Wednesday 13 January 2010

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Provision of Services Regulations 2009
Linex Legal (registration)
Source: CMS Cameron McKenna - The Provision of Services Regulations 2009 came into effect on 28 December 2009, and implement the EU Services Directive ...
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New reporting obligations for Irish companies: the Company Reporting ...
Lexology (registration)
These Regulations set out a number of provisions that increase the reporting and disclosure obligations on companies incorporated in the EU. ...
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Lords debate Asylum: EUC Report
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
To move that this House agrees the recommendations of the European Union Committee that Her Majesty's Government should exercise their right, in accordance ...
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Local Government Services: EU Law
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
[308253] Ms Rosie Winterton: We have approached the implementation of the EU Services Directive in accordance with our commitment to ensure that all new ...
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New Europe
Viviane Reding European Parliament Hearing Report
New Europe
An ultimate reevaluation and explanation of European Law, a possible European Law Academy and the further embellishment of the criminal Law where the EU is ...
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Germany launches tough new rules for rating agencies
Earthtimes (press release)
The draft law, which implements a European Union directive agreed to last year, comes in the wake of criticism by both governments and economists of the ...
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Strict battery recycling regulation initiated in EU
Electric.co.uk
The latest EU policy on waste batteries sets recycling targets of 25 per cent for all batteries sold by 2012 and 45 per cent by 2016. The new directive ...
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Partnerships: Company accounts
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
The directive amended the Fourth EU company law directive, which requires limited companies to draw up and publish accounts. The 1990 directive does not ...
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United States-European Union convergence on insider trading standard
Lexology (registration)
... trading law, as defined by the US courts and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and the European Union (“EU”) Market Abuse Directive ...
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Grahnlaw: EU: Criminal enforcement of IPR? Resurrection of IPRED2?
By Grahnlaw
The Union must improve studies of this phenomenon and ensure that greater account is taken of law enforcement aspects in the work of the future European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy. ... in close collaboration with the Member States, to analyze the application of the Directive 2004/48/EC, including an assessment of the effectiveness, of the measures taken and, while taking account of the rapidly developing digital environment, if necessary propose appropriate ...
Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/
Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
Press Release - European Communities (Data Protection) Regulations ... European Communities (Data Protection) Regulations, 2001, signed into Law. EU Directive provisions regarding Transfers of Personal Data to Third Countries . ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/
Fellowship of European Broadcasters » Snippets January 2010
By feb
The new EU Telecoms “Better Regulation Directive” and the “Citizens' Rights Directive” must be absorbed into national laws of the 27 EU Member States by June 2011. The new European Telecoms Authority, called “Body of European Regulators ...
Fellowship of European Broadcasters - http://www.feb.org/
Tsibouris Privacy & Technology Law Blog: Article 29 Working Party ...
By Mehmet Munur
The report serves as a summary of all EU DPAs' reports on the implementation of the EU Data Protection Directive, the E-Privacy Directive, major case law, and major specific issues. The following are some of the interesting tidbits from ...
Tsibouris Privacy & Technology Law Blog - http://www.tsibouris.com/blog/
ianodon.blogspot.com: iron maiden
By jose candido
... by means of the separate Electronic Commerce Directive. (Unlike U.S. federal laws and regulations, the execution of European Union directives usually requires separate legislation by or within each of the Union's member states.) ...
ianodon.blogspot.com - http://ianodon.blogspot.com/
EUR-Lex - 32009R1170 - EN
Access to European Union law. Please select a language, български (bg) ... amending Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of Council and ... Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of ...
eScholarship: Pesticide Regulation in the EU and California
These laws were consolidated in EU regulation in 2005 (Regulation (EC) N 396/ 2005) ... The centerpiece of the EU regulatory regime, however, is EU Directive ...

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Rotating presidency as an 'ideas factory'
Financial Times
Such a procedure would surely require changes to the power structures established in the EU's newly adopted Lisbon treaty. And if there is one thing most EU ...
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EU Trade Nominee Calls for China to Let Yuan Appreciate
Wall Street Journal
The former Belgian foreign minister showed little eagerness to reform Europe's trade-defense rules, saying they were working well and "it should rather be a ...
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The Orange Revolution fades to black as Russia rises again in Ukraine
Globe and Mail
Both have pledged to build relations with Moscow and to abandon plans to bring Ukraine into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ...
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Semeta gives tacit backing for tax blocs
Europolitics.info
The resulting 'no' vote led to Irish demands for a special tax protocol, which is to be added to the next EU accession treaty. The Lithuanian nominee - who ...
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New Europe
Stefan Fule European Parliament Hearing Report
New Europe
By working together we have the opportunity ot create a synergy that wasn't there before the Lisbon Treaty came into place". His priorities are that they ...
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EU And Asia Antitrust And Competition Quarterly Briefing – January 2010
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
... not expect any major reform of the Commission's decision-making process (which in any event likely would require new changes to the Lisbon Treaty). ...
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[Comment] From the new G20 to a new multilateral order
EUobserver.com
EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - Entering a new decade with a new Treaty, the EU now possesses more tools to adapt and cope with an increasingly complex, ...
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Lords debate Asylum: EUC Report
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Provisions on police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters were previously in Title VI of the Treaty on European Union-the so-called third ...
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The TaxPayers' Alliance - Media Coverage: Business & Finance ...
By TaxPayers' Alliance
At the hearing, he resurrected the company-tax project, which had been abandoned by his predecessor in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid upsetting Ireland ahead of its first referendum on the EU's Lisbon reform treaty in 2008. ...
The TaxPayers' Alliance - Media Coverage - http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/media/
FT.com | Brussels Blog | Spain's Kites Keep The EU Rotating ...
By Tony Barber
About four, to judge from the speed with which Germany and the UK have shot down a proposal from José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, to introduce binding mechanisms to enforce economic reform in the European Union. ... Such a procedure would surely require changes to the power structures established in the EU's newly adopted Lisbon treaty. And if there is one thing most EU leaders can agree on at the moment - leaving aside the question of whether they ...
Brussels Blog - http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/
TheBull.com.au
De Gucht was Tuesday quizzed by EU MPs who must approve his appointment as the EU's trade commissioner, where he will negotiate treaties for European governments for the next five years. The former Belgian foreign minister showed little eagerness to reform Europe's trade defence rules, saying they were working well and "it should rather be a revamping than a complete change." China complains regularly about the EU's antidumping rules because they have often imposed ...
TheBull.com.au - http://www.thebull.com.au/
Copenhagen fails to produce treaty | Tribruin Online
By Curtis Winter
It was clear that many felt the U.N. and the worlds countries were allowing a golden opportunity for reform to slip by. Outside of Copenhagen, huge protests were launched in London and Melbourne. The convention was marred by conflicts ...
Tribruin Online - http://www.tribruin.org/
Zapatero's Moment / ISN
By Guy Hedgecoe
Moreover, an air of experiment surrounds the EU presidency. The (Lisbon) constitutional treaty - finally operative in December 2009 - has established a new president of the European council (a role filled by the former Belgian prime minister ... However, Zapatero has resisted private-sector calls for a major reform of Spain's rigid labour market, insisting that workers' rights must not be eroded. The fact that Zapatero is the only socialist leader among the EU's most ...
News stories - ISN - http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch