Wednesday 3 February 2010

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.

Italy Plans to Extend TV Rules to Web Videos
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Romani said the decree was a response to a European Commission directive to bring national regulations in line with European Union norms aimed at ...
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EU states' slow progress on services directive
Financial Times
By Nikki Tait in Brussels Two-thirds of the European Union's 27 member countries have failed to properly implement laws and procedures to help service ...
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AIFM directive will create legal uncertainty - Bank of England
Professional Pensions
The presidency of the EU Council published two revised texts of the directive in November and December 2009. The text is still under discussion at European ...
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Delegated Legislation Committee - Electronic Commerce Directive (Hatred ...
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
The regulations are technical measures relating to the European Union directive on electronic commerce—the e-commerce directive. Making the regulations will ...
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Euro Commission: Set up individual body to deal with WEEE and other waste
Rapid
... body to take the lead on the implementation and enforcement of EU waste laws such as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. ...
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Clifford Chance LLP > Clifford Chance
Linex Legal (registration)
... European Union provided the relevant regulated market complies with the rules set out in the Market in Financial Instruments Directive n°2004/39/EC of ...
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Important Judgment on the Principles of EU Law « European Union Law
By Вихър Георгиев
This is really interesting, because the ECJ actually says that any directive can “give expression” to a general principle of EU law, and thus have horizontal direct effect. Some commentators do not agree with the ECJ, and others think a ...
European Union Law - http://eulaw.wordpress.com/
Newsc.Net - Study calls for EU waste enforcer
By admin
The EU has about 60 legal acts (directives, regulations and decisions) that are designed to ensure that waste is managed properly. However, the report warns that "many parts of the EU" are falling "significantly short" of the legal ... Member states lacking frontline capacity to enforce the laws; Poor co-ordination between national bodies and agencies; Some nations see the waste laws as a "low priority"; Nations have different interpretations of the legislation ...
Newsc.Net - http://news.playghost.com/
In Defence of Paragraph 22 | Adjudicating Europe
By Cartesio
We have now the Kücükdeveci scenario in which a national horizontal situation fall within the scope of EU law when a non-implemented Directive contains a general principle/ EU fundamental rights. This is very far-reaching… ...
Adjudicating Europe - http://adjudicatingeurope.eu/
We Have To Get Out - Watching &
By William
The EU has about 60 legal acts (directives, regulations and decisions) that are designed to ensure that waste is managed properly. However, the report warns that "many parts of the EU" are falling "significantly short" of the legal obligations. ... Some nations see the waste laws as a "low priority". • Nations have different interpretations of the legislation. "The powers and resources needed to address the underlying problems effectively at EU level are however lacking," ...
Watching & - http://www.dwfisher.com/watching/
EU Commission Study Reveals The Need For Waste Enforcement Body ...
By admin
A European Commission study published today recommends setting up a dedicated European body to oversee the implementation and enforcement of EU waste law. ... The proposed revision of the directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) includes additional rules to avoid illegal shipments of electrical and electronic waste, especially when falsely declared as used products. The Commission is also assessing the feasibility of strengthening inspection ...
Gov Monitor - http://thegovmonitor.com/
Commission Directive 2010/3/EU of 1 February 2010 amending, for ...
accordance with the Annex to this Directive. Article 2. 1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 1 September. 2010 at the latest, the laws, regulations ...
Country Of Origin Principle and European Union Law topic page ...
Tags: Directive on services in the internal market, International trade, Four Freedoms, Law of the European Union, Member of the European Parliament ...

EU to endorse Greek deficit cutting plan Wed
Reuters
... a warning to Greece about its policies in areas other than budget reform, using powers given to it by the EU's Lisbon reform treaty for the first time. ...
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Battling the 'Multilateral Zombie' - EU climate strategy after Copenhagen
EUobserver.com
... poorly the EU played its hand during climate negotiations. For the last three years, if it hasn't been the institutional reform of the Lisbon Treaty, ...
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BBC News
Barack Obama is to skip a US-EU summit due in May
BBC News
Spain is the first country to chair the 27-nation bloc under the Lisbon Treaty and has to co-ordinate with the new president of the European Council, ...
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EU Commission moves step closer to taking office
Irish Times
... over the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty in advance of the second Irish referendum. There was a further delay in Czech ratification of the reform pact. ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
European officials told the Times a transition to a new governance system under the Lisbon Treaty has been difficult. As the first president of the European ...
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Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Brown wants a new constitution: has he not done enough damage to the old one?
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Why would he want a new consitution, he alreay gave us one with the Lisbon (Constitutional) Treaty. Yes to your points, Philip – but therein lies a problem. ...
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Times of Malta
Bartolo gives breakdown of power station hazardous waste
Times of Malta
He said the Lisbon Treaty had given national parliaments the right to co-legislate with the European Parliament and European institutions as of last January ...
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EU summit to seek deal on '2020 vision'
EurActiv
Ending the crisis and preserving social cohesion must be a priority, according to France, which points to the social clauses of the Lisbon Treaty. ...
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Foreign Policy
Clinton: Europe's reassurer in chief?
Foreign Policy
She did call for reform of the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, which she noted the Russians have stopped observing. ...
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Unbundling Of EU Energy Markets? Not If The French And Germans Get ...
By myarticlenetwork
The Brussels Summit in June saw the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded in persuading the EU to drop its commitment to agree and undistorted competition from its reform treaty. Although Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes ...
Energy Black Book - http://energyblackbook.com/
Wednesday-Night - » EU and European Council
By Diana Thébaud Nicholson
Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said it is “far too early” to seek a solution to the Irish rejection of a European Union reform treaty. He was speaking as EU foreign ministers met to discuss how to respond to the Irish No vote ...
Wednesday-Night - http://www.dianaswednesday.com/
EU to endorse Greek deficit cutting plan Wed | Journalist Profile ...
By Jan Strupczewski
policies in areas other than budget reform, using powers given to it by the EU's Lisbon reform treaty for the first time. Warnings can be issued to countries whose economic policies are not consistent with EU guidelines, or countries ...
Jan Strupczewski - http://blogs.reuters.com/jan-strupczewski/
Climate Change at Allens: An uncertain future for Australian ...
By Climate Change at Allens
While the old conditions, outlined in May last year, were premised on the possibility that a comprehensive treaty would be agreed at Copenhagen, its new conditions are based on the post-Copenhagen reality that such a treaty is unlikely to ... Some kind of energy reform package may eventually scrape through the legislative process, and the possibility of that including a comprehensive, economy-wide carbon price (such as the emissions trading scheme that was passed by the ...
Climate Change at Allens - http://allensclimate.blogspot.com/
Referendum Gordon Brown news | Search | Metro.co.uk
Miliband: No challenge on red lines16/10/2007 16:15Britain's so-called "red lines" on the new European Union Reform Treaty are not coming under challenge ...
EU expected to give Greece until 2012 to slash deficit - Yahoo ...
Greece also plans a pension system reform because it is the EU country ... than budget reform, using powers given to it by the EU's Lisbon reform treaty for ...
ANALYSIS - Most EU hopefuls face long wait to membership
... mark the start of the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty in Lisbon December 1, 2009. ... Countries that want to join the EU include Turkey, Iceland , ...