Friday 6 November 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

EU hedge fund plan may choke investment-UK minister
Reuters
BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - European Union plans to tighten regulation of hedge funds and private equity managers could choke off investments and deepen the ...
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Cameron's 'never again' vow on EU
BBC News
He said he would need the agreement of all 27 EU nations to get powers back on employment law, including the working time directive, the Charter of ...
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Swedish EU Presidency - On track towards a digital single market?
ISRIA
"Harmonisation is very important, not just in the EU but throughout the global market," she said. The work on a fully harmonised Consumer Rights Directive ...
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Temporary Agency Workers' Directive (Directive 2008/104 EC)
Lawdit Commercial Solicitors
The Temporary Agency Workers' Directive was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 5 December 2008. Member States have until 05 December ...
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Swedish EU Presidency - Cooperation needed to combat violence against women
ISRIA
I look forward to discussion and recommendations on issues including the following: * Should the EU develop a Directive on policy to combat violence against ...
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Inaugural Workplace Law Environmental Management Law and Practice seminar
Workplace Law Network (subscription)
In a packed programme, expert speakers covered a wide range of sustainability issues, ranging from UK and EU climate change legislation to waste management. ...
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Scottish Oral 05 Nov 09
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
... directive to the imposition of a minimum price for alcohol for public health reasons. The European Commission has already confirmed that European Union ...
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UK Government Is Already Powerless in Face of EU Laws : The ...
By BNP News
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 unwanted goods. The new EU directive, which is being made to “harmonise” the law in all member states, will only allow repairs or replacement of faulty goods — and will outlaw all retailers offering any sort of cash-back guarantee. ...
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File-Sharers Protected Under Proposed EU Legislation | TorrentFreak
By enigmax
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 ...
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EU Officials Push Back Against Hollywood... Sorta; Note That ...
By Mike Masnick
In France the HADOPI 2 law will probably have to be changed because of this directive. Their "procedure", although involving a judge doesn't require the accused to be heard at all. As for the execution of all this, I expect they will probably pressure people to confess and .... Especially with EU having the Enforcement directive and the Data retention directive in the background. The fact that net neutrality wasn't included was a major disappointment for the Pirate Party. ...
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Klaus signs EU reform treaty, criticizes court decision (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com
Prague/Brussels - Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty on Tuesday, removing the final obstacle to a major reform of the ...
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Sarkozy wants EU to fill top Brussels jobs quickly
eTaiwan News
Now that the Lisbon Treaty, as the EU reform treaty is called, has been ratified, Sarkozy says it is time to take concrete action. ...
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Swedish EU - Presidency obtained agreement on telecoms package
ISRIA
On Thursday morning, the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the European Commission called a joint press conference to present the ...
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PM Fischer to bring Lisbon Treaty to Rome next Friday | Prague Monitor
The treaty will take effect on December 1 as wished by the Swedish EU presidency. 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, 27-member EU. It introduces the posts of president of the European Council and of "European foreign minister." Copyright 2009 by the Czech News Agency (ČTK). ...
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Gulf Stream Blues: France: 'Autistic' Tories will Castrate UK
By Gulf Stream Blues
And his promise that “never again” would a treaty pass without a public referendum in Britain is an empty gesture considering the Commission has already said it will not attempt any further institutional reform for at least a decade and ... If the Tories are elected next spring it would mean that all three major EU countries will have Conservative governments. Yet far from being an ideologically unified block that could plow through badly-needed reforms in Europe's social ...
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ConservativeHome: Friday 6th November 2009
By ConservativeHome
ToryDiary: Cameron leadership "delighted" at smooth reception for Europe policy Mats Persson on Platform: The Conservatives are right to focus on EU social policy – but only a comprehensive opt-out from all relevant Treaty articles will do Seats and ... Skint? Britain's financial crisis is much, much worse than that - Adrian Montague of Reform in The Telegraph. Ed Miliband says it is highly unlikely that a new legally binding climate treaty can be agreed on time - BBC ...
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File-Sharers Protected Under Proposed EU Legislation | TorrentFreak
By enigmax
“The Telecoms Reform Package neither demands nor prohibits the implementation of three-strikes legislation to disconnect alleged file-sharers by member states,” Engström told TorrentFreak, adding that if they do implement such measures, ..... “With the Lisbon Treaty being signed by all European Union member states, the Pirate Party has gained another seat in the European Parliament. The second Pirate Party seat will be occupied by the 22 year old Amelia Andersdotter, ...
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p2pnet news » Blog Archive » EU vote opens the way to 3 strikes law
By Jon
With the EU parliament scheduled to vote on a controversial EU telecom reform package, member states agreed to add a new paragraph, “prohibiting national authorities from excluding users from the internet without a court order,” p2pnet reported in May. .... Is this the same sort of “fair and impartial procedure” that they used to force Ireland to sign the Lisbon Treaty? Reader's Write Says: November 6th, 2009 at 3:01 am. No Justice no peace. ...
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