Thursday, 31 March 2011

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.
  Czech court bans telephone data retention
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Fifty-one lawmakers of Parliament appealed to the court to overturn the law, which was passed as part of anti-terrorism efforts. Germany's Federal Constitution Court issued a similar ruling last year. The law stems from an European Union directive.
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EU mortgage law to hit first-time buyers, says industry
EurActiv
An EU directive to be unveiled today (31 March) will introduce more stringent rules on mortgage lending in the EU, but critics argue this will limit lending and hurt first-time buyers. Mortgage lending is of vital importance to the European economy, ...
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EU slaps Greece with million-dollar fine for tardiness
Monsters and Critics.com
Brussels - The European Union Court of Justice on Thursday ordered debt-plagued Greece to pay a fine of 3 million euros (4.3 million dollars) because it was late in implementing an EU directive on crime victims. EU member states were supposed to ...
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A bill of rights for the EU's institutions
European Voice
But the EU has no general oversight over national media legislation. EU law comes into play only exceptionally for certain cross-border issues. One such exception is the audiovisual media services directive, which deals with aspects of cross-border TV ...
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European Defence Procurement in Transformation
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Goods specified in this list are exempted from procurement law under Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU; formerly Article 296 of the Treaty Establishing the European Community (EC Treaty)) where the Member State ...
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Dismay as EU appoints ex-music lobbyist as copyright tzar
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“Welcome to the European Union, where the big business lobby organisations are calling most of the shots at the Commission, and where citizens are just seen as a nuisance to be ignored,” said Pirate MEP Christian Engstrom in a blog post on the subject. ...
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Two years to adopt anti-trafficking law
Offaly Express (press release)
The EU directive sets minimum penalties for traffickers in all member states of between five and ten years' imprisonment where a victim's life is endangered, criminal organisations are involved or where children or exploited. The directive also asks ...
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EC seeks information from 16 member states
Broadband TV News
The Commission is seeking clarification on “a wide variety of issues” concerning the law's implementation. An EU directive demands states' audio-visual output meets bloc-wide standards for everything from the “prohibition of incitement to hatred” to ...
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