The Issue of Responsibility of Foreign Online Stores for Non-Performance and Improper Performance of the Distance Purchase and Sale Agreement

Abstract

Due to the active development of information and telecommunication technologies, online trading is increasing its turnover every year. Currently, e-commerce, which has had a significant impact on changing the features of the modern consumer model and created new prerequisites for the further transformation of domestic and international legislation in the field of trade, is one of the main sectors of the economy in most countries. At the same time, the number of goods purchased by Russian citizens in foreign online stores is also growing. However, due to the lack of a clear legal regulation of relations arising from online purchases in foreign online stores or marketplaces, in practice there are many problems associated with the failure of foreign sellers to fulfill their obligations to Russian citizens in full. The article discusses some features of the legal regulation of relations between Russian buyers and sellers, which are foreign online stores. In particular, the author pays attention to the study of key criteria that indicate the focus of foreign online stores on the Russian market, as well as the issue of the subsequent liability of these entities in case of non-fulfillment and improper fulfillment of the requirements established by the sale and purchase agreement concluded remotely on the Internet.