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Academia and industry push for revisions to Clinical Trials Directive Pharma Times The Clinical Trials Directive was transposed into UK law as the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/1031), taking effect on 1 May 2004. A number of the organisations backing Revision of the EU Clinical Trials Directive: ... See all stories on this topic »

Why The Government Favours 50 Big Companies Motley Fool UK One of our political system's nastier habits is the 'gold-plating' of European Union laws, which routinely happens when EU directives are turned into English law. During this process, our politicians and civil servants frequently add their own laws and ... See all stories on this topic »

European Commission challenges Italy on marketing authorisation rule International Law Office The literal wording of the rule has been held to be contrary to Article 10 of the EU Medicinal ProductsDirective (2001/83/EC) (as amended by EU Directive 2004/27/EC) which transposed into EU lawthe so-called 'Bolar clause'. ... See all stories on this topic »

UK Membership in the European Union: Undermining Parliamentary Sovereignty? Student Pulse At first glance, such claims appear legitimate: Britain's signing of the Treaty of Accession in 1972 added 2900 regulations and 410 directives to English law, a full forty-three volumes of EU legislation.3 Those fearful of the European super-state also ... See all stories on this topic »

New law on temps 'will mean sackings' Cambridge News He says he is worried that the new EU Agency Workers Directive could lead to serious job losses among companies using agency staff and temporary workers. “To avoid the new regulations giving the workers the same benefits as permanent employees, ... See all stories on this topic »

EU lawmakers push to tweak Basel bank capital rule Fox Business "It would not be in the interests of any EU banks that the capital requirements directive would be sub-equivalent to Basel," Ford said. The EU measure as drafted is seen by critics as opening the door to lower quality assets for inclusion in what are ... See all stories on this topic »

Esma slammed for third country rules GFS News It says that EU policymakers instead agreed that third country depositories should be subject to outcomes-based regulation and supervision that has the "same effect" as EU law, instead of full equivalence. Esma is urged to instead develop a number of ... See all stories on this topic »

EU LIFE+ Project reduces trappers by half MaltaToday Debono discussed the difficulties faced by Malta since joining the EU to change laws in compliance with European legislation on the trapping of wild birds which is not permitted under the EU BirdsDirective. “The trapping of birds was expected to be ... See all stories on this topic »