Abstract:
The research is based on current legislation of EU. On the grounds of this documentary basis the notion of e-commerce is analyzed, legal relationships related to this notion, the use of electronic documents and electronic signatures is discussed. At the legislative level in the EU there are provisions for the use of the latest information technologies that ensure the use of electronic documents and electronic digital signatures, the purpose of which is to harmonize the interests of EU member states, legal entities and citizens. EU directives in the field of e-commerce are designed to ensure maximum protection of the right to information and to ensure information security for the normal development of the information society and the stabilization of economic life. Gradually, a new concept of “e-commerce” appeared and became established in business and legal practice, but the legal basis for regulating e-commerce relations in the world is just beginning to be created. At the level of international organizations and legislation of some countries only since the 90s of the twentieth century. Work began on the adoption of comprehensive regulations on the regulation of relations arising from the commission of legal acts through telecommunications networks, which is associated with the complexity and novelty of e-commerce. The rapid technological development and the global extraterritorial nature of the Internet are the foundations of the ideology of openness to various technologies and services related to the conformity of the original data, including through electronics. The modern world economy is currently at the stage of formation of the information society under the influence of the development of information technologies, the latest means of communication, the promotion of the global Internet. E-commerce involves the conclusion of commercial contracts online using electronic means of communication. It is, first of all, about the promotion of goods or services on the market through the global Internet, as well as settlements using electronic payment systems. The e-economy (web economy) deals with digital data and includes ways to make a profit using the Internet. The components of the electronic economy (web economy) are: Online stores, Online media, online advertising, online entertainment, etc.
