Press Release: Stimulating growth and employment: an action plan for doubling the volume of e-commerce in Europe by 2015

As part of the Digital Agenda and the Single Market Act, and in response to the request from the European Council to submit a roadmap for the completion of the Digital Single Market by 2012, the Commission adopted on the 11 January 2012 a Communication presenting 16 targeted initiatives aimed at doubling the share of e-commerce in retail sales (at that time 3.4 %) and that of the Internet sector in European GDP (at that time less than 3 %) by 2015.

European Commission: MEMO/12/5: Communication on e-commerce – frequently asked questions http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/5&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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