Tuesday, 25 October 2011

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.


Although a fundamental right under German constitutional law and jurisprudence, the right to human dignity has been recognized as an unwritten principle of EU law, and undoubtedly played a significant part in the outcome of this case. ...
The EU law that the House voted to block, the Aviation Directive, is a modest, non-discriminatory first step to tackling pollution from airlines, and was enacted several years ago after countries spent a dozen years failing to agree on a program in the ...
New EU sales law aims to remove shopping headaches
Famagusta Gazette
“I think that much of EU law is transposed into British law anyway, the consumer rights directive will be, the guarantees directive already is and the unfair contract terms are as well, so they are already part of English law and they are built upon. ...
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Famagusta Gazette
"However, the operator of an internet website covered by the (EU) e-commerce directive cannot be made subject, in that state, to stricter requirements than those provided for by the law of the member state in which it is established."
EU crackdown on oil firms will not extend to overseas operations
The Guardian
The rules apply to all drilling sites within 200 miles of the coast, the first time EU regulations on oil drilling have been extended so far. Previously they were limited to 12 miles. They would cover the boundary with international waters where the ...
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The Guardian
A letter to the EU said:"Canada objects to policy measures that ignore evidence-based approaches to meet the stated goal of the (fuel quality directive), in favour of what appears to be an asymmetrical and arbitrary proposal,""If unjustified, ...