Tuesday 22 December 2009

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

ICM Commercial & Business News
EU regulations will cost UK £184bn to 2020
ICM Commercial & Business News
Based on the UK Government's own impact assessments, it estimates that the top 100 existing EU laws will cost the UK economy £184bn between 2010 and 2020, ...
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EU calls on faster adoption of new advertising regulations in digital media
Focus News
The new advertising regulations, which had to be introduced in the law of each member state by December 19 covers big part of the issues on radio and ...
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Govt approves changes to rating regulation norms
Prague Daily Monitor
The cabinet approved an amended law which transposes into Czech law the EU directive on the introduction of pyrotechnic products into the market, ...
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SAP Settles Lawsuit with Company in Its Ecosystem
Managing Automation Magazine
Regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley in the United States and the EU 8th Company Law Directive in Europe demand that companies establish such internal ...
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BNA Books' New Third Edition of 'Privacy in Employment Law' Brings Clarity to ...
PR Newswire (press release)
It includes lists of relevant state laws that address key topics, as well as text of selected foreign statutes and the European Union directive on privacy ...
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MPs show green light to implementing EU Services Directive in Estonia
Baltic Business News
The Riigikogu last week adopted the law on the implementation of the EU Services Directive in Estonia. The bill submitted by the government was passed in ...
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New TV without borders: chronic transposition delays
Europolitics.info
Before taking on her new portfolio of justice and fundamental rights, Vivian Reding, the current EU Information Society Commissioner, is upping the ...
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ACTA May Prompt Quick Restart To EU Harmonisation Of Criminal Enforcement Of IP
Intellectual Property Watch (blog)
Criminal law sanctions were originally integrated into the draft EU IP enforcement directive (IPRED), but kicked out during the legislative process. ...
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Freiburg: A town battling for its turbines By Sarah Azau
REVE
Such streamlining of wind energy planning red tape is one of the overall aims of the 2009 EU Renewable Energy Directive, so despite the difficulties of the ...
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Disclosure of Major Shareholdings and the Stock Corporation Act
International Law Office
The Stock Exchange Act implementing the EU Transparency Directive does not require that voting rights be suspended if a shareholder does not report its ...
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Grahnlaw: EU Telecoms package: Commission's declaration on net ...
By Grahnlaw
However, I also know that technology and regulation will evolve further in the years to come. And I plan to be Europe's first line of defence whenever it comes to real threats to net neutrality. This should be spelt out in more detail in ... ( 2 ) Article 1(14) of Directive 2009/136/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 11). ( 3 ) See footnote 2. Ralf Grahn P.S. For your convenience, multilingual Bloggingportal.eu already aggregates ...
Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/
Ten reasons to leave the EU – Telegraph Blogs
By Daniel Hannan
We'd be rid of the EU Directives in regard to CO2 emissions and could build the coal power stations we need to build in order to keep our economy going. And the nuclear power stations … Yeah – have a word with Dave! ... Report comment. Just to meet three of the points (i) amount of regulation coming from Brussels (ii) cost of regulation and (iii) amount of the UK's net contribution to the EU budget (which is the only one that matters) cf. attached. ...
News - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/
EU Telecoms Gets Tough New Rules | Cyprus News Report
By SF
The Better Regulation Directive and the Citizens' Rights Directive will need to be adopted as national laws by the 27 EU Member States by June 2011. “We are serious when we say that Europe's telecoms operators and consumers should no ...
Cyprus News Report - http://www.cyprusnewsreport.com/
United States of Europe: Open Europe press summary: 22 December 2009
By David Ben-Ariel
Open Europe Research Director Mats Persson is quoted saying, "Despite some attempts at reform, the cost of EU regulation continues to rise year on year. Some of these regulations might be helpful but far too often the cost of EU rules ... a question of giving a higher or lower personal salary increase, but of applying the compulsory method for calculating the figure and of respecting European law and the agreement signed by representatives of EU member states in 2004". ...
United States of Europe - http://europeunitedstates.blogspot.com/
I CARE - News - Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe
"This directive was agreed unanimously by all EU countries in 2002 but, to be effective, it needs to be fully and correctly transposed into national law," said Vladimir Spidla, EU commissioner for equal opportunities. ...
I CARE News English - http://www.icare.to/
Find and Track New EU Legislation, Directives, Regulations ...
European Law Monitor - News and information on the EU, policies, and legislation ... Agreement on trade in bananas between the EU and MFN banana suppliers ...
Open Europe blog: The top 100 most costly EU regulations
A blog about the European Union, foreign policy, politics, etc ... a list of the top 100 most costly EU regulations, detailing the annual cost of the laws, ... 1 ) The Working Time Directive, to cost the UK economy £32.8 bn by 2020: This ...
United Kingdom: Standby Mode - First Milestone Imminent | Europe ...
Unlike EU directives (which require implementation by Member States into their domestic laws), EU regulations have direct effect across the EU. ...

