Monday 25 January 2010

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.


Britain's working time directive 'opt-out' under threat
Telegraph.co.uk
“We need to have the strongest possible safeguard for the NHS and our other public services by getting a permanent opt-out from EU laws in this area. ...
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Ahern tells EU partners residency laws must be reviewed
Irish Times
“We estimate that 30 per cent of all our applications for recognition under the EU directive on freedom of movement and residency involve persons who were ...
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The Guardian
Equality bill: churches and campaigners demand clarity on religion's exemption
The Guardian
... to hide from parliament … they appear to have told the EU that they will narrow thelaw in the equality bill in order to comply with the directive...
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Google clash highlights how China does business
USA Today
The portal company infamously forked over data to Chinese officials that in 2004 helped convict journalist Shi Tao for leaking a propaganda directive...
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Europe's winding road towards a payment revolution
EurActiv
Payments in 31 European countries are about to get faster, cheaper and easier once the EU'sambitious Payments Services Directive is fully translated into ...
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Intellectual property bulletin - review of 2009
Lexology (registration)
A further version of the proposed regulation for the EU patent was issued in October 2009 and political agreement was announced in December 2009 on the main ...
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Compulsory retirement age would be scrapped under watchdog's plans
Times Online
... 2006 did comply with an EU directive against age discrimination. Mr Justice Blake also said, however, that the case for changing the law was compelling. ...
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Poolbeg firm repeatedly fined in US for flouting pollution laws
Irish Independent
"The city council has a clause in the contract that provides for financial penalties if they exceed EU directive emission levels. ...
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Malta's Right to a Spring-hunting Derogation
EurActiv
The EU Commission had brought the case against Malta because it believed that autumn provided an alternative satisfactory solution to spring hunting. ...
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Thumbs Down For Roman Internet Circus
followthemedia.com (subscription)
The intention, say the drafters, is to bring their regulation in line with the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS). ...
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On the Gripping Hand » If you've nothing to fear, you've nothing ...
By mark 
Pressure from individuals like Michael Geist, Jamie Love and myself through our respective freedom of information laws, from Organisations like the EFF, Creative Freedom Foundation, TechLiberty and acta.net.nz, from media commentators like Glyn ... This goes beyond the WIPO treaties and the EUAcquis (Directive 2001/29/EC) (CISD) which refers to “adequate legal protection” without specifying in what this protection would consist of (see 1st comment regarding paragraph 4). ...
On the Gripping Hand - http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/
A Liquidity Network would be legal in Ireland – The Liquidity Network
By Richard 
In the past, the EU has insisted that they may only contain euros, or units with a value expressed in euros, whereas we want the quid to be able to float in value relative to the euro. ... The second question was whether quid were “governed by Directive 2000/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the taking up, pursuit of and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions, such that the system must comply with ...
The Liquidity Network - http://theliquiditynetwork.org/
Italy: Berlusconi's Media Playground? « Media Chronicles (boldly ...
By Cynara M. Medina 
States shape the media system by enacting policies and regulations, by granting subsidies, and by protecting local media production from outside competition, among other tools. .... It will be interesting to see how this law, which some experts believe is a direct challenge to Google, plays out. Berlusconi's government argues that they are only attempting to enforce the European Union directive “to set up media rules” (Barry, 2010), yet only the Italians have taken it as ...
Media Chronicles (boldly going... - http://popcultural.wordpress.com/
Guyana_forests: Guyana is left to the whims of multinationals
By Vigilance 
Intellectual property rights are mostly protected by each member's national laws rather than the EU laws. In defending each individual EU member, the EU is looking at further harmonisation in the costly complications to defend ... A 2004 directive requires that all member states must apply effective, dissuasive and proportionate remedies and penalties against those engaged in counterfeiting and piracy and so creates a level playing field for rights holders in the EU...
Guyana_forests - http://guyanaforests.blogspot.com/
on dot-gov: Three Privacy Tales
By noreply@blogger.com (Gwynne) 
In November, the European Union passed a law requiring Internet users' consent before cookies can be placed on their machines. The amended directive will now state that national governments must "ensure that the storing of information, ...
on dot-gov - http://www.ondotgov.com/

