Tuesday, 1 March 2011

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.
 
EU court says insurers cannot link risks to gender
Reuters
The ECJ judges agreed with an interim opinion of Advocate General Juliane Kokott last September that an EU directive was invalid in allowing different premiums and benefits for men and women based on the use of their gender in assessing their ...
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Reuters
Ratings needed for non-financial risks in European Union funds management industry
Hedge Funds Review Magazine
Ideally, EU rules would be drafted as regulations not only as directives. These rules should specify the duties of all parties and the legal proceedings involved when losses occur. The Esma should be responsible for the direct supervision of funds or ...
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Hedge Funds Review Magazine
Brussels weighs legal action on internal energy market
EurActiv
EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger yesterday (28 February) gave governments more breathing space to pass energy liberalisation directives into national law as a 3 March deadline approaches. A month ago, not a single country had yet done so. ...
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Ucits IV Guide
HFMWeek (blog)
Over the past year and a half the European Commission has drawn up subsidiary legislation in the form of directives and directly applicable regulations that add detail to the legislative framework of the Ucits IV directive. Please find hereunder a link ...
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Germany blocks million-strong bank account belonging to Gaddafi son
Monsters and Critics.com
'With this directive, we have taken an unmistakable stand,' Bruederle said. The account is at an unnamed German commercial bank. The move comes the day after the European Union imposed sanctions on the country, banning arms supplies as well as imposing ...
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Review of the EU Privacy Directive | Stanford Center for Internet ...
By Omer Tene
Check out my blog post @ CDT on review of the EU Data Protection Directive. Excerpt:
Stanford Center for Internet and Society - http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/
 
EUR-Lex - Official Journal - 2011 - L 049
Access to European Union law. Please select a language, български (bg), español (es) ... Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2011 of 21 February 2011 ... 2011 amending Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the ...
eur-lex.europa.eu/ChangeLang.do?lexlang=en&URL=/...
Bisphenol A: EU ban on use in baby bottles enters into force next ...
European Law Monitor - News and information on the EU, policies, ... The ban is foreseen in an EU directive (2011/8/EU) adopted in late January which also ...
www.europeanlawmonitor.org/.../Bisphenol-A-EU-ban-on-use...
New EU consumer law could damage online rights, BSA claims ...
Including digital content in the new Consumer Rights Directive is a mistake says the lobby group. ... New EU consumer law could damage online rights, BSA claims .... Tags: Regulation, legislation, government, None ...
www.pcworld.idg.com.au/.../new_eu_consumer_law_could_d...