E-food : closing the online enforcement gap in the EU platform economy / / Maria Jose Plana Casado

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910495235403321
• Autore: Casado Maria Jose Plana
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-030-79504-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 pages)
• Collana: Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation ; ; v.21
• Disciplina: 344.2404232
• Soggetti: Electronic commerce - Law and legislation - European Union countries; Grocery trade - Law and legislation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Effective Enforcement in the E-Food Market -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Online Marketplaces: A Disruptive Environment for the Enforcement of EU (Food) Law -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Online Marketplaces in the `Platform Economy´ -- 1.3 E-nforcement in the `Platform Economy´ -- 1.3.1 Public Enforcement in the European Union -- 1.3.2 The E-nforcement Deficit -- 1.4 Relevance of the Problem: Unsafe Shopping in the E-Food Market -- 1.4.1 Online Suppliers in the E-Food Market -- 1.4.1.1 Traditional Retail Goes Digital -- 1.4.1.2 Internet-Based Retail -- B2B Goes B2C -- 100% Digital Food Business Operators -- 1.4.2 The Compliance Gap in the E-Food Market -- 1.4.2.1 The Landmark Case: Unauthorised Food Supplements -- 1.4.2.2 Poor Compliance with Food Information Law: A Visible Problem -- 1.4.2.3 Food Safety and Hygiene Online: The Larger Problem -- 1.5 Content of the Book -- References -- Part I: EU Law for the E-Food Market -- Chapter 2: The Developing History of Online Marketplace Regulation in the EU -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Evolution of the EU´s Regulatory Policy for Online Retail -- 2.2.1 2000: Regulating `Intermediaries´ and Electronic Transactions to `Bring Europe Online´ -- 2.2.2 2010-2014: Designing an Ecosystem Favourable to Online Retail -- 2.2.2.1 The Harmonisation of Consumer Rights Online -- 2.2.2.2 First (Private) Enforcement Mechanisms -- 2.2.3 2015-2019: Regulating the Platform Economy -- 2.2.3.1 Online ; Marketplaces as `Providers of Online Intermediation Services´ in the Platform-to-Business Regulation -- 2.2.3.2 The Omnibus Directive on Better Enforcement and Modernisation of EU Consumer Protection Rules, or How Online Marketpla... -- 2.2.3.3 Nudging Marketplaces Towards Enhanced (Enforcement) Responsibilities -- 2.2.4 Regulating Enforcement for the Platform Economy.; 2.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: EU Food Law in the Platform Economy -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Food Information Law Online -- 3.2.1 Rules for Food Information in `Distance Sales´ -- 3.2.2 Responsibility for Food Information in Online Marketplaces -- 3.3 Short Supply Chains in the E-Food Market -- 3.3.1 Case 289/16: Can Organic Products Be Sold `Directly´ to Consumers Online? -- 3.3.2 Are Exemptions for Direct Sales Applicable Online? -- 3.4 Facing the `Collaborative´ Economy: Are Peer Traders and `Sharers´ Food Business Operators? -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Regulating Food Official Controls in the Digital Single Market -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Food Official Controls: Increasingly a EU Matter -- 4.3 EU E-nforcement Rules Under Regulation 6017/625 -- 4.3.1 FBOs Obligation to Notify Online Activities -- 4.3.2 EU Regulation of Mystery Shopping -- 4.3.3 Official Controls on Parcels from Third Countries -- 4.3.4 Regulating the Order of Cessation of Online Sales -- 4.4 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Bridging the Enforcement Gap in Online Marketplaces -- Chapter 5: Facing the Public E-nforcement Challenge in the E-Food Market -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Structural Challenges to Official Controls -- 5.2.1 The Identification Gap in Online Marketplaces: -- 5.2.2 Planning Risk-Based Controls -- 5.2.3 The Jurisdiction Puzzle -- 5.2.4 Execution of Enforcement Decisions -- 5.3 The EU Commission´s Strategy to Bridge the E-nforcement Gap -- 5.3.1 Training and Knowledge-Transfer -- 5.3.2 Coordinated Control Online -- 5.3.2.1 Data Gathering -- 5.3.2.2 A Coordinated Control Plan on the Official Controls of Certain Foodstuffs Marketed via the Internet -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Germany´s Take on E-food Control -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Construction of the German Central Unit for e-Food Control.; 6.3 Responsibilities of the Central Unit -- 6.4 G@zielt´s Surveillance of the Digital Market of Foods -- 6.4.1 Mapping the German Market of E-foods -- 6.4.1.1 Legislation and Mapping -- 6.4.1.2 Towards Technology-Assisted Mapping? -- 6.4.1.3 Small Undertakings, Food Sharing and Mapping -- 6.4.2 G@zielt´s Monitoring of the Digital Market -- 6.4.2.1 Performing Searches for Non-compliant Foods -- 6.4.2.2 Product Analysis and Test-Purchases -- 6.4.3 Measures in the Event of Non-compliance: The Role of Online Marketplaces -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: The United Kingdom´s Strategy for Bridging the Enforcement Gap -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 A Note About the Administrative Structure of the United Kingdom and the Scope of the FSA´s Strategy -- 7.3 The Food Standards Agency´s Strategy for the Digital Market of Foods -- 7.3.1 Raising Business and Consumer Awareness -- 7.3.2 Capacity-Building to Ensure Enforcement -- 7.3.2.1 Facing the Identification Gap -- 7.3.2.2 Prioritizing Control Activities -- 7.3.2.3 Measures to Be Taken in Case of Non-compliance -- 7.4 Peer-to-Peer Trade Online -- 7.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Bringing EU Food Law and Its Enforcement into the Platform Economy -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Unmasking Online Retail -- 8.3 Planning Risk-Based Controls -- 8.4 Solving the Jurisdiction Puzzle -- 8.4.1 Domestic Organisation of Official Controls -- 8.4.2 A German-Inspired EU Unit Monitoring the Digital Single Market of Foods? -- 8.5 Private Execution of Public Enforcement Decisions: Are There No Limits? -- 8.6 Addressing Peer-; to-Peer and Food Sharing Initiatives in the Platform Economy -- 8.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Conclusions: EU (Food) Law Is Not Fit for Purpose in the Platform Economy -- References.