European resources list
LINKS & DOCUMENTS
1. EUROPEAN COMISSION
Links
- European Comission
- European Commission. The single market strategy: Collaborative Economy
- European Commission. Digital Single Market.
- European Commission. Consumers.
- European Commission. Contract Law.
- European Commission. Data Protection.
- European Commission. Futurium. Digital4EU. Ideas. Sharing Economy
- European Commission. Net Futures 2016: Democratising the Internet (Green track). Sharing Economy
- European Commission. The Digital Single Market Blog
- EURACTIVE. Sharing Economy.
Latest documents
- “Exploratory Study of consumer issues in peer-to-peer platform markets” June 2017.
- EU collaborative economy: a research agenda for policy support. December 16, 2016
- Policy Lab: New foresight study: The future of the EU collaborative economy. December 2016
- The future of the EU collaborative economy: Using scenarios to explore future implications for employment. December 2016
- European Commission Impulse Paper No.9: The impact of regulatory approaches targeting collaborative economy in the tourism accommodation sector: Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris By Aalborg University, Denmark. October 2016.
- European Commission. Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. Study on passenger transport by taxi, hire car with driver and ridesharing in the EU. 26 September 2016
Guidance and policy recommendations for the collaborative economy. June 2016
- Communication: A European agenda for collaborative economy
- Staff working document accompanying the Communication on the collaborative economy
- Press release
- Memo
- Factsheet on the collaborative economy
- Infographic
- 2016 Eurobarometer survey
- Full synopsis report on the public consultation on the regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the collaborative economy
Analytical papers
- On market access requirements in the short-term accommodation rental sector
- On liability issues
- in the short-term accommodation rental sector in Barcelona, Paris and Amsterdam
- in the professional services sector in Brussels Barcelona and London
- Assessing the economic development of the collaborative economy
Other European Comission documents
- European Commission Communication on Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market Opportunities and Challenges for Europe
- Accommodation EU data
- European Commission: More than profit: a collaborative economy with a social purpose. July 2016.
- European Commission – Fact Sheet. Innovation performance compared: How innovative is your country?
2. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Documents
- European Parliament. Report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on a European Agenda on the Collaborative Economy. 11.May.2017 ( ES )
- European Parliament. Directorate-General for internal policies. Research for the Transport and Tourism Committee. Infraestructure funding challenges in the Sharing Economy. May 2017.
- European Parliament. Draft opinion of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on a European Agenda on the Collaborative Economy 22.December.2016.
- European Parliament. In-depth-Analysis Critical Assessment of European Agenda for the Collaborative Economy. 15.December.2016.
- European Parliament. Draft Opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on a European agenda for the collaborative economy 08.December.2016.
- European Parliament. In-depth-Analysis: The situation of workers in the collaborative economy. October 2016
- European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) documents:
- Briefing: «A European agenda for the collaborative economy». November 2016.
- Briefing: «The sharing economy and tourism. Tourist accommodation». September 2016.
- At a glance: «Sharing economy: They come in like a wrecking ball». April 2016.
- «The Cost of Non-Europe in the Sharing Economy: Economic, Social and Legal Challenges and Opportunities». January 2016
- «The Collaborative Economy: Impact and Potential of Collaborative Internet and Additive Manufacturing». December 2015.
- European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) documents:
3. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE (EESC)
Documents
- European Economic and Social Committee EESC opinion: Collaborative economy. December 2016
- European Economic and Social Committee EESC opinion: Sharing economy and self-regulation. October 2016
4. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS (CoR)
Links
Documents
- Opinion on Collaborative economy and online platforms: a shared view of cities and regions. 7 December 2016
- Opinion on Single Market Strategy. 08 April 2016
5. THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER ORGANIZATION (BEUC)
Links
Documents
- BEUC position on Collaborative Economy
- BEUC comments on the Review of the Consumers rights Directive
REGULATION
Some relevant EU regulation
- Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (‘Directive on electronic commerce’).
- Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 May 2005, concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market.
- Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights.