RBC: the Russian government proposed to come up with an alternative to the word “marketplace”

RBC writes about this with reference to the relevant document of the Cabinet of Ministers.

We are talking about the bill on online trading, which was introduced to the State Duma in September 2023.

The initiative is aimed at consolidating the legal status of online trading platforms, as well as introducing liability for false information on the platforms and low-quality goods.

In addition to the alternative to the word “marketplace,” the government recommended excluding from the draft the clause regarding limiting the number of changes that platforms can make to the offer agreement with partners.

In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers proposed abandoning the idea of ​​prohibiting sites from fining contractors and blocking their personal accounts.

Earlier, the head of the e-commerce department at Synergy University, Elizaveta Ponomareva, expressed the opinion that in times of active development of online platforms, ordinary stores will still not disappear completely.