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EU Ministers Eye Banking Deal Wall Street Journal The EU Commission's draft Capital Requirements Directive, published last year, is the EU's way of transposing the so-called Basel III accords into regional and national law. The accords will force banks to hold far higher levels of capital and liquid ... See all stories on this topic »

EU to Address Risks of Chemical Mixtures, Endocrine Disruptors, Nanosubstances Bloomberg BNA By Stephen Gardner BRUSSELS--The European Union is preparing to build on the REACH law and related legislation to address concerns about chemicals in three areas considered to be insufficiently regulated: endocrine disruptors, the combined effects of ... See all stories on this topic »

Regulations, investor demands put pressure on hedge funds Caymanian Compass Meanwhile, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive in the European Union has seen some push back. Panellists said the initial recommendations by the European Securities and Markets Authority for the regulations of the directive were rejected ... See all stories on this topic »

New European e-commerce association tackles privacy laws and payments InternetRetailer.com Ecommerce Europe—a union of national e-commerce associations from Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden—swung into action last week by launching its web site, www.ecommerce-europe.eu. “Our first priority is to lobby on ... See all stories on this topic »

HMRC Will Not Appeal Stamp Duty Ruling Tax-news.com ... which held that the charge to Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) at the rate of 1.5% levied on a transaction whereby shares in HSBC were transferred to the Bank of New York Mellon was incompatible with EU law, in particular the Capital Duty Directive. See all stories on this topic »

Amendments to the Market Abuse Directive - 10 Key Points JD Supra (press release) by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/21/2011 On October 20, 2011 the European Commission tabled proposals to revise the Market Abuse Directive by introducing a Regulation on Market Abuse and a Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Market Abuse. See all stories on this topic »

Ireland. Marine Notice; Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System BYM News (press release) 573 of 2010] are amended by the European Communities (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 [SI No. 71 of 2012]. Directive 2002/59/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/17/EC, established the present EU vessel ... See all stories on this topic »

Rejected cranberry wins EU medical UTI claim NutraIngredients.com It is the first time a cranberry product has won such a medical claim, said president, Maikel Hendriks, who noted that the approval came as rejected cranberry health claims were entering EU law books. “We are now searching for distribution partners,” ... See all stories on this topic » NutraIngredients.com

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