European solutions to climate change
guardian.co.uk
Coupled with a reform of the clean development mechanism, the reform of the EU ETS could prove to be the EU's most important contribution to fighting ...
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UN agrees to reform climate process
Financial Times
The other remaining question is how the EU and the US deal with a more assertive China. They need China to give its backing to a legally binding treaty, ...
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Swedish EU Presidency - Joint Statement, EU - Republic of Moldova Cooperation ...
ISRIA
The EU and Moldova took stock of concrete achievements in sectoral cooperation. They welcomed in particular the decision at the Energy Community Treaty ...
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EU Breaks Down National Boundaries With Telecoms Rules
eWEEK Europe UK
Reding added that the introduction of the telecoms rules into EU law should motivate member states to adopt the regulations. "Now that the reform Directives ...
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The European Union: another step
FXstreet.com The Forex Market
The Constitutional Treaty aimed to simplify the community's regulations and mechanisms, bring the EU closer to its citizens and provide them with strong ...
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UNICEF (press release)
Louis Michel The ideal gift
UNICEF (press release)
The opening articles 3.3 and 3.5 of the Treaty of Lisbon state that the European Union”protects the rights of the child” both within its Member States and ...
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The European Commission appoints Head of Representation in Hungary
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
... and for the EU institutional reform negotiations (Amsterdam/Nice Treaty/European Convention), as well as being the first “Antici” official for Hungary. ...
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Hurriyet Daily News
Initiative should go on, says Spanish envoy
Hurriyet Daily News
Spain will take over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on Jan. 1. While the Turkish government launched an initiative to end the country's decades-old ...
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New TV without borders: chronic transposition delays
Europolitics.info
... a poor showing for this major EU reform adopted in December 2007 with the aim of adapting European television to new broadcasting (on-demand services) ...
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GOP warns of harsh climate on energy
Politico
Photo: AP Senate Republicans warned Monday that the bruising fight over health care reform could deliver a knockout blow to another Democratic priority: ...
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The European Union: a critique « Article 48
By article48
At the time of writing The Reform Treaty also known as the Treaty of Lisbon or the Lisbon Treaty (LT) has been ratified by all the Member States of the European Union (EU). As of 1 December 2009 the treaty will come into effect. ...
Article 48 - http://article48.wordpress.com/
Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
IKV's Nas: EU's future with Lisbon Treaty should concern Turkey July 2007: The Portuguese presidency opens the ICG to draft a new EUReform Treaty.” Sept. 7-8, 2007: Foreign ministers hold treaty talks in Portugal. ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/
WWP-SENIOR SPEAKS!: Debate Agreement Unfair
By Senior
The EU Reform Treaty is still important to a significant amount of the public. They could interpret the exclusion of UKIP as an attempt by the main parties to ignore their views. I think any opportunity that is given to big parties, ...
WWP-SENIOR SPEAKS! - http://seniorspeaks.blogspot.com/
wildsingapore news: China Says "Development Right" Key In Climate ...
By hello@wildsingapore.com (ria)
Describing the climate change summit as "at best flawed and at worst chaotic," Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanded urgent reform of the process to try to reach a legal treaty when the talks resume in Germany next June. .... Politicians are blaming China and other developing countries for cutting the heart of out of the climate deal, with Britain accusing Beijing of vetoing a deal for mandatory emission cuts and an EU official complaining that some Latin American ...
wildsingapore news - http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/
C-Questor Carbon Markets and Climate Change News Letter ...
By Graham Crawford
Gordon Brown today said a new global treaty on climate change had been "held to ransom" by some countries opposed to a deal in Copenhagen, and called for reform of the way such negotiations take place, including an international body to ...
C-Questor Carbon Markets and... - http://cquestor.blogspot.com/
Financial news from Europe: EU Reform Treaty, Reform Treaty of the ...
EU Reform Treaty, Reform Treaty of the EU (Lisbon Treaty) . The new draft treaty proposes to retain a number of key provisions of the draft European ...
THE NEW EMPIRE OF EUROPE
Today, the EU constitution is once again set to become the law of the land. However it is now being called the EU "reform treaty" and this time around its ...