Thursday, 7 May 2009


Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
By James Hamilton
The European Commission recently endorsed a High Level Group report setting forth a broad blueprint for a complete overhaul of financial regulation in the European Union, including the regulation of hedge funds. ...
Jim Hamilton's World of Securities... - http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/
Islam in Europe: EU: Parliament keeps exemption for religious ...
By Esther
... Commission proposal seeking to replace the 1993 directive on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter by a new regulation to improve animal welfare while allowing more uniform application of EU rules in Member States. ...
Islam in Europe - http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/
EU Parliament ends 5-year term before June ballot
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
The campaign will also likely address ongoing efforts to adopt the EU's reform treaty, which Irish voters rejected last year. ...
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FOXNews
Secret US-Israel Nuclear Accord in Jeopardy
FOXNews - USA
Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, speaking Tuesday at a UN meeting on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), said Israel should join the ...
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Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on May 6
Forbes - NY,USA
Vote on the European Union's Lisbon treaty on the schedule. EU PLAN FOR EAST: The European Union will launch a partnership programme for six former Soviet ...
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EUROPE NEWS AT 1100 GMT
Victoria Advocate - Victoria,TX,USA
PRAGUE — The Czech parliament's upper chamber voted Wednesday to approve the EU reform treaty. By Karel Janicek. LONDON — The only person jailed for his ...
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Radio Prague
PM calls on senators to avoid 'national embarrassment' and vote ...
Radio Prague - Prague,Czech Republic
... Czech Parliament this Wednesday to vote upon the EU's Lisbon Treaty. The Czech Republic is one of the last countries to ratify the EU reform document, ...
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What's left of central bank independence?
FT.com Blogs - UK
These can only be amended through a Treaty revision requiring the unanimous consent of the EU member states (currently 27 in number). ...
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Czech Senate set to approve Lisbon Treaty
PRAGUE - Lawmakers in the Czech Republic, the last member state to begin the process of ratifying the EU's Lisbon Treaty, were expected to endorse the troubled project to reform the European Commission on Wednesday. ...
EuroNews24 - News - http://www.euronews24.org/
Vote to improve EU legislation, farmers told
The controversial Treaty of Lisbon, which would reform the EU political structure, looks increasingly likely to be ratified, giving the EU parliament a greater influence on regulation. It is for this reason that the farming unions are ...
FWi - All News - http://www.fwi.co.uk/Home/
Czech Senate passes Lisbon treaty - ČeskéNoviny.cz
Prague - The Czech Senate, upper house of parliament, today passed the Lisbon treaty to reform the EU institutions with the votes of 54 out of the 79 senators present, and thus completed its ratification in parliament.
ČN - Z domova - http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/
EuroSavant » Blog Archive » Czech Reputation on the Line
By MAO
After all, as the Czech daily Lidové noviny writes, “All of Europe is following along today with tension to see whether the Czech Senate ratifies the Lisbon Treaty which is supposed to reform the EU.” OK, maybe the local Czech press is ...
EuroSavant - http://www.eurosavant.com/
Clueless on the globe: The Seven-Year Itch
By Szlankó Bálint
The European Commission was due to make its proposal for the review of the EU's financing early this year. Wary of upsetting people before the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty is finally concluded, the review was delayed until at least the ... That means that people are going to have to choose, which in turn may or may not lead to a real reform of the EU's stone-age budget: about 80 percent still goes to agriculture and development support that is splashed across most of ...
Clueless on the globe - http://www.cluelessontheglobe.com/

The BNP Chronicle: 5 Reasons To Vote BNP at the Euro Elections
By The BNP Chronicle
Yet they are the driving force behind all the regulations and directives. How else do you imagine the EU could come up with such minute detail in its so-called "laws”? It took over three years to force the Commission to admit these ...
The BNP Chronicle - http://www.bnp-chronicle.com/
Hedge Fund Exchange: Paris pushes EU to impose tighter regulation ...
By Jack Kelly
France pressed its European Union partners yesterday to impose strict rules on hedge funds, in spite of Swedish warnings that even the tightest regulation would be no guarantee against the current financial turmoil. ... Pierre de Fouquet, head of France's AFIC private equity trade body, said the directive would "inevitably generate a costly bureaucracy . . . as well as clogging up regulatory authorities without achieving any benefit for society". ...
Hedge Fund Exchange - http://compliancex.typepad.com/hedge_fund_exchange/
Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
Openet Helps EU Mobile Users with Live Usage Transparency TMCnet - USA ... to the EU's directive for enforcement measures. “Using Openet's Convergent Charging product, we are ready to meet the new EU data roaming regulations . ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/
3wan.net: European Parliament: telecoms reform package adopted ...
By 3wan.net
Under new rules introduced for the first time in EU law, the directive provides that a security breach such as the theft of a list of customer from an internet service provider must immediately be notified to the regulator. ... Commission and national regulators to cooperate on market regulation (report by Catherine Trautmann) Parliament and Council also agree that national regulatory authorities consult the Commission and the new Body of European Regulators for ...
3wan.net - http://sutherla.blogspot.com/

Lagarde renews call for tougher hedge fund rules
London Stock Exchange - London,England,UK
Ms Lagarde told a meeting of European Union (EU) finance ministers that in its current form, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive falls "way ...
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International Challenges for the Enterprise – Global TEM Deployment
TMCnet - USA
For example, the European Union has established directives and Safe Harbor certification requirements for how data is managed. ...
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UNHCR | Refworld | Commission of the European Communities v ...
By its application, the Commission of the European Communities claims that the Court should declare that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council Directive 2004/83/EC ...
UNHCR | Refworld | Latest Updates - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain
Europe Medical Equipment Industry Overview - Themedica
By Themedica
There are great differences among EU member vis-a-vis economic development that are expected to continue. At the same time while this diversity pose challenges for the medical instrument/devices industry, it also presents it with ample ... Medical Device Regulation Medical devices within Europe are regulated under the following directives. In Vitro Diagnostic Devices (IVDD) – This regulates all diagnostic devices and supplies that are used away from the patient. ...
Themedica - http://www.themedica.com/articles/

Call for major changes to data protection laws | Policies ...
Data protection laws need immediate harmonisation across the EU to reduce the administrative and legal burden on businesses, according to a review of the 1995 EU data protection directive. ... Thomas himself said the EU rules are “outdated” both in terms of technology and how modern regulation works. Obliging businesses to notify their national authority before they collect and use personal data is an “old-fashioned, but also unrealistic, regulatory tool” given the large ...


EU Parliament approves Telecoms Reform with amendment: Commission ...
PublicTechnology.net - UK
A new European Telecoms Authority that will help ensure fair competition and more consistency of regulation on the telecoms markets. ...
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Union to appeal over North Sea workers' leave
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
European working-time regulations were extended offshore in 2003 and since that date a series of tribunal hearings have taken place to determine how the ...
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