Tuesday 9 February 2010

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

EU hedge fund regulation plans still risky: UK FSA
Reuters
The European Parliament and EU states have joint say on the draft law. Waters said the assembly's version of the directive contained dangers, ...
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Jersey partnership law update
Lexology (registration)
... as amended (the "Companies Law"), and have been proposed for two reasons: To respond to the impact on Jersey-based auditors of European Union Directive ...
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What is the European Commission?
Deutsche Welle
The European Court of Justice, which interprets European Union law and makes sure it's applied to all members equally, ruled in favor of the Commission, ...
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Government confirms legislation to allow product placement
mad.co.uk
The Government will lay Regulations under section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972, giving legal effect to the requirements of the EU Audiovisual ...
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Industry consulted on controversial pesticides regulation
Farmers Guardian
The Directive, which must be implemented under EU law, covers areas including the training of pesticide users, inspection of spraying equipment and ...
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Italy changes tack on internet regulation
Computerworld New Zealand
Under the original draft of the broadcasting law, which the government says enacts a European Union directive, YouTube risked being treated as a ...
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Artprice: Christie's Makes Another Vain Attempt to Take Control of Artprice at ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Thierry Ehrmann, founder and CEO of Artprice, confirms that the translation into French law of the EU Directive 2006/123/CE on Services, including the ...
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ECJ rules UK procurement challenge timing illegal
Linex Legal (registration)
... which proceedings may be brought” do not comply with EU law, specifically the then prevailing EU directive on public procurement (Directive 89/665). ...
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Banking - legislative restrospective
Lexology (registration)
16/2009 amending and supplementing the Accounting Regulations compliant with European directives, applicable to credit institutions, non-banking financial ...
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Spanish ministers outline Council Presidency priorities
European Parliament (press release)
MEPs also raised the question of Member States' transposition into their national laws of the EU directives on services and consumer credit. ...
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Tech and Law: Mobile social networks - ENISA's 17 golden rules for ...
By WH
The report includes a section on the EU Data Protection Directive and the article 29 working party's opinion 5/2009 on social networking, the applicability of the Directive to non-EU social networks, and the question of whether the SNS ...
Tech and Law - http://blog.tech-and-law.com/
business and Finances: Forex Bull
By business
Bank of England Those are the findings of the Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC), which was established by the Bank of England, on the eve of a critical week for the EU hedge fund directive in Brussels. The Times has learnt that ...
business and Finances - http://blogworldfinances.blogspot.com/
Censored By Facebook! SIOE Stop Islamisation Of Europe_ WHY ...
By centurean2
In 2002, the current EU Commissioner Louis Michel told the Belgian Parliament that the EU would include Northern Africa and the Middle East. Barroso described the EU as an empirewhose laws shall extend beyond the borders of Europe. .... 4- Since Jean-Claude Juncker, the former President of the European Union, adopted this resolution, we can expect a further European directive in order to sue any people for disliking Islam (Exactly like in Arab countries). ...
Centurean2's Weblog - http://centurean2.wordpress.com/
Desdemona Despair: German government report: global ocean ...
By Jim
And nine years ago, the European Union put directives on the books that forbid any dumping of maritime waste into the ocean while in ports. Still, according to a classified German government strategy paper obtained by SPIEGEL ... Even strict laws have yet to do anything to help the oceans, the paper states. Take the case of the North and Baltic seas. Although dumping into them has been illegal since 1988, the amount of waste found in these seas has still "not improved. ...
Desdemona Despair - http://www.desdemonadespair.net/
Burning our money: Charter Cities
By Wat Tyler
Suppose it became our own version of a Charter City - minimum wage and working hours regulations abolished, social benefits for working age citizens abolished (maybe a 5 year phased withdrawal), central government economic and planning and ... We can't do it because of the 53rd EU Directive on not doing stuff. And there's also the question of human rights. And anyway, we might end up with all kinds of Coketown beastliness, and children being sent down the mines. ...
Burning our money - http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/
Spanish ministers outline Council Presidency priorities
The future directive on consumer rights currently before Parliament is a flagship .... On company law, the Spanish Presidency aims to simplify the environment in ... in the context of the Rome II regulation (law applicable to non-contractual ... The EU's Spanish Presidency will focus on defining an action plan to ...
Britannia Radio
(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 ...

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European Union Prepares for Economic Crisis Meeting
New York Times
Thomas Klau, senior political analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations, added that, since enforcement of the Union's new Lisbon Treaty, ...
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MEPs to endorse new commission after long delay
Irish Times
... its exit has been delayed by the protracted enactment of the Lisbon reform treaty and the replacement of Bulgaria's original commission nominee. ...
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Medvedev, EU "wise men" to discuss security, visas
RIA Novosti
The sides will also touch upon EU reform. The 12-strong group of "wise men" analyzes European integration prospects, addresses issues of the EU social and ...
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David Cameron's plan to clean up politics
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Much has been made of the “Cast Iron” guarantee about the EU Treaty/Constitution. Even now, we want to have our say. You know that a very large proportion ...
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Britannia Radio
the institution is feeling newly invigorated by some fresh faces and by the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty, which came into force late last year . ...
'treaty' || european union rewritten constitutional treaty ...
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Members Of The 25th Dáil and Referendum topic page | European Voice
Foreign minister blames “lack of information” for Ireland's rejection of the EU's reform treaty. Michéal Martin, Ireland's foreign minister, has said that ...