Wednesday 25 November 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Choosing 'Mr(s). Europe' [Archived]
EurActiv
The
EU's new 'Reform Treaty' was agreed upon by EU leaders at a summit in June 2007 and the updated final text was formally approved in October 2008 at an ...
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Reuters South Africa
EU's Barroso hopes for new Commission by end-January
Reuters South Africa
But a series of delays, including the need to ratify the Lisbon
reform treaty that streamlines EU decision-making, has caused the process to be pushed back. ...
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Climate experts welcome Chinese pledge on meaningful Copenhagen agreement
Xinhua
This had hampered the course of international climate talks, because, for example, an international
treaty could only be legally effective in the US after ...
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Irish public workers strike over budget reform
Mr. Cowen, criticised by many voters for his handling of the recession, has strengthened his position by getting the EU Lisbon reform treaty approved in last month's referendum and securing parliamentary approval for a 54-billion-euro ...
Financial Post - Top Stories - http://www.financialpost.com/16994.rss?type=rss
Laptop Battery, Power tool Battery and all battery: Leaders ...
By excel_digital
And unlike all the
EU's other treaties—Maastricht, Nice and so on—Lisbon contains no plans for the next great piece of reform. This absence, and all those lost referendums, carry a message: the great treaty-drafting machine that has ...
Laptop Battery, Power tool Battery... - http://laptopadapter.blogspot.com/
Nostalgia – Perception of the European Union as a Global Actor ...
By cb3blog
Nostalgia – Perception of the
European Union as a Global Actor. No, not many other people know who she is either ... yet. As the Lisbon Treaty comes into force, a little reflection into the perception of the EuropeanUnion as a global power as ..... 'European Military Reform for a Global Partnership' The Washington Quarterly Winter 2003-04. Gilpin, Robert. Global Politcal Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. ...
CB3 Communications Blog - http://cb3blog.wordpress.com/
PJC Journal :: The Euro Federalists are in a hurry
By IanPJ
The Committee of the Regions was initially set up as a consultation body, but it has with each
Treaty gained more influence and more power, taken control of more of the shared competencies. ... As it is a plan to reform localism within regions of the EU, (but as Hannan himself has now admitted it cannot happen as the EU is not open to reform from within), what purpose is being served by these 'progressives' such as Hannan and Carswell other than to distract and to keep ...
PJC Journal - http://thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk/blog


EU Clears Final Hurdle For Telecom Reforms
Wall Street Journal
By Carolyn Henson BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--The
European Union Tuesday cleared the final hurdle for sweeping new rules for the bloc's telecommunications sector ...
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EU Commission Demands UK Abolish Religious Freedom Rights
Lifesite
In a letter to the British government, the
EU has demanded that Britain abolish laws protecting religious freedom rights with regards to "sexual orientation ...
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Expanded EU Directive on ecodesign for energy-related products comes into force
Linex Legal (registration)
Source: Practical
Law Company - An update on the recast EU Ecodesign for energy-related products Directive (2009/125/EC), which was published in the ...
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Advertisers say new cookie law met by browser settings
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The
European Parliament today voted to approve the European Commission's Telecoms Package of reforms. Part of that package of reforms was a change to EU law ...
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Environmental Leader
Australia Considers E-Waste Law
Environmental Leader
Under the
European Union's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, the cost of recycling hazardous electronic waste is covered by ...
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Peter Fleischer: Privacy...?: European law on hosting platforms
By Peter
The
European Union's Electronic Commerce Directive, enacted in 2000, sets a clear legal framework for establishing liability for unlawful content on the Internet. It provides a safe harbor for entities acting as intermediaries, ...
Peter Fleischer: Privacy...? - http://peterfleischer.blogspot.com/
Germany resists EU regulation for nanotechnology label for cosmetics
Last week (20 November), EU member states adopted new rules on the marketing and safety of cosmetics by grouping the existing 55 directives into a single regulation (pdf download). One of the key elements of the new streamlined laws is a clause requiring companies to print the word 'nano' in brackets after any ingredient which is smaller than 100 nanometres in size. "All ingredients present in the form of nanomaterials shall be clearly indicated in the list of ingredients ...
Nanowerk Nanotechnology News - http://www.nanowerk.com/
Greece: Unwelcoming shores | WOMBLES
In late 2008, in a meeting with EU member state delegations, we urged them to stop sending migrants and asylum seekers back to Greece under the so-called Dublin II regulations, because of the ill-treatment, detention and unfair asylum procedures. ... In addition, the EU needs to ensure that EU member states are held to account when they fail to respect their obligations under EU law, and ultimately to reform the Dublin system. Only then can the EU take meaningful steps ...
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Britannia Radio
Thursday 19 November 2009. European Union DirectivesRegulations and Laws ... Once adopted EU countries will have two years to write the directives into ...
Debate Europe :: View topic - EU Directives & Regulations enforecment
... is still lacking on most essential EU directive and regulations. .... that there are directives, regulations and EU laws that have not ...