L 282/20 Official Journal of the European Union 26.10.2005 COMMISSION DECISION of 24 October 2005 establishing an expert group on electronic commerce (2005/752[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas: (1)  In the framework of the Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce) (1), the Member States were asked to appoint one or several national contact points to enhance cooperation with other Member States (Article 19.2 of the Directive). (2)  Thereafter, the First Report on the application of Directive 2000/31/EC on electronic commerce (COM(2003) 702 final of 21 November 2003) in chapter seven envisaged that the Commission will now ‘focus on ensuring the practical functioning of adminis- trative cooperation and the continuous exchange of information between the Commission and the Member States themselves’. (3)  Moreover, it is useful to give Member States the possi- bility to discuss problems in the application of the Directive on electronic commerce and emerging issues in the area of electronic commerce. It is also important to encourage and facilitate cooperation between them and the Commission. The Expert Group will thus provide a useful forum to exchange views on the practical implementation and application of the Directive, including information on codes of conduct drawn up by consumer and professional associations, codes of conduct on on-line advertising by regulated professions; national case law, especially related to the liability provisions; new developments mentioned in Article 21 of the Directive, such as lability of providers of hyperlinks and location tool services and ‘notice and take down’ procedures; and to discuss the possible scope of the subsequent evaluation reports on the application of the Directive on electronic commerce. () O] L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1. (4)  Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (the Regu- lation on consumer protection cooperation) (?) estab- lishes a network of public authorities responsible for the protection of consumers economic interests, partially harmonises their investigation and enforcement powers and provides mutual assistance arrangements between them. The provisions of Directive 2000/31/EC that protect consumers’ economic interests enter within the scope of the Regulation. It is appropriate that the Committee set up for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 regularly informs the Expert group on electronic commerce about its activities which may be relevant for the latter, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 An expert group on electronic commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Group) is established. Atrticle 2 Mission The Commission can consult the Group on any questions relating to the directive on electronic commerce. This covers, among others, the following areas: — administrative cooperation in the context of Article 3(4) to (6) procedure to restrict the freedom to provide services against a given information society service provider, — information on codes of conduct drawn up at Community level by trade, professional and consumer associations or organisations, designed to contribute to the proper imple- mentation of Articles 5 to 15 of the Directive (Article 16 of the Directive), — codes of conduct on on-line advertising by regulated professions (Article 8 of the Directive), — national case law, especially related to the liability provisions, including decisions taken in out-of-court dispute settlement (Articles 17 and 19(5) of the Directive), () O] L 364, 9.12.2004, p. 1.