E-commerce: what major regulatory changes to expect this year in Europe?

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Mandatory accounts for e-shoppers, withdrawal buttons, email tracking pixels, European customs reform and Digital Fairness Act… At 1-to-1 Monaco, Marc Lolivier, General Delegate of Fevad, and Moncef Lameche, Head of Public Affairs, highlighted 5 incoming regulatory deadlines for e-retailers and marketplaces. Here is our summary.
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As AI and the normative environment have been redefining e-commerce rules, the French e-commerce federation Fevad took advantage of the 1-to-1 Monaco conference to present major regulatory deadlines in the European Union, so that e-retailers can anticipate future legal frameworks. Working in close collaboration with Ecommerce Europe and the European data protection entities, the federation is at the heart of the law-making process and tries to transform future constraints into business opportun

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