Monday, 25 July 2011

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.
Commission asks EU countries to explain Mediation Directive inaction
Out-Law.com
The European Union Mediation Directive was adopted on 21 May 2008. Member states were given three years to put national laws in place making sure that cross-border mediated agreements could be enforced. The Directive applies when parties in different ...
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EU privacy watchdogs contradict UK position on cookie consent
Out-Law.com
But the European committee of national data protection regulators, the Article 29 Working Party, has now published its view of what 'consent' should mean in EU data protection laws. Currently the E-Privacy Directive takes its definition of consent from ...
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CBI chief urges flexible workplace guidelines
WalesOnline
The business group said ministers should now build on the “success” of workplace relations during the economic downturn, suggesting more codes of practice or guidance rather than laws. The approach should also be applied to European Union directives, ...
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Europe Turns to the Cloud
New York Times
Cloud computing could get a lift soon from Brussels, where lawmakers are reviewing the European Union's data protection directive, which governs how personal information travels within and outside the 27-nation bloc. Viviane Reding, the European...
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New York Times
Brussels to ask bankers the €1m question
Financial Times
In addition, once the wording of the directive has been approved by those parties, member states would need to transpose it into their respective national laws. Elements from both parts of the package – the draft regulation and the draft directive ...
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Environmental laws governing the production of biofuels must be based on ...
The Lawyer
This policy-driven demand, coupled with subsidies under the directive and agriculturallegislation, are driving huge investment in biofuels for the EU marketplace. Development organisation ActionAid estimates that, if the target is met, consumption of...
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