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Irish voters undecided ahead of EU fiscal treaty referendum The Guardian A large number of Irish voters are undecided over a new EU treaty aimed at curbing nation states' excessive spending, according to a new opinion poll. With six weeks to go before Ireland votes on the EU fiscal treaty, an Irish Times Ipsos/MRBI polll ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Q&A: Reforming European Court of Human Rights BBC News The court's rulings are legally binding on member nations and the Council of Europechecks to see that national authorities do not simply ignore them. Reform of the ECHR is not a UK initiative - in recent years there have been two similar conferences,... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

EU condemns Argentinian seizure of YPF Financial Times In theory, the EU should be well equipped to throw the weight of its 27 member states, and the world's wealthiest consumer market, behind Repsol. Under the Lisbon reform treaty, which came into force in 2009, Brussels gained authority to oversee ... See all stories on this topic »

Governance reforms have left the euro's flawed structure intact Czech Position ... Pact,” which commits countries to pushing through supply-side reforms; a “Six-Pack,” which strengthens the old Stability and Growth Pact and adds a new framework for monitoring economic imbalances; and a “Fiscal Stability Treaty” (or “compact”), ... See all stories on this topic » EU Welfare Regulations and the Law of Unintended Consequences ThePoultrySite.com ANALYSIS – EU regulations banning battery cages for laying hens and sow stalls have much to commend them but the impacts on the market may have been overlooked or underestimated, writes senior editor, Jackie Linden. Just three months after the battery ... See all stories on this topic » ThePoultrySite.com Fund managers set out "substantial differences" between draft laws and ... Out-Law.com The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said that a recently published draft delegated Regulation containing implementation measures for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) went against the advice of the European ... See all stories on this topic » UK firms say they will not be able to cope with EU data law ITworld.com By Antony Savvas, Computerworld UK | Government Add a new comment April 18, 2012, 12:16 PM — Only one in ten UK firms say they are ready for the European Commission's proposed data protection directive. A survey of 200 firms employing more than 1000 ... See all stories on this topic » Not a crumb of comfort Research Magazine Alex Burmaster finds an industry unsure of how to respond to the website measurement challenges posed by the European Union's cookie laws. A year ago the revised European ePrivacy Directive was incorporated into UK law. More commonly referred to as the ... See all stories on this topic » Research Magazine Cookie cutters Money Marketing The specific regulations are included in the EU directive, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. These were updated in 2009, became law in the UK last May, and come into force on May 26 this year. The regulations will be policed ... See all stories on this topic » Proposed EU framework – Online Advertising, E-Commerce and Social Media JD Supra (press release) On the surface, the most notable proposed change is that from a European Directive to aRegulation. It is clear that uneven implementation and enforcement of data protection laws inEurope can increase compliance costs for business. See all stories on this topic »