Classification of standardization requirements in electronic commerce

The European Commission, DG III, has published an invitation to tender concerning a study on the classification of standardization requirements in electronic commerce. As anticipated in the Commission's recent communications "Standardization and the global Information Society...

The European Commission, DG III, has published an invitation to tender concerning a study on the classification of standardization requirements in electronic commerce. As anticipated in the Commission's recent communications "Standardization and the global Information Society: the European approach" (COM(96) 359), and "A European initiative in electronic commerce" (COM(97) 157), the study will cover the following areas: - Defining and describing a reference model for global, open and ubiquitous electronic commerce; - Analysing current market developments in support of this open model; - Analysing prospects for consensus-based commercial solutions for promoting an open environment; - Assessing the need for legal and regulatory actions to protect fair competition and to back interoperability legally; - Constructing a classification of standardization-related policy actions in support of the open global reference model. The study should be completed within five months. For further information and tender documents, please contact: European Commission DG III - Industry D. Eleftheriadou Unit B/2 200 rue de la Loi (SC15 1/146) B-1049 Brussels Fax +32-2-2967019