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EurActiv
But EU policymakers are currently at loggerheads over the scope of the draft law. 8 Oct. 2008: EU tables proposals for a new Consumer Rights Directive. 15 April 2010: Commission gives up bid to secure full harmonisation of consumer rights in Europe. ...
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Business Green
The Commission said today that the Directive was "outdated and inconsistent" and failed to take account of the EU's energy and climate change targets, including its goal to reduce carbon emissions by a fifth over the next decade. ...
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Stock Market Wire
The Commission has suggested there should be “Implementing decisions” to clarify what is meant by EU VAT directives and regulations. The Commission has also suggested that these would only need the approval of a majority of member states, not unanimous ...
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European Voice
If agreed, the law would rewrite the toll system on motorways across the length and breadth of the European Union. For the first time, national governments would be allowed to charge haulage companies for the noise and pollution their vehicles cause, ...
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ComputerworldUK (blog)
The EU Data Protection Directive (DPD), while not strictly a privacy law, may affect not just those whose personal data are processed in the cloud (data subjects), but also those using cloud computing to process others' personal data, and indeed those ...
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BusinessWeek
The legislation needs the backing of all EU national governments, any one of which has veto power. Current European law sets minimum tax rates for mineral oils, coal, natural gas and electricity to prevent distortions of competition between EU ...
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NASDAQ
Unlike a directive, an EU regulation is immediately applicable in national law. SEPA is a European Union effort to improve the efficiency of cross-border electronic payments, such as bank transfers and direct debits, by effectively making them domestic ...
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EurActiv
Lifting existing, unjustified restrictions imposed on the industry as required by the EU Agency Work Directive will contribute to further unlocking the potential of the agency work industry and lead to more, better quality jobs," concluded Ms Muntz. ...
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| Shopping-savvy Czechs top EU in reading the fine print Czech Position The Eurobarometer report tracked which countries had the best knowledge of EU consumer directives based on seven of these eight questions, excluding the one on cross-border law. 'Interviewees who give correct answers … are found most often in Germany, ... See all stories on this topic » |  Czech Position |
Press Gazette
The Newspaper Society's political, editorial and regulatory affairs director Santha Rasaiah argues that under the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive, newspapers and magazines should be “expressly excluded” from the regulation. ...
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