Monday 2 November 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Europe's own surveillance state
guardian.co.uk
It was the UK that pushed for the eu's data retention directive, which requires the destination of our very phone call, email, and text message to be ...
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Swedish EU Presidency - Consumer protection needed as consumption of digital ...
ISRIA
In other words, detriment to the consumer in the EU is evident in this field and it is therefore necessary to ensure that consumers have stronger protection ...
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Environmental Data Interactive
Ireland's 'abject failure' on waste water law
Environmental Data Interactive
She said: "This ruling against Ireland slams the government's abject failure to comply with EU law in regard to the operation of septic tanks and is a ...
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Spain did not advise the UK of its intentions
Panorama
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the European Union contacted the United Kingdom prior to its decisions to designate Gibraltar territorial waters as ...
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The Working Time Regulations: Holiday Pay
Linex Legal (registration)
It follows that in relation at least to those categories of leave which derive from EU law, there must be a right to carry forward annual leave entitlement, ...
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Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
The Reform Treaty and Why the people MUST have a vote! with Harold Hoffman Neither loyalty nor obedience. IRISH REFERENDUM. THERE'S NOUGHT SO BLIND AS THOSE THAT THINK THEY SEE !!!!!! European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws. ...
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Bob Piper : What the EU gives, the EU can take away
They don't want all that stuff like working time directives, equal rights guff and health and safety regulations, they are all 'burdens on business'. Of course to Jacques Delors and the architects of the Social Chapter this wasn't about ... I don't get to vote for the people who pass these directives which then become enshrined in British law. And if the European Union can 'give' me rights, in the same way a right-dominated European Union could take them away from me. ...
Bob Piper - http://www.bobpiper.co.uk/
Tax Research UK » The Politics Show – VAT and the Isle of Man
By Richard Murphy
Incidentally I think readers of the blog should remember that the European Savings Directive was for EU member states and allowed (as a transitional measure) for a withholding tax to be taken. Some EU states (Austria, Belgium and ... Also when it comes to secrecy I would respectfully like to point out that the case law governing disclosure of information on the Isle of Man is the 1924 UK case, Tournier v National and Provincial. Strangely that is the same case for the UK ...
Tax Research UK - http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/

Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 2
Reuters
... by European Union leaders on an opt-out clause in the bloc's reform treaty and would raise no further conditions. EU SUMMIT: The European Union agreed a ...
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Senators considering new complaint over Lisbon Treaty | Prague Monitor
Langasek also said the US would not block the ratification of the EU reform treaty due to the possible new complaint. He said similar complaints to the planned one were rejected within a few weeks as impermissible. ...
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EU Referendum: He doth squirm too much
By Richard
"A progressive reform agenda," Dave said, "demands that we redistribute power from the EU to Britain and from judges to the people." He went on: We will therefore hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, pass a law requiring a referendum ...
EU Referendum - http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/
The Tories will NOT hold a referendum on Lisbon but seek a ...
By ConservativeHome
The sentence from that Sun piece that is always quoted is the penultimate sentence; “Today, I will give this cast-iron guarantee: If I become PM a Conservative government will hold a referendum on any EU treaty that emerges from these negotiations." But the final sentence (my emphasis) is just ... The leadership wants the first year of a Conservative government to be about tackling the debt problem, schools reform, compassionate conservatism and restoring civil liberties . ...
thetorydiary - http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/