CoOP”) set out in Article 3 of Directive 2000/31/EC of 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 (OJ No. L 178, 17.7.2000, pp. 1–16) (the “e-Commerce Directive”). The regulations amended or revoked by these Regulations are secondary retained EU law within the meaning of section 11(2) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28) or are amended as a consequence of amendments made to that secondary retained EU law.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
13 Apr 2026
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In force
07 May 2026
Enabling power
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(1) and 20(1)(b) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(1) of the 2023 Act. The requirements of paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.
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