Thursday 11 February 2010

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Hedge Funds Brace For European Showdown
Wall Street Journal
It may also be incompatible with existing EU laws, according to the Bank of England. Some of the most worrying proposals have been watered down. ...
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UK panel wants to save EU hedge funds from stiff regulations
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The committee advised the government not to implement the suggested laws, which have received wide acceptance in the European countries.
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INTERNET LAW - European Regulation on the Guarantee of Consumption Goods
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The EU guarantee on consumption goods is regulated by Directive 1999/44/CEE of May 25th, 1999. E-commerce sellers and consumers need to be aware of this law ...
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Lords approve EU: Directive on the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific ...
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
That ethical imperative is recognised in both the UK and EU laws, which prohibit the use of laboratory animals if another method is available. ...
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Prague Post
Cigarette tax affects budget brands
Prague Post
Philip Morris is the particular focus of EU tobacco taxes, which are calculated around "the price category most in demand," according to EU tax directives. ...
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Nazret.com (blog)
Ethiopia prepares code of conduct for international election observers
Nazret.com (blog)
Last month Ethiopia extended invitation to the European Union and the Carter Center to observe the national elections due to be held for the fourth time ...
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Italian Decree Highlights Creeping Internet Censorship
Internet Evolution
In Italy, for example, undersecretary for telecommunications Paolo Romani has interpreted the EU directive in a bill called the “Romani decree” that will ...
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Labour falls foul of privacy laws with automatic electioneering calls
Out-Law.com
... their prior consent was a breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), which are the UK implementation of an EU Directive. ...
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Male-female equality: tackle violence and guarantee paternity leave, say MEPs
European Parliament (press release)
The EU has a directive on maternity leave and a directive on parental leave, but no legislation on paternity leave. The House therefore calls on the ...
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Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
Access to European Union law. Please select a language, български (bg), español (es) ... Commission Regulation (EU) No 113/2010 of 9 February 2010 implementing ... Commission Directive 2010/6/EU of 9 February 2010 amending Annex I to . ...
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Grahnlaw: EU tax policy: ECOFIN 19 January 2010
By Grahnlaw
The draft directive is aimed at better meeting the member states' needs with regard to the recovery of taxes, providing an overhaul of directive 76/308/EEC (codified by directive 2008/55/EC), on the basis of which the member states have engaged in mutual .... Legal client work, especially expats; internal market; other EU-related law. Speaking and lecturing engagements on EU law and politics. ralf.grahn (at) kolumbus.fi Phone +358 400 494 706. View my complete profile ...
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European Parliament Debates “SWIFT” Transatlantic Bank Data Deal ...
By Cedric Laurant
This news story led to a storm of protest in the EU – in particular as regards the TFTP's perceived lack of compatibility with the obligations under the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) as well as Member States' laws implementing ...
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Cork Women's Right to Choose Group: EU Parliament Press Release ...
By CWRTC
The EU has a directive on maternity leave and a directive on parental leave, but no legislation on paternity leave. The House therefore calls on the Commission "to support any moves to establish paternity-leave entitlement on a ... Parliament deplores the fact that the Commission has not responded to the EP's request that it present draft legislation revising the existing law on application of the principle of equal pay and that it present such a proposal without delay. ...
Cork Women's Right to Choose Group - http://corkwomensrighttochoose.blogspot.com/
EU voted down body scanners in 2008: "degrading measure". Concerns ...
By WcP.Scientific.Mind
Else, there would be no need for law, law enforcement, etc. etc.. Does Fear lead to solutions, or to panic, shutting out common sense and wisdom? EU Justice Chief has the answer: "We have to have a very clear line on this. We must never be driven by fear but by our .... NBTA's poll of 152 travel managers asked respondents if new security directives implemented by TSA had raised "a new level of concern about the convenience or comfort of air travel." 48 percent said "no"; ...
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Germany's age law ruled incompatible with EU DirectivesEU ...
The European Court of Justice has ruled that European Union law, more particularly the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age as given expression ...

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Euro rebounds ahead of EU plan to rescue Greece
Times Online
Athens would have to meet stringent reform targets. Germany will be expected to put up most of the money and after years of misleading Greek statistics, ...
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Eurasia Review
European Foreign Policy After The Lisbon Treaty
Eurasia Review
4 Article C of the Treaty on European Union in the Maastricht version /TEU(M). 5 See Simon Duke, “Consistency as an Issue in EU External Activities” ...
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Greece and 2020 strategy set to dominate EU summit
EUobserver.com
These include the need to boost research and development in order to step up the bloc's productivity, educational reform to help citizens find jobs, ...
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Energy Tribune
European dis-Union: Is the EU Irrelevant?
Energy Tribune
And that reality makes the EU a lame duck. The May meeting was to be the first summit under the Lisbon Treaty, a brand new constitution that overhauled ...
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Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
In addition, we will focus on the reform of the common market organisation, on multiannual management plans for ..... He welcomed territorial cohesion's inclusion in the Lisbon Treaty, and promised to fight for its inclusion in the EU ...
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Nikos World: Presenting the Biggest load of Cobblers since the ...
By Nikos
To complete the tax reform, with emphasis: o on lowering tax rates for households – gradually through 2009, o on the establishment of a National Committee to combat tax evasion, o on the reform of property taxation. �� To reinforce social cohesion, ... This incorporates an amount equal to € 1110 million (0.5% of GDP) as a one-off contribution to the E.U. Budget, due to the recent GDP revision as well as the settlement of pending issues since the previous GDP revision. ...
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EU President's Secret Plan to Control European Economy
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Mr Van Rompuy states that “the crisis has revealed our weaknesses”, adding: “Budgetary plans, structural reform programmes and climate change reporting should be presented simultaneously to the Commission [his italics]. ... This plan should not be a surprise to the readers of the COGwriter news page as I have been stating for many months that the signing of the Lisbon Treaty meant that all 27 nations of the EU had voluntarily surrendered their sovereignty. ...
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mbt » Blog Archive » EU leaders on verge of deal to rescue Greece ...
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... stringent reform targets. Germany will be expected to put up most of the money and after years of misleading Greek statistics, fiddles and broken promises of reform, the rescue plan is likely to infuriate conscientious German taxpayers. ... But with the markets not seeming ghd hair straighteners to share that optimism, José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, will spell out how the Lisbon treaty allows the EU to punish Greece if it misses key targets. ...
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Articles & Clips: EU leaders on verge of deal to rescue Greece and ...
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Germany will be expected to put up most of the money and after years of misleading Greek statistics, fiddles and broken promises of reform, the rescue plan is likely to infuriate conscientious German taxpayers. ... But with the markets not seeming to share that optimism, José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, will spell out how the Lisbon treaty allows the EU to punish Greece if it misses key targets. One clause means that the commission can withhold EU ...
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Czechs alone as Poland signs EU treaty
WARSAW -- Polish President Lech Kaczynski signed the European Union's reform treaty into law on Saturday, leaving the Czech Republic as the only country ...