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Europe Adopts Long-Term Nuclear Waste Storage Law Environment News Service It takes a minimum of 40 years to develop and build a deep geological repository, the Commission said today in a statement on adoption of the new directive. According to already existing EU laws on the shipment of spent fuels and radioactive waste, ... See all stories on this topic » Environment News Service

EU Orders Member States to Implement Cookie Law, or Else PCWorld (blog) The deadline for implementing the EU telecoms package in national law was May 25, but to date only Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the UK have introduced the new laws in full. The sticking point in the telecoms package appears to ... See all stories on this topic »

European Commission begins legal action against countries that have still to ... Out-Law.com In the UK new regulations were made in order to implement the changed EU Directive, whilst the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the data protection watchdog, was handed extra powers to enforce compliance with the new laws by UK businesses. ... See all stories on this topic » Damanaki seeks to cast aside bad fisheries habits European Voice Damanaki said that without reform, of the 136 stocks fished in EU waters only eight ... The Lisbontreaty gives the European Parliament greater powers over ... Parliament's struggle for acceptance European Voice This could be partially addressed by making the EU – and the Parliament – more accountable to national parliaments. Under the Lisbon treaty, ... Reforming the European Parliament PublicServiceEurope.com Radical reform of the type installed in the Duff Report upsets those who pride themselves on their pragmatic approach to Europe. ...