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PRESS RELEASE
Distance Selling Directive: state of play and public consultation (21
September 2006)On 21 September the European Commission adopted a
Communication on the implementation of Directive 1997/7/EC on Distance
Selling, and launched a consultation in order to assess the need to
update the Directive. All EU Member States have transposed the
Directive, but some problems have emerged with its practical
application. For instance, reliance on new technologies, such as "mobile
commerce" through SMS, and the popularity of certain marketing methods,
such as on-line auctions, underlines the need to consider the
effectiveness of the regulation of distance selling. The use of the
"minimum clause", allowing Member States to introduce more stringent
provisions to ensure a higher level of consumer protection, has also led
to differences in the degree of protection from one Member State to
another. This may have led to divergences and distortions in the
internal market.


EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Net-atHome
26 September 2006 - 27 September 2006 Cannes, FranceThis event covers
the connected home domain. A specific focus will be given on progress
made in aiding and improving the everyday lives of mobility impaired
people. The conference will provide information on accessibility
initiatives in Europe and beyond.


EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Conference Launching the 7th Framework Programme in
Poland
16 November 2006 - 17 November 2006 Warsaw, PolandThe main objective of
the Conference Launching the 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) is to
officially start FP7 in Poland and to assist in the preparation of
projects under FP7. During the event, basic information about major
aims, rules of participation, budget and structure of FP7 will be
presented. The Conference will enable the establishment of partnerships
and will foster European cooperation in the area of scientific research,
new technologies and innovation.


EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Information Security Solutions Europe -ISSE 2006
10 October 2006 - 12 October 2006 Rome, ItalyThis conference will
examine the technical, organisational, legal and political developments
in IT security and will cover strategies, research, user case studies
and best practice in this field. The event is co-organised by the
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).






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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
@LIS Day
28 September 2006 Various locations in Europe and Latin AmericaThe @LIS
Day is an initiative organised within the European Commission's @LIS
Programme. It aims to gather initiatives, ideas and collaboration
interests from Europe and Latin America in fields such as e-health,
e-inclusion, e-learning, and e-government. Schools, universities, public
authorities, local governments, NGOs, and citizens from Europe and Latin
America can participate in the @LIS Day by presenting an idea, producing
a publication, organising an event or proposing any activity related to
the cooperation between the two continents in the Information Society
area.

Interconnection of Research Networks:
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/europeaid/projects/alis/reseau_recherche_en.htm


EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Workshop on Location Based Services Trends and R&D
28 September 2006 - 29 September 2006 Athens, GreeceThis workshop is
organised by the LIAISON project, supported by the Information Society
Technologies (IST) research programme. The project tries to turn
emerging technologies, applications and services into business cases,
responding to market needs for seamless and personalised Location Based
Services (LBS) across heterogeneous networks.The objective of the
workshop is to disseminate and present the results and recommendations
of the project, as well to look at the current trends of the LBS market.




EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Broadband Europe
11 December 2006 - 14 December 2006 Geneva, SwitzerlandThis conference,
hosted by ITU and organised by the BREAD project on behalf of the
'Broadband for All' strategic objective, will be the most authoritative
European Forum of its kind. It will feature exclusive scientific
presentations, broadband project research results, semi-scientific
commercial presentations (including agencies, municipalities on trials
and roll-outs on broadband) and semi-commercial presentations from
companies on broadband products and services.





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