Austria, Germany and Luxembourg are the only countries to have
properly implemented the Directive in their domestic laws.
The Commission has received draft laws from Belgium, Denmark,
Finland, France and Spain. However, the UK and Portugal are lagging
behind and have not even drafted legislation to implement the
Directive, which seeks to harmonise rules on e-commerce throughout
the EU.
In the UK, the closing date for a consultation process currently
taking place is 8th February 2002. It is expected that draft
regulations will be published in the next few weeks and
implementation is expected by the Summer of this year.
