Saturday 7 November 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Telegraph.co.uk
EU report criticises its own 'vague and inadequate' hedge fund directive
Telegraph.co.uk
Speaking at an event in Brussels, the business secretary said the "EU rules risk suppressing investment in innovation" and called for laws designed to ...
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EU Proposal Could Cripple Common Web Ad Practices
ClickZ News
A proposed amendment to an EU privacy directive states that national governments should "ensure that the storing of information, or the gaining of access to ...
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Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
EurActiv
Jan. 2006: Deadline for transposing the directive into national law. By end 2009: Swedish EU Presidency hopes to reach agreement on the legislation. ...
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Financial Regulatory Forum » Blog Archive » EU Parliament report ...
By Reuters Staff
The impact assessment by Europe Economics said there was a “strong case” for additional regulation but said “the rationale for a directive of this form is weak”. The report was commissioned by the European Parliament's Committee on ... The report is a setback for supporters of the directive, which has come in for heavy criticism by the hedge fund industry. The European Parliament is co-decider on a new hedge fund law and has been the most vocal in demanding rules to ...
Financial Regulatory Forum - http://blogs.reuters.com/financial-regulatory-forum/
Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
The British government has already granted so much power to the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels that it is powerless to stop a new EU regulation which will strip away the British public's 100-year-old right to refunds for faulty or ... and paerhaps collaberate with the UK sites above and the laws your Govt translated into law from the EU directives if your in the EU etc…. 57 Nov 06, 2009 at 03:25 by Anonymous. and THAT's EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD BE VOTING FOR THEM IN . ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/
Tax Justice Network: European Commission - captive to financial ...
By TJN
'A captive Commission - the role of the financial industry in shaping EU regulation' examines how before, during and in the wake of the worst financial crisis for a generation, the Commission chose to listen almost exclusively to the finance ... Expert Groups dominated by large private banks, insurance giants and a range of financial enterprises wield significant power within the EU legislative process – from the drafting of EU strategies and laws to their implementation. ...
Tax Justice Network - http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/
Harvard ILJ Digest » ECJ: Wrongful Dismissal of Pregnant Worker
By Eric Engle
EU Directives set out binding policy goals to be implemented by the Member States leaving the means to those ends to be implemented by the Member States through national legislation. ... In the case at bar the remedy under national law for wrongful dismissal was time barred after just 15 days from posting of notice of dismissal. The ECJ found that time bar likely too brief to meet the demands of the Pregnant Worker's Directive, strongly implying the 15 day time limit in ...
Harvard ILJ Digest - http://www.harvardilj.org/digest/

Lisbon Treaty Ratified
Warsaw Business Journal
The Lisbon Treaty, also referred to as the Reform Treaty, will give the EU "legal personality" and streamline the rule-making process in Brussels. ...
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'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board'
Telegraph.co.uk
A single EU seat "makes sense," he said. Prof Johnson said that IMF reform is currently stalled because of European opposition, “but it could move up the ...
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French minister rapped for 'over the top' attack on British party
EUbusiness (press release)
He dropped that plan a day after Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the reform treaty, but insisted he would seek opt-outs on human rights plus some EU ...
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Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
Fischer will take the treaty to the depository at the Italian Foreign Ministry where EU treaties are preserved. Individual documents come into force on the ... The Lisbon reform treaty is to upgrade the functioning of the enlarged, ...
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Snuffysmith's Blog: EU Finally Puts On A Show That Is Worth ...
By Snuffysmith
Consider the countervailing developments that shook the EU last month. In a referendum, Ireland conclusively endorsed the Lisbon Treaty, an administrative reform plan that supporters say will make the common market more efficient. ...
Snuffysmith's Blog - http://snuffysmithsblog.blogspot.com/
Mandelson: “Europe needs strong leadership” « Tony Blair
By keeptonyblairforpm
The post of president for a renewable term of 2-1/2 years is being created under the Lisbon treaty, which will reform EU institutions and decision-making to try to increase the 27-country bloc's standing on the world stage. ...
Tony Blair - http://keeptonyblairforpm.wordpress.com/
ELIAMEP Blogs » Article » The Integration of the countries of the ...
By Solioz Christophe
Across the region, the receding prospect of accession has weakened the momentum for political, economic and social reform. The EU now needs to recommit to the region and reassure all its countries that they are welcome in the EU once ... After the ratification of the Lisbon treaty by all 27 member states, which is only a formality following the signing of the treaty by Vacláv Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, on 3 November, the EU is now in a position to offer ...
ELIAMEP Blogs - http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/
Guatemala News | Forging a European Worldview
This is the crux of the Lisbon Treaty, which is designed to usher in new institutions and mechanisms aimed at creating more politically cohesive EU external policies. Transferring more areas of responsibility, such as foreign aid and development ... EU leaders lament Ukraine's political divisions and slow pace of reform, and the country's leaders need to address these criticisms. But lack of progress also reflects the EU's failure to embrace Ukraine. Reform of a country's ...
Guatemala News | Headlines - http://www.guatemala-times.com/