Thursday 3 December 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

City Shouldn't Rise to Sarkozy Rhetoric
Wall Street Journal
It shies away from handing the new EU authorities the sort of powers Mr. Sarkozy might like to see in favor. The European Systemic Risk Board, which, ...
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mps debate Israeli Goods (Labelling)
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
The labelling of food products is governed by both UK and EU law and serves the purpose of giving clear and complete information to consumers, ...
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Europe's isps object to secret copyright treaty talks
Register
EU laws protect isps from liability for the use of their networks, at least until a network owner is informed about the conducting of illegal activity. ...
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Gallic Shrug
ARTINFO
Now the European Union is seeking once again to impose greater flexibility on the recalcitrant French. The EU Services Directive, due to take effect January ...
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Combined Heat and Power: EU Law
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Mr. Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department has taken to implement EU Directive 2004/8/EC on the ...
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Thinking Made Easy: International Corporate Finance Law
By Marivic Butod
The Takeovers Directive came about in April 2004 for implementation by all EU members by May 2006. The directive is the first regulatory policy to provide minimum rules governing the regulation of company takeovers involving the trading ...
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We Exist In A State of War With The British Government ...
By centurean2
Filed under: Civil Liberties, Economy, European Union, Laws & Regulations, News, Op Ed, Police State, Politics. The Czech government has signed the Lisbon Treaty. It is ratified. It gives Brussels 100% control over any and all aspects ... Ever since 1972 when the European Communities Act was signed, Parliament has existed in a state of Treason. Every EU Directive enforced by Parliament constitutes another Treasonous act against the people of Britain, that group who lends ...
Centurean2's Weblog - http://centurean2.wordpress.com/
Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
Power Stations: EU Law DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) ... and when each is expected to close. [303393] Mr. Kidney: The following power stations in the UK have opted out of the large combustion plant directive: ... And - Europe often lacks the political, not institutional will, to even enforce the Directives, regulations and Treaties that the Member States are supposed to abid by. But – let's not forget and even remind those that lead the . ...
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Anglican Mainstream » Blog Archive » Brussels says churches must ...
By Jill
It has emerged that the commission wrote to the government last week raising concerns that the UK had incorrectly implemented an EU directive prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of a person's sexual orientation. ... "It is a big embarrassment for the British government, which has consistently sought to appease religious homophobes by granting them opt-outs from key equality laws. The European commission has ruled these opt-outs are excessive." ...
Anglican Mainstream - http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/
David Cameron on PR: analysis « STATBOX
By Statbox
Half the regulations affecting our businesses come from the EU, that's true. But that's because the bulk of our international trade occurs within the free trade area of the EU, and that means that we all have to be playing from the ... It's not a case of a law being passed and then instantly being subject to it. UK law is sometimes derivative of EU law – see for example, Working Time Directive or the Human Rights Act 1998 – but it still has to be passed by the Commons and ...
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Lisbon Treaty on EU reform in force
Legalbrief (subscription)
The EU reform treaty, known as the Treaty of Lisbon. went into effect this week after more than two years of negotiations, says a report in the Jurist. ...
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EU Playing With Fire On Jerusalem
The Jewish Week
The meeting is one of the EU's first acts under the Lisbon reform treaty that took effect Tuesday after its ratification by all 27 member states. ...
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Juncker to get 2.5-yr term as Eurogroup head in Jan
Forbes
The issue of Eurogroup chairmanship has come up because of the entry into force of the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty on Dec. 1. Under the treaty ...
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The City's safe from Sarkozy
guardian.co.uk
Belgium and Britain got the two high-profile posts in the new post-Lisbon treaty Brussels, but Sarkozy was at pains to show that France had actually got the ...
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Lords debate EU Trade Policy: EUC Report
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
The EU's trade policy, which we are considering today, is an important example, and it is perhaps worth noting that the Lisbon treaty today extends the ...
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Insider View: An Interview with Radosław Sikorski
Central Europe Digest
Mr. Sikorski: The implementation of the Lisbon Treaty will create a more integrated and unified European Union. We also hope it will strengthen the EU's ...
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EU-RussiaCentre.org
By Milana M
“This is a good day for Russia because it lets us deal more effectively with our friends,” Swedish Ambassador Tomas Bertelman told reporters on the day that the EU's biggest reform treaty came into force. Source: The Moscow Times ...
EU-RussiaCentre - http://www.eu-russiacentre.org/
EU-DIGEST: What Will Happen In European Union From Now On?
By Turkish Digest
Therefore, although the European Union Constitutional Treaty which was decided to be prepared in 2001 is disabled with a train crash, the Reform Treaty which can be referred as an amended version of the Constitutional Treaty has become ...
EU-DIGEST - http://www.eu-digest.com/
Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
[JURIST] The European Union (EU) reform treaty, known as the Treaty of Lisbon [EU materials; JURIST news archive] went into effect [press release] Tuesday after more than two years of negotiations. The Treaty, which was ratified by all ...
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Europe quietly accepted Lisbon Treaty | Baltic Review
By mr.balticum@live.de (Mr. Balticum)
They prefer to call it the “Lisbon Treaty on reform.” The Lisbon Treaty, which has changed the decision-making process inside the European Union (EU), granting more authority to a Euro Parliament, has ardent supporters and no less ...
Baltic Review - http://baltic-review.com/
Gods Warrior: EU Playing With Fire On Jerusalem
By Gods Warrior
The meeting is one of the EU's first acts under the Lisbon reform treaty that took effect Tuesday after its ratification by all 27 member states. It is intended in part to give the EU a greater role on the world stage and provide for a ...
Gods Warrior - http://godswarri0r.blogspot.com/