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Europe's Private Equity Rules Draw Heated Debate New York Times (blog) The agitation was focused on the European Union's draft directive on alternative investment fund managers, which is moving its way through the legislative ... See all stories on this topic

Will Regulators Tighten EU Rules? Wall Street Journal But this would create an uneven playing field between managers of funds based inside the EU, which would have to comply with the entire European directive, ... See all stories on this topic

Creating a Level Playing Field for AIFs Wall Street Journal ... proposed for the EU, so a strict interpretation of equivalency would be extremely damaging. Does the Directive mean equivalence of laws, regulations and ... See all stories on this topic

Sustainability Certification: Welcome to the Maze Ethanol Producer Magazine However, European member states cannot set higher standards than are written into the EU Renewable Energy Directive, according to common market rules. ... See all stories on this topic

Sofia Echo Cultivating controversy Sofia Echo The bill did not allow cultivation in areas protected under the EU's Natura 2000 programme, but lowered the minimum distance from protected areas at which ... See all stories on this topic

Fiji rights defence challenged by UN reps in Geneva Radio Australia But using it, and some of the questions submitted by nations taking part, Fiji's Representative to the European Union Peceli Vocea began the review with an ... See all stories on this topic

SEC issues interpretive guidance about climate change disclosures for public ... Lexology (registration) For example, US carriers flying into Europe may need to evaluate the impact of the EU directive subjecting them to the EU's scheme for greenhouse gas ... See all stories on this topic

Pension issues on asset transfers: a European perspective Lexology (registration) The ARD, however, enables member states of the European Union to exclude pension benefits provided under occupational pension schemes on "old age, ... See all stories on this topic

News Roundup - Thursday, 11 February STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription) Labour, Family and Social Affairs Minister Ivan Svetlik said the changes were bringing the act in line with the EU internal market services directive. ... See all stories on this topic

Sunbed centres breach safety limits The Press Association Under existing EU laws, sunbeds have to comply with the Low Voltage Directive, which limits ultra-violet radiation to 0.3 watts per square metre. ... See all stories on this topic

Noise Filter: Italy Holds YouTube Accountable For Hosted Content ... (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Italian government has announced plans to extend TV-broadcasting regulations to websites that host videos, which would hold YouTube (www.youtube.com) accountable for all content uploaded to their site. This controversial new draft decree breaks ... Italy's decree would conflict with the EU's previous position on Internet services outlined in Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000, section 40. ... theWHIR.com - Features Articles... - http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-features

EU Overturns Agreement With US On Banking Data - www.webege.com ... By admin Following the lead of the civil liberties committee which last week recommended dropping it (against the wishes of the US), qmaqdk writes “The EU parliament overturned the previous agreement with the US which allowed US intelligence agencies to ... He has been the first to break important stories ignored by the corporate controlled press such as Bush's NSPD-51 presidential directive giving the executive branch dictator powers during a declared catastrophic emergency, ... deep web news radio - http://odo.webege.com/

The Green IT Review By Pete Foster ... set up a dedicated agency to oversee and enforce EU waste laws. Part of the problem is that EU waste legislation consists of some 60 regulations, directives and decisions but many member states are not enforcing them as they should. ... The Green IT Review - http://www.thegreenitreview.com/

Case C-481/09: Action brought on 27 November 2009 — European ... declare that, by failing to adopt all such laws, regulations ... The period for implementing the directive into domestic law expired on 24 March 2008. (1) OJ 2006 L 64, p. 37. ... C 24/42. Official Journal of the European Union. 30.1.2010 .

Lithuania has transformed EU Directive on electronic commerce into These regulations are aimed at national implementation of EU Directive ... except for rental rights; (b) contracts requiring by law the involvement of ...

Investment services directive ec The European Union's (EU) revision of the Investment Services Directive (ISD) ... These Regulations implement in part Directive 2004/39/EC of the European ... is the so called "Law Implementing EC Directives for the Harmonisation of ... Europe must adapt fast to remain relevant Business Times (subscription) True, the new EU reform treaty is now in force and Mr Barroso has finally won approval from the European parliament for a new commission team. ... See all stories on this topic Europe Vows to Save Greece Wall Street Journal Such statements effectively run counter to EU treaty clauses restricting bailouts of euro member countries, and show how the global financial crisis is ... See all stories on this topic Middle East Online EU parliament blocks EU-US security data deal Middle East Online ... some deputies are keen to flex new political muscle that the assembly won under the Lisbon reform treaty which entered force in December. ... See all stories on this topic Turkish foreign policy and the EU in 2010 (II) Hürriyet In this new era ushered in by the Lisbon Treaty, the EU is preparing to emerge stronger on the world stage through a new institutional structure. ... See all stories on this topic Britannia Radio By Britannia Radio  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 . ... Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/ Greek economic policies subjected to unprecedented degree of ... By ATS  EU officials say the bloc's recently adopted Lisbon treaty gives them concrete powers to influence Greek behaviour and enforce Greek compliance with the Commission's policy recommendations, once EU finance ministers have approved them ... of only one in five retiring civil servants, the establishment of a contingency fund for budgetary emergencies amounting to 10 per cent of current expenditure, increases in tax and excise duties, and reform of the tax administration. ... America 20XY - http://america20xy.com/blog6/ EU again praised Turkey | World | News | By admin  Recall that Turkey had signed in 1963 with the predecessor of the EU – the European Economic Community – a treaty which recognized the right of countries to join the union. After the military coup in 1980 , Europe has ceased ... In August 2002, Parliament approved a reform program of Turkey, and in October 2004 the first European Commission recommended to start accession negotiations with Turkey in the EU. In Turkey itself Many believe that the problem lies not in the ... Islamic News - http://cnobbi.com/ Messinia and The Mani - Greece: Economics - Politics - Greece By Sarah McKellen of McKellen-Messiniaki Properties  But the conditions attached to an EU bailout are likely to prompt severe social disruption in Greece, whose citizens are proud and dignified enough to be irritated by other countries interfering in their affairs. ... Instead, much of our constitutional reform has concentrated on the Lisbon treaty. It's difficult to summon the appropriate level of despair at the UK government's joy when Brit Cathy Ashton was installed as foreign minister. ... Messinia and The Mani - Greece - http://messiniaandthemani-greece.blogspot.com/ With rescue of Greece, Europe veers down a new path | Proinvests.com By Money maker  Since the European Economic Community, the EU's ancestor, was created by the Treatyof Rome in 1957, each member country has been accountable for its own financial health. The launch of the euro did not change this principle, ... He fears, however, that any EU-directed rescue on its own will not cure Greece's main problem – lack of competitiveness. For Greece to thrive, it needs structural reform, such as shrinking the bloated bureaucracy and streamlining regulations. ... Proinvests.com - http://www.proinvests.com/ Links on "Vote No to the EU Reform Treaty" | Facebook Ronald Saß (Vote No to the EU Reform Treaty) Die Bandbreite: Angst vor Lissabon (Scared of Lisbon - with english subtitles) ... Italy And Eu Free Essays 1 - 20 The Eu Reform Treaty 2007: Introduction On 18 October 2007, EU leaders agreed on a final text of the new EU Reform Treaty during the summit in Lisbon. ...