Friday 11 September 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Spain backs tighter hedge fund rules -Guardian
Reuters India
In July, UK Treasury minister Paul Myners laid out plans to lobby against the EU directive, saying the draft laws required "major surgery". ...
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Identiplast focuses on new EU directive
European Plastics News
“That is too detailed a question to include in a Framework Directive,” she said. “But it will be something that could be included in a bio-waste regulation. ...
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EU shakes up Europe's defence market laws
Jane's
The new directive on defence and security procurement officially became EU law on 21 August and gives the member states 24 months to convert it into ...
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Half of online retailers are breaking the law
ComputerWeekly.com
The investigation started in May to check compliance with three EU consumer laws: the Distance Selling Directive, the E-Commerce Directive, and the Unfair ...
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Cloud exposure comes at a cost
Irish Times
The result is the possibility of breaching the laws which prevent EU citizens' personal data being exported to jurisdictions with less stringent protections ...
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ummid.com
American Muslims eight years after 9/11
ummid.com
In June 2009, the American Civil Liberties Union released an extensive report about how the US terrorism finance laws and policies were unfairly preventing ...
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Slugger O'Toole
By Mack
EU directives have no legal force in Ireland. EU law must be implemented by each member state, that means for a law created by the EU to become actual Irish law a Bill must be introduced to the Oireachtas and voted on by Senators and ...
Slugger O'Toole - http://www.sluggerotoole.com/index.php
Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
Spanish Finance Minister says Spain is backing France and Germany in tougher regulation of hedge funds. City AM reports on Open Europe's debate on the EU's proposed AIFM directive, which will be held at lunchtime in the City. The article reports that the .... A leader in Sueddeutsche highlights a decision of the German Constitutional Court not to allow extradition of an Iraqi to Greece, commenting "Just because the label says EU it doesn't mean the rule of law is there. ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/
McGarr Solicitors - Dublin Solicitors Ireland | Cloud Computing ...
By Simon McGarr
Personal Data is defined by Directive 95/46 as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person” and processing same as “collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, ... There is the additional complication that, unlike Amazon, not all the cloud computing service providers will promise to keep the data uploaded from the EU in the EU. The result is the possibility of breaching the laws which prevent EU ...
McGarr Solicitors - Dublin Solicitors... - http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/
Financial Regulatory Forum » Blog Archive » Spain backs tighter ...
By Reuters Staff
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Spain's Economy Minister, Elena Salgado, has backed European Union plans for tougher regulations on hedge funds in an interview with the Guardian on Friday. ... In July, U.K. Treasury minister Paul Myners laid out plans to lobby against the EU directive, saying the draft laws required “major surgery”. Critics fear the proposed measures will undermine the competitiveness of EU member states like Britain, which is home to 80 percent of Europe's ...
Financial Regulatory Forum - http://blogs.reuters.com/financial-regulatory-forum/
More than half European websites are illegal | Ecommerce Journal ...
By ayny
The investigation started in May to check compliance with three EU consumer laws: the Distance Selling Directive, the E-Commerce Directive, and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. The EU-wide enforcement results will be presented by mid -2010. The EU has also published samples of good and bad websites selling electronic goods. The sweep investigation focused on three areas: .... EBay is appealing against anti-competitive regulations in EU ...
Ecommerce Journal-more about... - http://www.ecommerce-journal.com/

EU faces crisis if Irish reject reform treaty
Reuters
... delay integration, weaken the euro currency and reduce the bloc's global clout if Irish voters reject an EU reform treaty next month, analysts say. ...
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Ignore Me And Just Vote For Lisbon, PM Tells Irish
New York Times
Pro- and anti-Lisbon camps are using the economy to push their case with the "No" side arguing the reform treaty is bad for workers' rights and the "Yes" ...
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Turkey's EU Dreams and European Energy Security: In the Pipeline?
RGE Monitor
Turkey, on the other hand, still has not signed the Energy Community Treaty, aimed to extend relevant EU energy laws across neighboring countries. ...
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Reuters summit-September UN summit seen key to climate deal
Reuters
A draft treaty is an unmanageable 200 pages long. "Now the onus is on heads of government," Achim Steiner, head of the UN Environment Programme, ...
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International Law Prof Blog: German Bundestag Approves Lisbon Treaty
By InternationalLaw Blogger
EU Flag On Tuesday, the Bundestag overwhelmingly approved national legislation incorporating the Treaty of Lisbon, a major step towards the entry into force of the European Union's attempt at comprehensive institutional reform. ...
International Law Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/international_law/
Epoch Times - Ignore Me and Just Vote for Lisbon, PM Tells Irish
By Reuters
PM Brian Cowen told voters to put aside their feelings about his premiership and vote "Yes" on the EU Lisbon Treaty. ... premiership and the government and vote "Yes" in next month's referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty. Pro- and anti-Lisbon camps are using the economy to push their case with the "No" side arguing the reform treaty is bad for workers' rights and the "Yes" side emphasising the need to tie Ireland closer to Europe at a time of severe recession. ...
Epoch Times | All headlines - http://www.theepochtimes.com/
RGE - Turkey's EU Dreams and European Energy Security: In the ...
By Jelena Vukotic
Turkey, on the other hand, still has not signed the Energy Community Treaty, aimed to extend relevant EU energy laws across neighboring countries. Ankara quoted technical problems, yet Katinka Barysch of Centre for European Reform ...
RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor - http://www.rgemonitor.com/economonitor-monitor/
Teaching Comparative Government and Politics
By Ken Wedding
Blair's hopes? Tony Blair would like to be "president of Europe." But his chances are slim if Ireland rejects the newest version of the latest EU treaty. President Blair? Former PM in frame to become first head of EU ... The first major opinion poll of the referendum campaign shows that 46% would vote yes, a decline of 8 percentage points in support of the EU reform programme. The Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll today finds that 25% of Irish voters still do not know whether ...
Teaching Comparative - http://compgovpol.blogspot.com/
EU offers billions to poor nations to persuade them to sign ...
By Aoife White
The prime ministers of Sweden and Denmark, meanwhile, were traveling to South Africa and India to discuss a new climate change treaty. The EU funding was expected by poor countries and by aid and environment groups which argue that centuries of economic ..... ChristianCent Deb Bendis on abortion and foreign aid: http://bit.ly/1MHYFK; NrthCentrlBread yay for new cosponsors for S. 1524! Find out how you can be a part of the movement to reform foreign aid http://bit.ly/ J6wdA ...
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