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US Airlines, Industry Group Sue UK Over Emissions Plan BusinessWeek "It's difficult to challenge the validity of UK regulations implementing the EU Aviation Directive when you're not really able to argue the substance but ... See all stories on this topic

File-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet Register The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has rejected the interpretation of the law, claiming that the EU's E-Commerce Directive prohibits ... See all stories on this topic

EU Telecoms: New Rules Come Into Force Tomorrow eGov monitor The new rules composed of the Better Regulation Directive and the Citizens' Rights Directive will need to be transposed into national laws of the 27 EU ... See all stories on this topic

e-borders could be illegal under EU law, say MPs Computing But EU law says a state cannot impose any requirement other than simple production of a valid identity document on an EU citizen except in exceptional ... See all stories on this topic

EU Law and dividend tax reimbursement Director of Finance online In its decision, the ECJ ruled that Member State law which discriminates between payments to national and to foreign (EU) investment funds is not in line ... See all stories on this topic

Messenger.ge Georgia must deliver in three areas, says outgoing EU Commissioner Messenger.ge We have swiftly prepared the negotiation directives for an EU-Georgia association agreement, which are now currently under discussion in the Council. ... See all stories on this topic

Italy's Case Against Google is a Bad Moon Rising Huffington Post (blog) Here's where the Italian judge performs an end run around EU law: the EU E-Commerce Directiverequires member states to protect intermediaries - that is, ... See all stories on this topic

ANALYSIS-Madoff case to test Luxembourg fund rules Forbes The EU directives known as UCITS are designed to protect retail investors by setting out strict rules for investment funds open to the general public. ... See all stories on this topic

A Highly-Charged Sector: The Latest Regulatory Developments In Turkey's ... Mondaq News Alerts (registration) These developments – in conjunction with Turkey's efforts to keep up with European Union (EU) energy directives – have spurred amendments to the existing ... See all stories on this topic

Grahnlaw: EU Telecoms package: Recent developments By Grahnlaw The EU telecoms reform package comprises five different EU Directives (Framework Directive, AccessDirective, Authorisation Directive, Universal Service Directive and the e-Privacy Directive) and a newRegulation setting up the European Body of Telecoms Regulators BEREC. ... Historically, the “Community method” has been the shorthand expression for a triangle, where the Commission proposes and the Council and the European Parliament adopt the laws. ... Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/

Caroline Lucas MEP » Blog Archive » Lucas Warns Of Last Chance To ... By cl-editor 18 December 2009 - Greens in the European Parliament, including UK MEP Caroline Lucas, are leading a challenge to the proposed new European Union law on animal experiments [1] (an update ofEU Directive 86/609) because of controversial ... Caroline Lucas MEP - http://www.carolinelucasmep.org.uk/

Solvency II is Published « European Union Law By Вихър Георгиев ... on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) has been published in the Official Journal. The directive regulates the activities of direct insurance and reinsurance in the European Union. ... European Union Law - http://eulaw.wordpress.com/

Data Privacy Regulation & Management » Germany: Privacy challenge ... By Steve Meltzer Introduced in 2008 by the former “grand coalition” government, the law brought Germany into line with aEuropean Union directive of 2006. It means sensitive personal data detailing phone numbers called and internet sites visited can be ... Data Privacy Regulation & Management - http://privacyregulation.com/

Barriers to be lifted on foreign firms in public procurement ... By Frederic Nuyts Once implemented after Parliament's approval, the new law will reduce the number of exemptions in tenders in favor of domestic companies while removing the threshold value in procurement tenders below which foreigners are not allowed to bid , ... The draft bill also aims to harmonize the definition of the threshold value with that of the EU acquis. In this context, tenders beyond the threshold value will be organized in full compromise with relevant EU directives. ... The Public Procurement's blog... - http://www.publictenders.be/

EU Environmental Liability Directive 101 For the first two liabilities noted, the EU already has a substantial body of regulation and law, which generally take precedence over the ELD, except where ...

Top margin 1 Dec 18, 2009 ... EU Telecoms Reform: 12 reforms to pave way for stronger consumer rights, an open internet, ... will certainly not become part of European law." .... of the telecoms reform Directives(Better Regulation Directive and the ...

New EU Services Directive comes into force | The Law Society ... Dec 16, 2009 ... A new EU directive on services in the internal market enters into ... into national lawvia the Provision of Services Regulations 2009. ...

Leaked secret EU-Canada copyright agreement - EU screws Canada Boing Boing (blog) Beyond ACTA: Proposed EU - Canada Trade Agreement Intellectual Property Chapter Leaks I know that nothing can more quickly marginalize a viewpoint than ... See all stories on this topic

A Whole World of Trouble Wall Street Journal Under the Lisbon Treaty the EU can now reform itself from within, without the need to subject its constitutional arrangements to the voters of Europe, ... See all stories on this topic

Oceana urges EU Spanish Presidency to champion protection of the oceans Fishnewseu (blog) In addition, comments from NGOs and other social institutions concerning the Common Fisheries Policy reform will be included in the first months of the ... See all stories on this topic

Last-minute crumbs at Copenhagen Hindustan Times It was also a day when Apisai Ielemia, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, the nation that first stalled the summit last week asking for a clear, tough treaty ... See all stories on this topicy

Congress and Law: The European Union's Reform Process ... By - The European Union's Reform Process: Implementing the Lisbon Treaty. With the ratification process completed in all 27 member states, Sweden, which holds the six-month. EU presidency for the second half of 2009, is planning to hold a ... Congress and Law - http://congressandlaw.blogspot.com/

Grahnlaw: EU Telecoms package: Recent developments By Grahnlaw The latest EU telecoms reform package was formally approved before the Lisbon Treaty entered into force. But the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament all had their roles to play. Let us therefore take a brief look from ... Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/

Britannia Radio By Britannia Radio This has become clear already through his backing off from holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The SWP authors suggest that on the basis of this sort of "conservative EU-pragmatism" Cameron could "use his party leadership ..... and videos from the occupied territory of the EU/BERLIN /PARIS AXIS. THE U.K. no longer exists as a Nation State. Dr Richard North explains the The Reform Treatyand Why the people MUST have a vote! with Harold Hoffman Click to Listen ... Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/

Paraguay-Brazil Energy Treaty Going Nowhere Fast « Center for ... By brazilianstudies The treaty would increase Paraguay's income from energy generated by the Itaipu dam on the shared Parana River to $360 million, money that Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo wants to spend on agrarian reform to benefit 300000 landless ... Center for Brazilian Studies - http://brazilianstudies.wordpress.com/

Health care reform DOA: Triumph of the Money Party | Democracy for ... Dr. Howard Dean, MD, just said pull the plug on the current health care reform effort. The cure is worse than the disease, according to the good doctor. Why the surprise? Last week the president announced that he's sending 30000 troops to Afghanistan without a declaration of war by ... Congress is about to consider an international treaty of copyright that will turn anyone with a public blog or web site into a cop required to enforce the new laws or face prosecution. ... Democracy for New Hampshire -... - http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/

FACTBOX-Main points of EU's Lisbon reform treaty | Reuters Oct 2, 2009 ... Oct 2 (Reuters) - The European Union's hopes of greater global clout centred on Ireland on Friday as voting started in a referendum to ...

The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform: EU Reform ... Addressing the conference on the EU Reform Treaty, Minister Lenihan emphasised that Ireland's future is best served by a reformed Europe in which Ireland is ...