The Electronic Commerce (Amendment and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2026

This  SI repeals the Country-of-Origin Principle (CoOP) from several DSIT-owned regulations in Electronic Commerce Directive Regulations using sections 14(1) and 20(1)(b) of the Retained EU Law Act 2023. The removal of this principle, which currently gives EU businesses limited preferential market access to the UK, but which is not reciprocated for UK businesses in the European Economic Area, will ensure the statute book is unambiguous and does not include exemptions for EEA businesses which have no substantial effect.

This SI also removes the statutory post-implementation review requirement in the Electronic Commerce (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018/477.