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EU tightens rules on airline ticket websites Telegraph.co.uk Consumers groups welcomed the changes to the Consumer Rights Directive, whichEU officials said would strengthen consumer rights on shopping websites. Under the proposals, approved by EU ministers in Luxembourg on Tuesday, online retailers will have to ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

EU confirms new online selling regulations Computing The EU Council of Ministers has – as was widely expected – approved the Consumers' Rights Directive (CRD), which will harmonise online selling laws across Europe. The UK government now has two years to enshrine the changes into UK law. ... See all stories on this topic » Computing

For Brighter Skies, Europe Should Stay on Course with its Aviation Directive Environmental Defense Fund (blog) EDF and the five other European and US groups that have intervened in the suit in support of the EU law called the opinion "very encouraging." In the commentary below, which I drafted at the invitation of Point Carbon's Carbon Market Europe, ... See all stories on this topic »

Shore Up Your Privacy Policy Before Disaster Strikes E-Commerce Times In Japan the Personal Information Protection Act was enacted after conducting public surveys regarding privacy protection for individuals. The EU 1995 Data Directive (which started in 1989, in the pre-Internet era) regulates privacy for citizens and ... See all stories on this topic »

New 2013 EU motorcycle licences may not comply with international law Bikeland This matter must be resolved before the new EU law is implemented. This is a complex legislation. Many countries have yet to prepare texts for implementation of the EU Directive into their nationallaw. The deadline for doing so was January of this ... See all stories on this topic »

FSB calls for 'aggressive' action on OTC derivative reform Financial Times Cracks have started to appear between rules in the US, enshrined in the Dodd-Frank act, and rules emerging in Europe in the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir) and Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), which together are ... See all stories on this topic »