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EU ministers voice 'serious concerns' over offshore oil, gas rules Platts "A directive would minimize problems with existing legislation. Like other member states we want sufficient flexibility in organizing supervisory powers," he said. An EU regulation becomes lawimmediately in all the EU-27 countries whereas a directive ... See all stories on this topic »

New EU data protection laws 'must be easy to understand' Ontrack Data Recovery The incoming European Directive designed to harmonise data recovery requirements for organisations across member states needs to be clear and simple to understand, claims the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). New regulations must be "easy for ... See all stories on this topic »

Labour law: Commission requests four countries to take on new rules for ... IEWY News Member States had to bring the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the new European Works Councils Directive into force by 5 June 2011 and notify theCommission. In the cases of Greece, Luxembourg and the ... See all stories on this topic »

Kerbside collection law change expected Materials Recycling Week The regulations were introduced in March to implement the EU Revised Waste FrameworkDirective. But in September, the Campaign for Real Recycling was granted permission for a judicial review of the way they transposed the European law. ... See all stories on this topic »

Germany, Europe's green leader Aljazeera.com In 2009, a major piece of renewable-energy legislation was passed as part of an overall climate and energy package. The European Union's Renewable EnergyDirective requires each member state to increase its share of renewable energy - such as solar, ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.com

Ofcom threatens clampdown on ISPs' network access restrictions Out-Law.com In the EU there are no explicit laws on net neutrality, but recent changes to the Framework for Electronic Communications Directive set out certain requirements for national regulators to promote the concept. Under the Directive EU member states must ... See all stories on this topic »

Say what EU Court? ISPs can't be forced to filter traffic? HEXUS No doubt this will provide fuel for the flames ISPs BT and TalkTalk have been lighting in UK courts as they continue to claim that the act is also in violation of the EU E-Commerce directive, though, according to TalkTalks' head of regulatory affairs ... See all stories on this topic »

Midday Express of 2011-11-23 IEWY News From now on, the European Commission will seek wherever possible to exempt micro-enterprises from EU legislation or introduce special regimes so as to minimise the regulatory burden on them. In a report to the Council and the European Parliament, ... See all stories on this topic »

Competition, Regulation and Networks Briefing these risks, current EU legislation does not cover all aspects of the offshore oil & gas ... aRegulation (rather than a Directive) due to its direct applicability to the ... www.wfw.com/Publications/.../Regulation-Offshore-2011.pdf