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Article: The Electronic Communications Directive.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- January 22, 2004
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The European Union's Directive on privacy and electronic communications1 ("Electronic Communications Directive"), which was adopted in July 2002, was to have been implemented by the EU Member States2 by October 31, 2003. The Electronic Communications Directive is intended to cause a reduction in the ever-increasing amount of "spam", i.e., unsolicited electronic mail for direct marketing purposes3
Under EU law, a directive must be implemented by the Member States within the time period specified. Failure to do so could result in an action before the European Court of Justice, brought by the European Commission (the EU's executive body). The slow rate of ...