Thursday 26 March 2009

timesofmalta.com - Malta Insurance Rendezvous 2009
Regulations on Special Purpose Vehicles are currently being drafted as also regulations for Incorporated Cell Companies. Both regulations will hopefully be available for consultation in the coming months’. ... Malta Country Report – The 4th Quantitative Impact Study (QIS4) In order to harmonise and strengthen the European supervisory framework, the European Commission has issued a directive proposal for a modern risk-based supervisory framework for the supervision of ...
timesofmalta.com - http://www.timesofmalta.com/


FACTBOX: Who has yet to ratify the EU reform treaty?
Reuters - USA
IRELAND - Irish voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum on June 12 with 53.4 percent voting against and 46.6 percent voting for. ...
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Czech threat to Lisbon treaty
Financial Times - London,England,UK
By Nikki Tait in Brussels Ratification of the European Union’s reform treaty could be made more difficult by the fall of the Czech government and its ...
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NATO 60th Anniversary Summit: An Agenda for American Leadership
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
The European Union now has delegations that advise third countries on security reform— something that is traditionally a NATO role and a driving element of ...
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Putting UK at heart of Europe gives us leading role in plotting ...
guardian.co.uk - UK
The summit presents a vital opportunity to agree on the reforms needed to take us forward – reform of the international financial system, reform of the ...
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European Gaming and Betting Association Cautionary Note on French
RecentPoker.com - USA
"These five points are for now the most crucial points of the reform from an EU perspective," said Sigrid Ligne, secretary general of EGBA. ...
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Swissinfo
US and Japan in frontline of tax talks
Swissinfo - Switzerland
Merz again ruled out the introduction of an automatic exchange of information with EUmember countries or the suspension of the withholding tax treaty in ...
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Berlin hopes Czech woes won’t kill EU deal - The Local
Germany said on Wednesday that it remained confident the EU reform treaty would be passed despite political turmoil in the Czech Republic, which currently holds the European Union's rotating presidency.
The Local - Germany's news in English - http://www.thelocal.de/
Financial News: Czech risk to Lisbon treaty feared | Euro News 24
11:15 Ratification of the European Union’s reform treaty could be made more difficult by the fall of the Czech government and its knock-on effect for the EU presidency, which is held by Prague, officials warned on Wednesday.
Euro News 24 - News - http://www.euronews24.org/
Topolanek seeks calm as government fall endangers EU treaty ...
By admin 
However, the fate of the EU’s reform pact, the Lisbon Treaty, may be at stake. Topolanek said after the vote on Tuesday that the accord’s ratification in parliament’s upper house largely relies on whether he maintains control over his ...
Silver Scorpio - International... - http://silverscorpio.com/
Ireland Says To Continue Lisbon Vote Preparation - World - Javno
Ireland still plans to hold a second referendum on the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty if guarantees are agreed, despite uncertainty over the Czech government, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said on Wednesday. ...
Javno - World (English) - http://www.javno.com/
Bulgaria Ireland President McAleese: Irish Expats Bring Us ...
President McAleese declined to predict whether a second referendum in Ireland would pass the LisbonReform Treaty but thanked Bulgaria and the EU as a whole for allaying the misgivings of the Irish people over the Treaty...
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) - http://www.novinite.com/

EU Sexual Orientation Regulation Law Moves Forward to Parliament ...
By Hilary White 
Christian lobbyists in the UK are calling a pending EU directive that would introduce a policy similar to Britain's Sexual Orientation Regulations to all.
Catholic Exchange - http://catholicexchange.com/

MEPs approve stricter version of EU cosmetics legislation
By guy.montague-jones@decisionnews.com 
The updated regulation will replace the EU Cosmetics Directive from 1976 which, according to theEuropean Commission, had become a “patchwork” of 55 amendments without coherent terminology. By replacing 3500 pages of legal text and 27 ...
CosmeticsDesign RSS - http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/