Net Neutrality: EU Member States Refuse to Hear the Voice of Citizens (La...
(Source: La Quadrature du Net) Paris, 3 June 2015 - The Council of the European Union has been blocking for weeks the principle of Net Neutrality and its entrenching in the legislation. As the European...
View ArticleInvesting in European projects: Council confirms agreement with EP on new...
(Source: Council of the European Union) The Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) on 9 June 2015 approved, on behalf of the Council, a compromise agreement on a European fund for strategic...
View ArticlePotential changes to MRLs under EC Regulation 396/2005 (PSD - Pesticides...
(Source: PSD - Pesticides Safety Directorate) Since September 2008 all statutory Maximum Residue Levels MRLs have been set on an EC-wide basis under Regulation 396/2005. Proposals to set, modify or...
View ArticleWe Have Europe's Future in Our Hands
The following speech was delivered on June 10, 2015 at the Noah Conference in Berlin. Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to address the NOAH Conference today. I congratulate the organizers on their...
View ArticleQuestions and Answers on the CCCTB re-launch (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) What is the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)? The Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) was proposed by the Commission in 2011. It offers a single...
View ArticleJustice Minister participates in the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, in...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Cyprus) Europol's Director congratulated the Authorities of Cyprus for the huge quantity of ammonium nitrate detected recently in Larnaka. Europol's Director was...
View ArticleMain topics and media events 15 - 28 June 2015 (ECOFIN - Economic and...
(Source: ECOFIN - Economic and Financial Affairs Council) 15 June - Environment Council Ministers will take stock of preparations for the UN conference on climate change that will take place in Paris...
View ArticleSolvency II Bearing Down (XBRL International Inc)
(Source: XBRL International Inc) Many people from our community spent the first week of June in Madrid, as XBRL EU and Eurofiling brought together consortium members, regulators and other stakeholders...
View ArticleMain topics and media events 15 - 28 June 2015 (Council of the European Union)
(Source: Council of the European Union) 15 June - Environment Council Ministers will take stock of preparations for the UN conference on climate change that will take place in Paris in December. In...
View ArticleEP this week: PNR, taxes, animal diseases, development (European Parliament)
(Source: European Parliament) MEPs have another busy week ahead of them. The civil liberties committee discusses passenger name records on Thursday, while the tax rulings committee looks at the...
View ArticleThe proposal for an EC Directive on the protection of trade secrets – A state...
(Source: Eversheds LLP) 09-06-2015 The protection of trade secrets has been on the European legislator's agenda since 2011. It was felt that the lack of harmonisation in this field is very...
View ArticleGeneral Approach to Data Protection Reform Is a Step in the Right Direction...
(Source: EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) Data protection reform in the EU has taken another step forward following the publication of the General Approach...
View ArticlePress release - DC092(2015) / 09 June 2015 Albania: despite positive...
(Source: Council of Europe) Press release - DC092(2015) Albania: despite positive developments, concerns around intolerant public speech and poor integration of Roma remain, says the Council of...
View ArticleEU Justice Ministers approve European Regulation to step up Internet data...
(Source: Prime Minister's Office of Spain) The aim is to maintain a single regulatory framework for the whole European Union, thus unifying the current legal system, as well as to facilitate the free...
View ArticleData Protection Regulation should encapsulate SME specificities! (UEAPME -...
(Source: UEAPME - European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) J - PRESS RELEASE - Data Protection Regulation should encapsulate SME specificities! Brussels, 17th June 2015-...
View ArticleHungary- ALDE proposal for a mechanism to monitor democracy, rule of law and...
(Source: ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) The European Parliament has today adopted a key joint resolution on the situation in Hungary. The paragraph reflecting the ALDE proposal...
View ArticleWhy Facebook's New Photo App Won't Be Available In Europe
Facebook’s latest standalone app Moments won’t be making its way to Europe due to privacy concerns. The app, which uses facial recognition technology to identify faces and group photos accordingly, is...
View ArticleIs Europe Undermining Its Insurance Companies?
Why is the European Commission pressurizing its insurance companies? As well intended as it could be, the regulator seems to ignore that none of the European insurance companies needed any rescue...
View ArticleKeynote speech at IDX 2015 (ESMA - European Securities and Markets Authority)
(Source: ESMA - European Securities and Markets Authority) Reference2015/921 Publication Date09/06/2015 Creation Date09/06/2015 TypeSpeech SectionsSpeeches, Post-Trading, Secondary Markets Summary...
View ArticleMain topics and media events 8 - 21 June 2015 (ECOFIN - Economic and...
(Source: ECOFIN - Economic and Financial Affairs Council) 8 June - Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy issues) The Council will assess progress in the implementation of the Energy...
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