PharmTech Talk » Clinical Trials: Can the EU Backtrack Fast Enough?
By Reflector
Since 2004, clinical trials have been regulated in the EU by a 2001 directive — but the EU itself recently admitted that this is “arguably the most criticized piece of legislation” in the entire body of its legislation on ... Inadvertently again, by spending such a long time on consultation and design of modifications to a bad rule, the EU is jeopardizing its goal of boosting European clinical trials. Which is another example of the law of unintended consequences. ...
PharmTech Talk - http://blog.pharmtech.com/EU presidency too fast for transport - Transport Law Blog
By Patric Cunnane
Last month Belgium took over the EU presidency, giving it leadership of the Council of Ministers for six months. As is the norm Belgian's ministers made presentations to the committees of theEuropean Parliament, setting priorities for the short life of ... In the transport sector priorities include reviving the Eurovignette Directive, which proposes charging HGVs a pollution tax for the use of major roads and a congestion charge at peak hours, also applicable to cars. ...
Transport Law Blog - http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/transport-law-blog/Carriers Not Meeting EU Passenger Compensation Regs
By Mario Marinov
Airlines repeatedly are failing to meet their obligations under European Union law to aid passengers affected by delays and cancellations, the United Kingdom. ... “We continue to see numerous examples of airlines not complying with aspects of Regulation (EC) 261/2004,” said Tietjen of the EU directive regarding passenger rights. “Likewise, the Montreal Convention has not as yet brought about the benefits in terms of settlements of claims for mishandled baggage that we had ...
Croatian Medical Tourism News - http://www.croatianmedicaltourism.com/cms/Tender criticism - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo
By Alex Bivol
The deadline for the new law was August 2011, by which point all European Union member states had to transpose the EU's directive 2009/81/EC on defence and security procurement. ... ranging from harsher punishment for principals that breach the law to stricter controls by state bodies over the execution of public procurement contracts. "Despite the existing regulations, there are still instances where the law is not observed by the tender principal," Radev said. ...
SofiaEcho RSS feed Bulgaria - http://sofiaecho.com/rss/index.php?transname=bulgaria
Commission Directive 2010/51/EU of 11 August 2010 amending ... amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include .... at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions ... eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L... |