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15 November 2018, 20:54 CET

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Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy high on the EU's agenda

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 30 April 2010, 21:50 CET |
Filed under: EU Law, Fisheries

European Fisheries ministers and stakeholders alike will be discussing the future shape of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy at two major events in Spain over the next days.

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New social security regulations enter into force in the EU

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 30 April 2010, 21:50 CET |

On 1 May 2010, new regulations on social security coordination in the European Union enter into force. The aim is to make life easier for Europeans on the move.

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EU's modernised social security - Briefing

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 30 April 2010, 21:55 CET |

On 1 May 2010, new regulations on social security coordination in the European Union enter into force. The aim is to make life easier for Europeans on the move.

EU updates aviation security rules

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 29 April 2010, 23:56 CET |
Filed under: EU Law, aviation, security

New measures to streamline and simplify the EU framework for aviation security, first put in place in 2002 after the September 11 attacks, came into force today.

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Late business payments: MEPs want deadlines

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 29 April 2010, 23:00 CET |
Filed under: EU Law, SMEs, Finance, business

MEPs believe that deadlines for paying bills in the business world should be laid down by law for both the private and public sectors. Yesterday Euro-MPs approved amendments to a planned EU directive designed to tackle the problem of late payments.

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Progress on services directive too slow, say Euro-MPs

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 28 April 2010, 23:34 CET |

The hotly contested services directive was due to be implemented in national law by 28 December 2009. This Tuesday, four months after the deadline, MEPs and members of national parliaments held a meeting in Brussels to discuss whether the EU Member States have done their duty in this regard.

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MEPs want rules on working hours to apply to self-employed drivers

Members of the European Parliament have voted against a Commission proposal that self-employed drivers be exempted from the 2002 Working Time Directive on the road transport industry.

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Euro-MPs vote to curb energy consumption

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 28 April 2010, 23:28 CET |

MEPs approved today EU energy efficiency legislation for buildings and the new layout of the EU energy efficiency label.

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EU authorises compensation to electricity producers in Hungary

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 27 April 2010, 22:22 CET |

The European Commission has authorised, under EU State aid rules, an aid scheme to compensate electricity producers for costs incurred after liberalisation of the market in Hungary.

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EU opens consultation on double taxation

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 27 April 2010, 22:30 CET |

The European Commission launched today an online public consultation to ask individuals, companies and tax advisers for information on double taxation problems that they have encountered when operating across borders within the EU.

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EU okay for State Street's Intesa Sanpaolo acquisition

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 26 April 2010, 16:15 CET |

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of two subsidiaries of the Italian Intesa Sanpaolo banking group by an US-based corporation.

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EU moots centre to combat cybercrime in Europe

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 26 April 2010, 22:00 CET |

The EU on Monday set out plans for a centre to combat cybercrime in Europe. Ministers meeting in Luxembourg proposed the new centre as part of a longer term strategy to cope more effectively with the crimes committed by means of electronic networks.

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ECB to demand loan-level information on asset bonds

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 24 April 2010, 00:23 CET |
Filed under: EU Law, ECB, Finance

The European Central Bank is to begin work on the establishment of loan-by-loan information requirements for asset-backed securities (ABSs) in the Eurosystem collateral framework.

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MEPs want say on EU employment guidelines

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 24 April 2010, 00:28 CET |

The European Parliament is calling on the European Council to postpone adopting the EU 2020 economic competitiveness strategy until the autumn, to give MEPs time to properly analyse the proposals.

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Cheaper drugs incentive schemes ruled legal by European court

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 24 April 2010, 00:30 CET |
Filed under: EU Law, Pharmaceuticals, Health

The European Court of Justice has ruled that public authorities may offer financial incentives to induce doctors to prescribe cheaper medicinal products.

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Illegal cigarette factory in Lithuania raided

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 22 April 2010, 23:37 CET |

An illegal cigarette factory in Vilnius, capable of producing at least 1000 cigarettes a minute, has been raided and closed down in an operation mounted by Lithuanian Customs supported by OLAF.

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EC outlines plan to improve mobility within the EU

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 22 April 2010, 23:38 CET |

European leaders endorsed 170 initiatives last December known as the Stockholm Programme. The measures are aimed at creating a genuine European area of freedom, security and justice in the next five years. The Commission has now turned these political objectives into an action plan for 2010-2014.

Commission initiatives to bring more security to Europeans

Posted by Ina Dimireva at 22 April 2010, 23:39 CET |

European leaders endorsed 170 initiatives last December known as the Stockholm Programme, aimed at creating a genuine European area of freedom, security and justice. The Commission has now turned these political objectives into an action plan for 2010-2014.

CASELEX:EU:2006:159 - European Court of Justice, European Union Competition Law, Taxation Law

Posted by Caselex at 22 April 2010, 16:52 CET |

European Court of Justice, European Union Competition Law, Taxation Law

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CASELEX:EU:2006:158 - European Court of Justice, European Union Intellectual Property Law

Posted by Caselex at 22 April 2010, 16:49 CET |
Filed under: EU Law - IP

European Court of Justice, European Union Intellectual Property Law

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