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European Union - Fourteenth Report Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 25 July 2000. CONTENTS REPORT PART 1: Introduction and background Between the Coral Reef and the Deep Sea United Kingdom Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) World Trade Organization European Union (EU) This Inquiry What does e-commerce do? PART 2: Recommendations Summary Access Trust Resources Government as exemplar Monitoring List of Recommendations Access Trust Resources Government as exemplar Monitoring PART 3: The Context in which e-Commerce operates Definitions e-Business Current situation Stock Market Microsoft International Comparisons Impact of emerging technologies Methodology of inquiry PART 4: The e-Commerce Environment—Influencing Factors Transaction Costs Regulation Liberalisation of the telecommunications infrastructure Venture capital Stock options Clusters Competition Barriers to entry Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Consumer confidence Education Access Procurement Inter-agency funding Conclusions PART 5: What governments are doing currently Introduction The United States of America Other EU Member States: Sweden, Finland, France, Italy and Germany Sweden Finland France Italy Germany United Kingdom e-commerce@its.best.uk: the UK's national action plan Devolved responsibilities Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Elsewhere Europe Latin America Asia / Pacific PART 6: What could or should governments do? PART 7: Governments' Role in Stimulating e-Commerce Transaction costs Smart cards Credit cards e-Money and e-wallets Regulation Liberalisation of the telecommunications infrastructure Venture capital Stock options Clusters Competition and barriers to entry Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Consumer confidence Education Access PART 8: Governments' Role in Regulating e-Commerce Security of e-commerce transactions via websites "Cybercrime" The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill Digital divide Taxation IR35 PART 9: United Kingdom Government—Leading by Example The need for e-government Progress Implementation Universal access Re-structuring Cross-agency funding Identification PART 10: Governance: Institutional Mechanisms Structure Co-ordination Commonality between Member States Co-ordination within EU Institutions Implementation Monitoring and Planning Government statistics Planning Information collection and dissemination Liaison with the Business Community Culture and Attitudes PART 11: Reflections Policy Development and Co-ordination United Kingdom The EU The Future? Appendix 1: Sub-Committee B (Energy, Industry and Transport) Appendix 2: Declaration of Interests by Sub-Committee B Appendix 3: Call for Evidence Appendix 4: Witnesses Appendix 5: Record of meetings held in Washington, 10-12 April 2000 Dr Edgar Cahn, President and Founder of the Time Dollar Institute Lunch co-hosted by Congressman Goodlatte (Republican, Virginia) and Congressman Rick Boucher (Democrat, Virginia), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Internet Caucus Mr Donald Upson, State Secretary for Technology, Virginia NOTE: Pages of the Report are numbered in bold type, pages of the evidence volume (HL 95-I) are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text of the Report are as follows: (Q) refers to a question in oral evidence.          (p) refers to a page of written evidence. MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME I (HL 95-I) Wednesday 2 February 2000 Wednesday 9 February 2000 Wednesday 16 February 2000 Wednesday 23 February 2000 Wednesday 1 March 2000 Wednesday 8 March 2000 Wednesday 15 March 2000 Wednesday 22 March 2000 Wednesday 29 March 2000 Wednesday 19 April 2000 Thursday 20 April 2000 Wednesday 3 May 2000 Wednesday 10 May 2000 Wednesday 17 May 2000 Wednesday 24 May 2000 Wednesday 7 June 2000 Thursday 8 June 2000 Wednesday 21 June 2000 WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME I (HL 95-I)

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