Transparency of institutional investors
85/611/EEC on the coordination of lawsregulations and administrative provisions ... regimes and differing implementation of existing EU directives...
European Union Directives and Poland A Case Study
15 Therefore, unlike regulationsdirectives require the formal support of the ... 14 See Sofia Arana Landin, Abuse of Law Within the European Union...
Britannia Radio
EU -Current RegulationsDirectivesLaws & comments. Dec 18. Nigel Farage with Alex Jones-1-5. We have been telling you this for 40 years and on our ...

Stuttering start for revamped EU
Gulf Times
The reform treaty, which came into effect on December 1 after a long and fraught gestation, aims to make the growing European bloc more efficient with a ...
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Trend News Agency
Spanish FM: Spain's presidency in EU is opportunity to create solid foundation ...
Trend News Agency
Don't you think that the rotating Presidency will lose its authority with the Lisbon Treaty? A.: Our country is proud of taking up the EU Presidency at this ...
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Europe's Lackluster Response To Disaster In Haiti
Gov Monitor
To the EU, however, the event has become yet another cause for introspection and depression. The crisis has come at a time of bureaucratic transition. ...
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US Healthcare reform « Certain People Say…
By certainpeople
Categories. Select Category, Education (1), Football (1), Funny (1), General (3), Global Warming (1), Health (2), Hurling (1), Lisbon Treaty (3), Politics (17), Random Thoughts (9), Religion (2), Soccer (3), Sport (3), Uncategorized (3), US Politics (3) ... I don't intend getting into the debate over healthcare reform in the US; suffice to say that neither the House nor Senate version is close to what I would do, and I think reform is very much needed. ...
Certain People Say... - http://certainpeople.wordpress.com/
Military News: Deputy Secretary Visits U.K. to Promote Defense ...
By Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.)
"We do indeed intend to press the Senate for ratification of the defense cooperation treaty," Lynn said. "We do that as basically a down payment on export control reform that the president and Secretary (Robert M.) Gates have been ...
Military News - http://military-online.blogspot.com/
Remember God - Lapus points out gains in improving education
Education Secretary Jesli lapus defended the Philippines' track record on education reform, on Sunday, saying a recent United Nations (UN) report critical of the country's accomplishments overlooked some bright signs in the last three years . ... New Delhi, Jan 24 : International NGOs Sunday welcomed the decision of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC countries) to support the Copenhagen Accord but to have the agreement as part of a legally binding global treaty ...
Remember God - Supreme Master... - http://www.remembergod.org/en/vegetarian-news.aspx
Massachussets election: Have the Americans gone completely dumb or ...
By Newropeans Magazine
... the Democrats lost Massachussets (and their majority in Senate) 1/ because their candidate, Ms Coackley, was terrible, 2/ because citizens are disappointed by Obama, and 3/ because Massachussets' citizens voted against the health reform ! ... Citizens' discontent with European government action compared to the expectations of their people climbs slightly, though remaining at very high levels (96%). The « Lisbon Treaty » effect clearly hasn't happened.… (page 24) ...
LEAP 2020 - http://www.leap2020.eu/
Kansas Family Court Reform Coalition: THE JUDGE AS BATTERER-MOMMY ...
By Claudine Dombrowski
Yet in 1999 women made up 70 per cent of abductors in an analysis of 1080 applications under the 1980 Hague Convention, an international treaty set up to deal with child abductions. Men comprised 29 per cent of abductors and the ...
Kansas Family Court Reform Coalition - http://ks-fcrc.blogspot.com/
The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
The reform treaty, which came into effect on December 1 after a long and fraught ... Criticised by EU parliamentarians for being too vague on major global ...
EU foreign policy chief to chair first meeting of FMs in 2010 ...
Both posts have been introduced by the EU reform treaty, also known as the Lisbon Treaty, which came into effect on December 1, 2009, after the long- delayed ...