Saturday 19 December 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 Directive requires member states to protect intermediaries - that is, ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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Grahnlaw: EU Telecoms package: Recent developments
By Grahnlaw
The EU telecoms reform package comprises five different EU Directives (Framework Directive, Access Directive, Authorisation Directive, Universal Service Directive and the e-Privacy Directive) and a new Regulation 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 of EU 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 a European 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 ...
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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 law via the Provision of Services Regulations 2009. ...

Spain to focus on economic reform during presidency
European Voice
Spain's four main priorities for its presidency, as listed by Moratinos, are the “full and effective application of the Lisbon
treaty” including the EU's ...
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France-China ties full of vigor: French PM
Xinhua
China will work with a more stable and better organized
EU with the coming into effect of the Treaty of Lisbon, Fillon said. The Treaty of Lisbon, ...
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Investors give cautious thumbs up to climate deal
Economic Times
"I think business will be happy with the content but will want it put in national law and international
treaty." Friday's agreement said that global warming ...
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EU justice chief plans civil code, privacy laws
EurActiv
... stressing the necessity of reform. The importance of data protection is highlighted by the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, under which the ...
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Scorpions for Xmas: more gifts from Harper
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Last week, on Thursday, the House of Commons voted to turn down a new
treaty with the European Union for the Northwest Atlantic fishery — a document that ...
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Europe's Rising Global Role
Project Syndicate
As the Lisbon
Treaty comes into force, The European Union (EU) is, I believe, uniquely suited to take on its leadership responsibilities. ...
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Morning Bell: The Hugo Chavez Case for Cap and Trade
Heritage.org (blog)
Throughout the conference, one of the biggest obstacles to an agreement was the insistence of developing nations that rich countries sign a binding
treaty ...
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Minister Debates Human Rights Convention with Skouris
STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription)
Zalar said that this was a very important aspect of the Lisbon
Treaty, which entered into effect on 1 December. The way in which the EU will accede to the ...
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CTV.ca
Discord as US announces 'meaningful' climate deal
CTV.ca
The conservative/
reform are a sham with a few strategically placed figure heads in the east to give the illusion of a national party. ...
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A Road Map for Asian-Pacific Security
American Enterprise Institute
When the
Treaty of Rome was signed, all the signatory states were democracies, and their security was grounded by membership in a US-led NATO. ...
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Congress and Law: The European Union's Reform Process ...
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The
European Union's Reform Process: Implications for the United States. Critics contend that the Lisbon Treaty will do little to simplify the EU, and assert that many difficult issues that are often the source of gridlock—such as ...
Congress and Law - http://congressandlaw.blogspot.com/
Centre for European Reform: Gazprom's uncertain outlook
By Centre for European Reform
The
EU wants Russia to sign up to joint principles on energy sector investment and transit, especially after Moscow recently withdrew its signature from the Energy Charter Treaty. Russia seeks European help to make its hugely wasteful ...
Centre for European Reform - http://centreforeuropeanreform.blogspot.com/
Open Europe blog: The EU in 2010
By Open Europe blog team
The new Lisbon
Treaty rules mean that the country holding the Presidency is stripped of its power to 'represent' the EU because of the appointment of a permanent EU President and Foreign Minister. However, Spanish ministers will chair most meetings of the ... This is fundamentally at odds with British priorities for the EU in 2010. Reformist governments must resist moves towards 'building Europe' for the sake of it, and instead concentrate on promoting economic reform." ...
Open Europe blog - http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.com/
Obama and Medvedev Meet; New Arms Treaty Deadline Pushed to Next ...
By ABCNews.com
The attempt last night to delay a vote on the annual Defense Department spending bill was intended to delay passage of the necessary military spending bill in order to push back action on health care
reform. If the shoe had been on the ...
Political Punch - http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/
Porter Calls for Prayer and Fasting to Stop Health Care Reform ...
By Kyle
"Please pray that God will intervene to block a
treaty from being signed in Copenhagen that would sign away U.S. sovereignty and issue unprecedented taxes and control over our lives and businesses. "Please join us for a time of prayer, ...
Right Wing Watch - http://www.rightwingwatch.org/
Cedefop | Project administration page | Links | Draft Reform Treaty
Title:Draft Reform Treaty URL Text: Draft Reform Treaty URL: http://www. consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=1317&lang=EN&mode=g. Alternative text: ...
Spain (News) - Muzi.com
BRUSSELS (AFP) - European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU ...
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4, Czech president signs EU reform treaty, Nation and World ... European Union reform treaty - leaving the Czech Republic as the only nation yet to sign off ...