Tuesday 22 September 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Telegraph.co.uk
Good, bad, or not too sure? What the bosses have to say on the EU
Telegraph.co.uk
But now we have a third one: monetary union, which is also probably a negative.” Osmond reckons the EU's over-arching regulation also contributes to ...
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BBC News
UK rivers failing new EU standard
BBC News
However, the European Water Framework Directive, which became law in the UK in 2003, sets even higher quality standards, using a wider and more ...
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Hyatt signs up to EU binding corporate rules for data transfers
Register
The European Union's Data Protection Directive prevents companies sending personal data outside of the EU except when the destination country has been ...
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Swedish Presidency EU - A better internal market on ministers ...
ISRIA
The Services Directive forms a legal framework to facilitate the establishment of businesses and trade in services between the EU Member States. ...
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From toxic waste to toxic assets, the same people always get dumped on
guardian.co.uk
The law couldn't be clearer: the Basel convention, supported by European directives, forbids European Union or OECD nations from dumping hazardous wastes in ...
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Mongabay.com
EU biofuels policy undermines governance in Indonesia
Mongabay.com
The report concludes by urging EU countries to not expand their use of palm oil. It says that such action would send the message that bioenergy is not a ...
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EU nations seek changes to 'micro-enterprises' plan
EurActiv
The legislation dates back three decades and it is widely accepted that reforms are needed to bring the directives up to date. Charlie McCreevy, the EU's ...
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BBC News
Laws 'lead to tyre dumping scams'
BBC News
Taro 9 said schemes were being run which took advantage of a recent EU directive stating tyres could no longer be disposed of in landfill sites. ...
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Monbiot.com » Toxic Assets
By George
The law couldn't be clearer: the Basel convention, supported by European directives, forbids EU or OECD nations from dumping hazardous wastes in poorer countries(10,11,12). But without enforcement the law is useless. ... Business without regulation is scarcely distinguishable from organised crime. Regulation without strict enforcement is an open invitation to mess with people's lives. Tedious directives, state power and bureaucratic snooping – the interference that ...
Monbiot.com - http://www.monbiot.com/
Eufides: Free movement of trains in the EU
By Gabriela
The gradual transition required a set of directives and interim arrangements leading to a first step consideration at national level of all technicalities (national technical rules at member state level). ... The legal and economic conditions regarding the single European rail area are mentioned in the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) vision. It is clearly stated that the EU railway law will back the single area, with the removal of market ...
Eufides - http://eufides.blogspot.com/
Pickled Politics » Dumping waste illegally
By Rumbold
He also shows that the typical response to this, which is to call for more regulation, more money for regulators and more laws, is pointless: “The law couldn't be clearer: the Basel convention, supported by European directives, forbids European Union or OECD nations from dumping hazardous wastes in poorer countries. But without enforcement, the law is useless.” His views chime with mine. What we need to do is to enforce the laws we have, and if the expensively-assembled ...
Pickled Politics - http://www.pickledpolitics.com/
Information Policy: Privacy in Electronic Communications: The ...
By Mikhail Doroshevich
Privacy in Electronic Communications: The Regulation of VoIP in the EU and the United States. by Rebecca Wong and Daniel Garrie [Computer Telecommunications Law Review]. Abstract: The growth of internet telephony or Voice over ... The third part examines the European framework and in particular, the current categorisation of VoIP services, before considering the privacy perspective, taking into account the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2002/58 and the ...
Information Policy - http://www.i-policy.org/

Czechs keep EU guessing on reform treaty
Financial Times
According to EU officials, the biggest fear of policymakers in Brussels is less that Irish voters will reject the treaty for a second time in a referendum ...
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INTERVIEW:US leadership needed on Doha, climate change-EU
Reuters
"I think now is the time to move forward" in the Doha round of world trade talks, John Bruton, the EU's ambassador to the United States told Reuters in an ...
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JURIST - Paper Chase: Germany parliament gives final approval to ...
JURIST - Paper Chase: Germany parliament gives final approval to bill for ratifying EU reform treaty. ... Germany parliament gives final approval to bill for ratifying EU reform treaty. Jaclyn Belczyk at 8:48 AM ET ...
JURIST - Paper Chase - http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/index.php
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order: Berlusconi Advocates ...
By DotConnector
"If the Lisbon Treaty on EU reform does not pass, we need to completely revisit the current functioning of Europe to create a core of states that operate beyond unanimity," said Mr Berlusconi on Friday (18 September) at a press ...
Connecting the Dots in the New... - http://dotconnectoruk.blogspot.com/
Less is more: English call for a referendum on Lisbon
By Sheilanagig
Lord Tebbit called on David Cameron yesterday to pledge a referendum on the new EU reform treaty even if it has already been introduced. The Tory leader is facing increasing pressure to spell out what he will do if, as expected, ...
Less is more - http://fiddleferme.blogspot.com/
Derek Bennett The Euro Sceptic: THE RETURN OF BARROSO
By Derek Bennett EU-Sceptic
“This is the man who once infamously threatened the Irish people, should they dare to vote against the Lisbon Treaty. “In his victory speech Mr Barroso said that his appointment would bring forward "The exciting journey that is the integration of Europe." Mike added: "The man that says that the ... "It beggars belief that a Party that campaigned on a reform of the EU platform in the European Elections can, at the first opportunity, so openly support the federalist agenda. ...
Derek Bennett The Euro Sceptic - http://derekbennetteu-sceptic.blogspot.com/
Federal Union: No conspiracy: just the facts
By Richard Laming
A British rejection of the treaty will kill it, which is what they say they want. But a British rejection of the treaty in a referendum would kill much more than the treaty alone. What of Britain's relationship with the EU as a whole? ... It is not as if they believe in referendums on principle, for where is their support for a referendum on electoral reform or on Scottish independence or on the future of the monarchy? They are not advocating a referendum on Europe out of ...
Federal Union - http://www.federalunion.org.uk/blog/