Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 62 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Media Geoblocking ecommerce CUSTOMERS: As of the withdrawal date natural persons residing in the United Kingdom (unless they have a nationality of a Member State) or undertakings established in the United Kingdom will not have the guarantee to be able to "shop like a local" in the EU in the situations covered by Article 4 of the Regulation, including benefitting from the same prices and conditions relating to the delivery of goods and services as the locals (i.e. the customers of the trader's home Member State). Internet ecommerce WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF GEO-BLOCKING Media Geoblocking ecommerce CUSTOMERS: As of the withdrawal date natural persons residing in the United Kingdom (unless they have a nationality of a Member State) or undertakings established in the United Kingdom using payment means from the United Kingdom will not be protected against traders applying different conditions for a payment transaction from the ones offered to EU customers, or refused to complete the purchase for reasons related to payment, when (wanting to) pay electronically for goods or services. Internet ecommerce WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF GEO-BLOCKING Media Geoblocking ecommerce TRADERS: As of the withdrawal date traders who are established in the United Kingdom and offer their goods or services to customers in the EU will continue to be bound by the rules established by the Regulation (EU) 2018/302 in respect of those activities. Internet ecommerce WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF GEO-BLOCKING Media Telecoms As of the withdrawal date, the EU rules in the field of electronic communications no longer apply to the United Kingdom WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS Media Telecoms GENERAL AUTHORISATION: As of the withdrawal date, providers of electronic communications networks and/or services established in the United Kingdom will cease to benefit from the general authorisation regime within the EU 27 Member States. Hence, EU 27 Member States may impose additional authorisation requirements on providers established in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, providers established in the United Kingdom will cease to have the right to request providers authorised in the EU 27 Member States which are not 'major suppliers’ to negotiate access and interconnection. Moreover, they will not have the right to request or be subject to the dispute resolution procedure within the EU, neither for disputes within a Member State nor for cross- border access disputes. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS