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EU Almunia: Won't Loosen State Aid, Competition Rules For Banks Wall Street Journal EU finance ministers will meet next Tuesday to agree on the Capital Requirements Directive--or CRD IV--and the Capital Requirements Regulation, two key pieces of legislation that aim to increase the capital buffers to Europe's 2300 banks, ... See all stories on this topic »

New EU regulation on textile labelling applicable Fibre2fashion.com A new European Union (EU) regulation No. 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products repeals and replaces Directives2008/121/EC on textile names, 96/73/EC on certain methods for the ... See all stories on this topic »

EU's Hedegaard Says CO2 Auctions Review Is Short-Term Fix Bloomberg Any permanent cancellation of permits would require revision of the EU directive on carbon trading. Under the European law, the bloc's headline goal is to reduce greenhouse gases by 20 percent in 2020 compared with 1990 levels. See all stories on this topic »

Investment management: Europe's changing face Financial Times Amid a slew of new regulations – both within Europe and in the US – the face of Europe's asset management industry is changing, however. Tough new European Union laws such as the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive, which are now being put ... See all stories on this topic »

Credit Rating Companies, Deutsche Bank, Goldman: Compliance Bloomberg Diplomats from the region's 27 nations decided yesterday that more talks are needed by officials on the draft law before it can be agreed on by finance ministers, said an EU official. The draft law has been taken off the agenda of a meeting of finance ... See all stories on this topic »

How International Regulations Are Changing American Supply Chains Forbes With the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) in effect—and adding more chemicals to its Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) list each year—and Restriction of Hazardous SubstancesDirective ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

The way the cookie crumbles Catalogue e-business By Miri Thomas | Publication date: 11/05/2012 | Category: News On 26th May, new laws come into force governing the way websites use cookies to track user behaviour. The new EU ePrivacyDirective, dubbed the cookie law, was adopted last May by the UK ... See all stories on this topic »

UK opposition threatens deal on bank capital rules European Voice The capital-requirements directive and regulation proposals – which form the EU's response to the globally agreed Basel III banking rules – would limit this flexibility by introducing the concept of 'maximum harmonisation' across the EU. See all stories on this topic »