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EC asks Romania, Belgium to comply with EU directive on waste management Romania-Insider.com The EU member states were obliged to bring into force the regulations and the administrative provisions necessary to meet the directive, by December 12, 2010. Romania informed the EC that is going to comply by April, 2011, while some regions of Belgium ... See all stories on this topic »

Cloud computing and EU data protection law ComputerworldUK (blog) Impact on non-EEA cloud users and providers - the Directive's reach is broad, and cloud computing users based outside Europe, even non-EU cloud providers, in some circumstances, could become subject to European Union data protection laws if they use ... See all stories on this topic »

AIFMD takes shape for global custodians Asset Servicing Times Global custodians are weighing in on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) as the regulation makes its way to the European Commission. Consultations published by the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) highlight concerns ... See all stories on this topic »

EC acts against 18 EU states for not adopting third energy package Platts The European Commission is to start formal legal proceedings against 18 EU countries for failing to adopt the EU's 2009 third energy market opening package into national legislation, EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger said Thursday. ... See all stories on this topic »

An effective and humane return policy: 8 Member States have yet to comply with ... The FINANCIAL The Return Directive lays down a binding common legal frame for a European return policy and guarantees that all returns are carried out in a humane and dignified manner. This also is the first EU legal instrument to provide for a common catalogue of ... See all stories on this topic » The FINANCIAL

The best way to tackle the Big Four Financial Times Mr Barnier's best proposal in this regard has attracted little attention – an amendment to the EU audit directive to end the requirement for accounting firms to be majority owned and controlled by accountants (the same rule is written into state law in ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

html - EUR-Lex (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Directive 73/239/EEC – Articles 6 , ... European Commission, represented by N. Yerrell, acting as Agent, with an ... the coordination of laws,regulations and administrative provisions relating to the ... eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX... MALTA RATIFICATION OF THE EU REFORM TREATY IS ... The President of the European People's Party (EPP) Wilfried Martens has congratulated Malta on becoming the third Member State, after Hungary and Slovenia, ... www.epp.eu/pressnew.asp?artid=268