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The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
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(3) Subject to paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) below, any requirement shall not be applied to the provision of an information society service by a service provider established in a member State F4... for reasons which fall within the coordinated field where its application would restrict the freedom to provide information society services to a person in the United Kingdom from that member State.
(4) [F5Paragraph (3)] shall not apply to those fields in the annex to the Directive set out in the Schedule.
(5) The reference to any requirements the application of which would restrict the freedom to provide information society services from [F6a] member State in paragraph (3) above does not include any requirement maintaining the level of protection for public health and consumer interests established by Community acts.
(6) To the extent that anything in these Regulations creates any new criminal offence, it shall not be punishable with imprisonment for more than two years or punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment for more than three months or with a fine of more than level 5 on the standard scale (if not calculated on a daily basis) or with a fine of more than £100 a day M1.
[F7(7) In paragraph (5), “Community acts” means Community acts as existed immediately before exit day.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Commerce (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/87), regs. 1, 3(4)(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 4(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/87), regs. 1, 3(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 4(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/87), regs. 1, 3(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 4(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/87), regs. 1, 3(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 4(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Commerce (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/87), regs. 1, 3(4)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Word in reg. 4(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Commerce (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/87), regs. 1, 3(4)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Reg. 4(7) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Commerce (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/87), regs. 1, 3(4)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 4(3) excluded (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Commerce and Solvency 2 (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1361), regs. 1(2), 27 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1390, regs. 1(2), 6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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M1The maximum penalty allowed under paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 c. 68.
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