EU may investigate online content providers over cross-border trade


  • TECH
  • Monday, 21 Mar 2016

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager addresses a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, January 11, 2016, after the European Commission demanded on Monday that Belgium recover some 700 million euros ($762.9 million) from 35 large companies in back taxes in its biggest blow to date to profit-shielding arrangements used by many multinationals. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

BRUSSELS: Two out of three online content providers block consumers in another EU country from buying their products or services and could face investigation, European Union antitrust regulators said. 

The findings by the European Commission came after a year-long enquiry into barriers to cross-border trade in electronics, clothing, shoes and digital content in the 28-country bloc during which it surveyed more than 1,400 companies on their business practices. 

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