REGULATIONS OF CONCLUDING ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS IN ALGERIAN LAW

Abstract

The technological development witnessed by the world has led to the emergence of a new type of business, represented in electronic commerce, and electronic commercial transactions are subject to the same legal conditions necessary for the practice of traditional trade. The electronic supplier must meet the same conditions as a regular merchant, and has the same obligations as the latter as a provider of an online product or service. Electronic commerce is carried out under a contract like regular trade, but it is related to the electronic contract, which is concluded remotely, without the physical and simultaneous presence of its parties and by resorting exclusively to electronic communication technology.

However, due to the specificity of commercial transactions, they are subject to some provisions different from ordinary trade, both for the parties to the electronic contract and how to perform it. Through this study, we will learn about the nature of e-commerce and its parties on the one hand, as well as the conditions and how to conclude an electronic contract on the other hand, according to Law No. 18-05 on electronic commerce.