Saturday 12 December 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.


'Truly green': Home Rubber develops halogen-free compounds
RubberNews.com
Ivanhoe's work was in response to the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directives...
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EU rejects UK bid to avoid air quality targets
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Under European law the UK has to ensure that it meets strict limits for PM10s [1] in the atmosphere. It had to meet those limits by 1 January 2005. ...
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Fraud test is sweet news for choco fans
Herald.ie
Under the EU Chocolate Directive manufacturers can add up to 5pc of vegetable fats other than cocoa butter to chocolate products. By law EU consumers must ...
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Motorcycle News
Council that scrapped free bike parking in EC investigation
Motorcycle News
Warren Djanogly, chairman of the group, said: “They've violated EU procurement lawsand tried to establish an open contract that allows any other council to ...
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FetchBack: Update to EU Privacy Laws
By FetchBack 
On December 10th, ClickZ reported that the setting on a consumers browser seem to fit the lawpassed in the EU directive. (Click here to check out that story). A section of the law states: "Where it is technically possible and effective ...
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The export tax rebate lead-acid battery » Battery Blog
By sunny27 
This directive is currently has been approved by the EU Council and the European Parliament a1078 , will soon become EU law. Into EU law, the EU member states are required within two years, through the relevant domestic laws ...
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Thinking Anglicans: Equality Bill moves to the Lords
By Simon Sarmiento 
The Commission stated that the exceptions in current UK law to the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation for religious employers are broader than permitted by the EU directive. The EU Commissioner for Equal ...
Thinking Anglicans - http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/
Eurocrats threaten to strike over pay – Telegraph Blogs
By Daniel Hannan 
Let's see how Europe fares without the directives and regulations spooled out by the Eurocracy. I think we might just get by. In fact, I'd be happy to give every EU employee the 3.7 per cent pay-rise they want in return for a promise that they ..... EU social, employment, and health and safety laws, will cost the British economy more than £71 billion between 2010 and 2020. UK contributions to EU will rise by £1.2 billion next year. Open Europe Director Mats Persson says, ...
News - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/
John Lothian Newsletter: December 10, 2009: ICE Futures Europe ...
By John J. Lothian 
The consultation paper sets out the FSA's proposals for implementing changes that are required following amendments to the EU Capital Requirements Directive. http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Library/Communication/PR/2009/169.shtml. AMF amends GeneralRegulation on ... By Ben Moshinsky Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- French negotiators are seeking to toughen a proposed European Union law on hedge fund regulation that may delay approval of the measure by lawmakers until next year. ...
John Lothian Newsletter - http://www.johnlothiannewsletter.com/

Leaders back 2010 debate on EU budget overhaul
Reuters
... proposal on the budget several times over concerns the fierce debate around it would get in the way of ratification of the eu's Lisbon reform treaty. ...
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MACEDONIAN- ITALY CULTURAL COOPERATION CONTINUOUS
SeeNews (blog)
The Macedonian-Italian cultural cooperation is in line with the treaty signed in 1998 and so far two programs on cultural cooperation have been signed. ...
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Of Credentials, Crowds, and Climate
Santa Barbara Independent
... news from today was a pledge from the European Union to pony up some 7.2 billion Euros to help finance the immediate implementation of a climate treaty. ...
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Annual round of EU fisheries negotiations starts new era, says SFF
Fishnewseu (blog)
This marked difference from previous years has come about following ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, with the result that the European Parliament is now ...
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Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister and Foreign policy makers from the United ...
ISRIA
During the visit, a lot of attention was dedicated also to the EU institutional reform after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the creation of ...
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Spain wants seats for 'phantom' MEPs | Policies | EU governance ...
To do so, it will need to hold a new intergovernmental conference and the increase would need to be agreed upon unanimously by the EU's 27 member states. The Lisbon treaty would then be changed, through an appended protocol. ... Two: Austria, France, Sweden One: Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, the UK. Related articles. Can victory bring about real reform? Commission set to give MEPs chance to rewrite legislation ...
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flandersnews.be: EU leaders pledge €7.2 billion in climate aid
By flandersnews.be - Vrt
The two-day summit in Brussels is the first since the EU-wide reform in the Lisbon Treaty entered force the beginning of the month, bringing new rules to accelerate decision-making. The EU leaders are huddling for the first time without ...
News - http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/news
World of News: Greek premier pleads with EU peers over debts
By benews
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Europe's leaders stared into an abyss of Greek debt late on Thursday, but gave Prime Minister George Papandreou the benefit of the doubt after he promised them economic reform. The new Greek premier pleaded ... One diplomat said the new Lisbon Treaty, which took force on December 1, leaves the field wide open for EU aid. "Everything is possible," apart from an ECB loan, he said. "If France wants to give money to Greece, there is nothing to prevent it. ...
World of News - http://benews.twoday.net/
Kalispell Montana News to Me: TREATY RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF ...
By Crystal L. Cox
There is a need to address bilateral treaty rights of four north central Montana bands, the Rocky Boy/Migisew, the Little Shell, the Metis and Little Bear Cree. This proposal calls for enrollment reform affecting the "Chippewa Cree ...
Kalispell Montana News to Me - http://www.kalispellmontananews.com/
XE.com - Forex News
Nov 30, 2009 ... FACTBOX-Main points of EU's Lisbon reform treaty ... Nov 30 (Reuters) - The European Union's Lisbon reform treaty goes into force on Tuesday ...