Friday 9 October 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

EU deputies to vote on press freedom in Italy
EurActiv
Centre-left meps proposed that a new EU directive on media pluralism should be adopted by the European institutions to regulate the media landscape against ...
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Poland and Finland warned on EU food contact plastics law
Plastics & Rubber Weekly
“If the member states concerned are not able to assure the Commission that this directive is in fact transposed under their national law, the next step will ...
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Regulators criticise 'unworkable' EU plans for hedge fund reform
Telegraph.co.uk
There are fears that the law could spark an exodus of funds and their managers outside the EU bloc with a migration of Switzerland or further afield to the ...
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guardian.co.uk
UK faces European court for allowing raw sewage to enter Thames
guardian.co.uk
We've invested massively in improvements to overflows under the EU's urban waste water directive. £2.5bn has been spent on improvements in England and Wales ...
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Parliament set to strip CO2 caps from EU air pollution law
EurActiv
The revised directive, combining seven existing EU air pollution laws, will require some 52000 industrial installations to obtain permits from national ...
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Barmy EU law saw a frail Southport pensioner locked out of care home flat
Southport Visiter
“It seems the warden could not open the door until 8.15am without breaching the EU directive.” A carer travelled from Ainsdale with sandwiches for Mrs ...
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EU unhappy over restrictions on estate agents
Cyprus Mail
The conditions concern qualifications and professional experience and raise problems of conformity with EU directives on the recognition of professional ...
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Hedge Fund Exchange: EU regulator says hedge fund plans needs rethink
By Jack Kelly
Huw Jones, Reuters, October 8, 2009 A draft European Union law to regulate hedge funds and private equity managers is unworkable and needs a rethink, a top EU regulator said on Thursday. "I hope they will come forward with something... ... "We think the directive should focus on the three key issues of registration and authorisation, reporting of systemically relevant data, and a workable passport," Baker said. Posted at 03:00 PM in Current Affairs | Permalink ...
Hedge Fund Exchange - http://compliancex.typepad.com/hedge_fund_exchange/
The European Journal: UK's Stamp Duty Reserve Tax is incompatible ...
By The European Journal
UK's Stamp Duty Reserve Tax is incompatible with EU law, says the ECJ. On 1 October, the ECJ held, in HSBC Holdings plc, Vidacos Nominees Ltd v The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, that the levying of stamp duty reserve tax on a transfer of shares in ... Consequently, HSBC have sought to recover Stamp Duty Reserve Tax levied on shares which were issued into Sicovam on the grounds that the charge is unlawful as it breached the Capital Duty Directive. ...
The European Journal - http://europeanjournal.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Scaber Nestor - Ska tillägg 138 spolas av EU's jurister på så ...
the legal basis for telecoms legislation, which falls under Article 95 of the EU Treaty. The 'prior' decision taken by a legal institution, is the problem, because it implies that the directive is asking member states to re-organise their judiciaries and their legal systems. ... They will say that a text that refers to general principles of community law would work, such as decisions taken by an independent organisation, reasoned decisions and respect for right. ...
Scaber Nestor - http://scabernestor.blogg.se/
Caritas in Veritate: Christian Concern about proposed European ...
By Father John Boyle
Local Christians have brought to my attention the possible dangers of proposed anti-harassment and anti-discrimination legislation emanating from the European Union. If enacted, these laws could prevent Christians living out and ... Video on EU Directive on Equal Treatment: Professor Wagner Explains Concerns Please watch the video (above), where Professor Wagner explains how this Directive has a potentially horrendous impact on Christians and the Christian way of life. ...
Caritas in Veritate - http://caritasveritas.blogspot.com/
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN... - A Tangled Web - A TANGLED WEB
By David Vance
... EU de facto becomes our government and the PM becomes a servant of the EU, bound by the constitution to promote and act for and on behalf of the EU and he will be subject to its law - not directives or regulations but sovereign law. ...
A Tangled Web - http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/

Czech president wants footnote to EU reform treaty
eTaiwan News
AP Sweden says the Czech president wants to add a two-sentence footnote to the European Union's reform treaty, but the footnotes meaning is unclear. ...
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PREVIEW-Irish gov't, after EU treaty success, faces new test
Reuters
Prime Minister Brian Cowen's success in ratifying the European Union's reform treaty last weekend has already faded into the background as he waits for his ...
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British Conservatives end conference with troops pledge (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com
Earlier, William Hague, the Conservatives foreign policy spokesman, underlined the party's opposition to the Lisbon Reform Treaty, which he said was ...
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Epoch Times - Irish Government, After EU Treaty Success, Faces New ...
By Reuters
Prime Minister Brian Cowen's success in ratifying the European Union's reform treaty last weekend has already faded into the background as he waits for his junior coalition partner to persuade members to agree to a new programme for ...
Epoch Times | All headlines - http://www.theepochtimes.com/
EU Referendum: They are all lining up
By Helen
No longer on a treaty, a relatively straightforward proposition but on some mythical reform package. Does Ms Mullally not realize that EU reform is not in our hands, as this country is only one of 27 members? ...
EU Referendum - http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/
Ireland Votes Yes to Lisbon Treaty, Surrenders Real Sovereignty ...
By Terry Melanson
Ireland Votes Yes to Lisbon Treaty, Surrenders Real Sovereignty. Stephen Hand - October 3, 2009. Goodbye Ireland. Irish perform political U-turn in second referendum on EU reform plan as opponents call for British vote ...
Illuminati Conspiracy Archive Blog - http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/
Irish vote sends Tony Blair racing to EU presidency | Jesus Lives!
By sage
From Guardian UK European leaders led by Angela Merkel of Germany and Nicolas Sarkozy of France will act swiftly to make the EU's reform charter a reality. ... The strong endorsement of the Lisbon treaty by the Irish after eight years of divisive attempts to rewrite the EU's rule book, has sparked the jockeying for position over the plum jobs that it creates, with Tony Blair now a clear favourite to become the first permanent EU president. ...
Jesus Lives! - http://www.jesuslives.co.za/
Remember God - US asks for WTO panel on EU poultry restrictions
CZECH President Vaclav Klaus raised a new obstacle to the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty yesterday, telling EU president Sweden he wants a footnote added to the document before signing it into force. (source:irishexaminer.com) ...
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