Government to support e-commerce

2009-08-12

The Polish Ministry of Economic Affairs plans to improve the regulations pertaining to e-commerce in Poland, according to Puls Biznesu. Dariusz Bogdan, the Deputy Minister, explained that around 10% of Poles shop online, whereas e-customers in the EU account for 7% on average. The EU directive concerning common rules for the internal market has, therefore, to be implemented. The directive is intended to simplify the procedures and alleviate the formalities pertaining to services in all EU states.
It will eventually be possible to arrange all of the formalities necessary to establish a business via the internet. The implementation of this project is expected to cost PLN 28m or €6.7m (financed by EU grants), and it is due to be completed in July 2011 in Poland.
E-commerce representatives consider lack of trust to be the greatest obstacle to online trade. Only 12% of EU e-customers believe that shopping online is safe. Other barriers to e-commerce development include substantial commissions on electronic payments.

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