Joost Houdijk’s book contribution "The e-Commerce Directive and its relation to the proposed Digital Services Act: is the European Union ready for a new digital age?" has been published as a chapter of the book ‘L'influence du droit Européen en droit économique’. In his contribution, Joost describes the new European legislation that applies to the provision of all kinds of digital services in the European Union, and he explains the changes over the former legal regime. With the new Digital Services Act, the EU readies itself for the digital age ahead. On what (partly case-law related) basis does the new act elaborate, and what novelties for the future does it have in store?

Read the chapter here.