Wednesday 30 December 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Daily Star - Lebanon
Spain's EU presidency to be 'eminently Euro-Mediterranean'
Daily Star - Lebanon
Spain and the European Union will stand firm in defense of a solution based on international law and on mutual agreement between the parties. ...
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Agency worker laws 'must avoid loopholes'
Brookson
... to avoid new rights for agency workers." The government's draft AWR seeks to implement the EU's new Temporary Agency Worker Directive into UK law.
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Ryanair threatens to stop local flights in Italy
Malta Independent Online
“Ryanair is the only EU and international operator that demands to fly in Italy without respecting Italian law.” ENAC said it would lodge a protest with the ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
David Cameron's campaign suggests a belief in nothing except money
Telegraph.co.uk
It is the Lib Dem view, as I understand it, that a referendum should be held on Birtain's continuation in the EU as a whole and/or to what degree. ...
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Swedish EU Presidency - Procedures for trade in services in Europe now simplified
ISRIA
The entry into force of the Services Directive in all EU Member States means that trade barriers are removed and companies' contacts with authorities are ...
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Between a Horek and a Mule
Groundviews
Then the other Professor showing his pique at losing GSP concessions from the EU, threatened to initiate legal actions against the EU...
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Panasonic Battery to Power a House
Before It's News
In 2006, the European Union agreed the text of a law that will make recycling of batteries obligatory from 2008. The directive will ban most batteries with ...
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Courthouse News Service
EU Court Clarifies Inside Trading Law. By AVERY FELLOW. (CN) - A person trading on inside information is implicitly guilty of using that information, Europe's highest court ruled, clarifying a European Union directive on inside dealing. ...
Courthouse News Service - http://www.courthousenews.com/
Grahnlaw: EU: Last call for copyright comments! Consultation closing
By Grahnlaw 
Unification of EU copyright by regulation could also restore the balance between rights and exceptions – a balance that is currently skewed by the fact that the harmonisationdirectives mandate basic economic rights, but merely permit certain exceptions and limitations. .... Ralf Grahn: Legal practitioner based in Helsinki, Finland. Available as speaker and lecturer on EU law and politics. ralf.grahn (at) kolumbus.fi Phone +358 400 494 706. View my complete profile ...
Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/
European Consumer Centre For Services Goes Live - Consumer Law ...
By Robert Clarkson 
consumer laws,; consumer rights,; EU Services Directive,; European Consumer Centre,; European Consumer Centre for Services,; Trading Standards Institute. No TrackBacks. TrackBack URL: http://blogs.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/7311 ...
The Solicitor - http://blogs.findlaw.com/solicitor/
Copyright Infringements: Godaddy Copyright Dispute for Your ...
By Iflove Web Design 
... the European Union's Directive on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society (2001/29/EC), and/or otherlaws and regulations relevant in European Union member states or other ...
Iflove Website Designer - http://website.iflove.com/
No Spam Rules and Email Marketing | Fix Email Problems
By admin 
These laws can be very strict and have severe penalties and need to be checked in each country where you will do business on an individual basis. The EU, or European Unionhas implemented Article 13 of their Directive on Privacy and ...
Fix Email Problems - http://fix-email-problems.com/

Economy at heart of Spain's EU presidency
TVNZ
Sweden's presidency set a high standard for planning and organisation, successfully ushering in the Lisbon reform treaty, designed to smooth decision-making ...
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The next step for the EU: Europe 3.0
Christian Science Monitor
That's the theory now that the Lisbon Treaty has finally taken effect. Whether the EU's practice will actually be different or not remains to be seen. ...
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Yearender: Xinhua top 10 world news events in 2009
TMCnet
Start of Lisbon Treaty opens new era for EU On Nov. 19, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy was chosen as the first full-time EU president and British ...
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Copenhagen blame game is obstacle to 2010 climate deal
Grist Magazine
Gordon Brown said he would be stepping up efforts to get a climate treaty. And France's Nicolas Sarkozy offered to host a summit this spring of the leaders ...
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New Statesman
Fantasy politics
New Statesman
-Europe would remain a headache for Cameron . . . after Ireland narrowly voted Yes in a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in the autumn. ...
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Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
“The European Union and Central Asia: EU Third Pillar).3 In doing so, the Reform. Treaty will provide a necessary and ...... also S. Peers (2007), EU Reform Treaty Analysis 1: JHA provisions, . ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/
EU calls for more U.S. involvement in climate works | Science News
By admin
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown described the summit as “at best flawed and at worst chaotic” and demanded an urgent reform of the process to try to reach a legal treaty when talks are expected to resume in Germany next June. ...
Science News - http://news.remedy.org.ua/
2009 was an eventful and unpleasant year for Switzerland. - swissinfo
Bern has proposed to reform a system that offers low corporate tax rates in a way that will be welcomed by the EU, although no details have been made public. At the same time, the European Commission group responsible for the ... Switzerland is not an EU member, but has concluded more than 20 major bilateral accords with Brussels since 1972. Voters in 1992 rejected the European Economic Area treaty; an application for EU membership has been lodged but remains dormant. ...
swissinfo.ch - Top News - http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/
Old Spice is Nice: Obama's First Year
By Ben Ditty
But, admittedly, he had his shortcomings this year. Obama has struggled to get a new Climate treaty signed with other nations and his own Congress. Financial reform has only passed the House, when it is abundantly necessary. ...
Old Spice is Nice - http://niceoldspice.blogspot.com/
Greenhoof » Blog Archive » Copenhagen blame game is obstacle to ...
By Bryan
And though the EU should have taken more of a lead and was foolish to join in attempts to undermine the Kyoto Protocol, its leaders led the last-minute rescue missions in Copenhagen. ... Gordon Brown said he would be stepping up efforts to get a climate treaty. And France's Nicolas Sarkozy offered to host a summit this spring of the leaders that signed the Copenhagen accord, while Angela Merkel's Germany will host a ministerial meeting in June. ...
Greenhoof - http://www.greenhoof.com/
Bulgaria: The Bulgaria 2009 Review: Bulgaria in EU - Novinite.com ...
In December, the EU Reform Treaty, or as it is more famously known, ... In Ireland's first referendum on the EU Reform Treaty in June 2008, the Irish voters ...
CRS Reports at UNT Libraries -- The European Union's Reform ...
In June 2008, Irish voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty, and have thrown its future into doubt. This report provides background information on EU reform ...