Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has launched an in-depth enquiry to determine whether the funding granted to steel group Duferco by the Walloon region of Belgium complies with the European Union’s state aid rules. The launch of the … Read the full press release
At the FT-ETNO SUMMIT 2013 “One Single Telecom Market for Europe?”, ETNO called upon the EU Council to adopt a roadmap for the EU digital economy during its meeting on 24/25 October, in order to generate jobs and growth and to improve … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Management, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AT&T, CEOs, Daniel Pataki, Deutsche Telekom; Stéphane Richard, digital economy, ETNO, EU digital economy, Financial Times, Fleur Pellerin, FT-ETNO SUMMIT 2013, Luigi Gambardella, Neelie Kroes, One Single Telecom Market for Europe, Orange, Randall Stephenson, Single Telecom Market, Telecom Market, Timotheus Höttges
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Following a judgment by the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) (case C-73/11 P) on its previous decision (case C25/2005), the European Commission has adopted a new decision confirming that a Slovak SKK 416.5 million (€11 million) write-off of … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, Law, Slovakia
Tagged case C-73/11 P, case C25/2005, competitors, debt, debt write-off, distortion of competition, ECJ, EU Court of Justice, EU rules, EU state aid rules, European Commission, Frucona Košice, Judgment, non-payment of taxes, Slovak alcohol producer, Slovak SKK 416.5 million, state aid, undue economic advantage, write-off of tax debt
Brussels, Belgium, 16-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has found a 1 950 million PLN (approx. €465 million) support measure for the construction of a series of gas pipelines and modernisation works in different parts of Poland to be in line … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Law, Poland
Tagged distorting competition, EC, EU energy goals, EU state aid rules, gas, gas pipelines, gas pipelines construction, gas transmission, internal market, Polish gas network, Polish gas transmission network, Polish state aid, The European Commission, €465 million Polish state aid
Brussels, Belgium, 16-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has found that aid to four projects aimed at improving and expanding the Greek gas network complies with EU state aid rules. These projects aim at increasing the gas transmission capacity and security … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Government, Greece, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Law
Tagged aid, Commission, DESFA, distorting competition, EU energy goals, EU internal market, EU state aid rules, European Commission, gas infrastructure, Greek gas infrastructure projects, Greek gas network, Greek state, Joaquin Almunia, reducing CO2 emissions, state aid
The General Court confirms the validity of the Commission Decision according to which the long-term funding mechanism of France Télévisions constitutes State aid compatible with the internal market Luxembourg, 16-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Within the context of the reform of public broadcasting, France … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, France, Government, Law, Luxembourg, Marketing, Media
Tagged annulment, budgetary grant, EC, France, France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5, France Ô et Outre-Mer 1ère, France Télévisions, French tax code, General Court of the European Union, phasing out advertising, public broadcasting, public channels, state aid, subsidy, Télévision française 1 (TF1) v Commission
Brussels, Belgium, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission today welcomed the publication of the first-ever EU-wide study of the impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on the European economy in terms of GDP, employment, wages and trade. Carried out jointly by … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, European Union, Government, Law, Science
Tagged António Campinos, Benoît Battistelli, Claire Castel, copyrights, designs, Employment, EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, EU-wide study, European economy, European Patent Office, GDP, geographical indications, intellectual property rights, IP rights, IPR, IPR jobs, IPR-intensive industries, Laura Casado Fernandez, Michel Barnier, OHIM, Oswald Schröder, Patents, Ruth McDonald, trade, trademarks, wages
Zagreb, Croatia, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is organising a seminar on “How to Prevent and fight Rural Development Fraud” on 14-15 October, in Zagreb. The event brings together experts from all EU Member States, as well as … Read the full press release
London, United Kingdom, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca today announced that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) lifted a temporary injunction against the US launch of Hanmi’s 505(b)2 NDA esomeprazole strontium product. AstraZeneca’s CAFC appeal of claim construction … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged 192, 5, 504, 714, 877, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Anthony Brown, AstraZeneca, CAFC, Colleen Proctor, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Ed Seage, Esra Erkal-Paler, Hanmi, Hanmi Pharmaceutical, Hanmi's 505(b)2 NDA esomeprazole strontium, Jacob Lund, Jens Lindberg, Karl Hård, Michele Meixell, New Jersey, Nexium, patent-infringement damages, Temporary injunction, US launch, Vanessa Rhodes
EU offshore wind industry needs regulatory stability and a post-2020 EU legislative framework Brussels, Belgium, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Between € 90 billion and € 123 billion are needed by the European offshore wind energy industry to meet its 2020 target of … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Government, Law, Media
Tagged 2020 EU legislatative framework, clean renewable energy, ENERGY, EU offshore wind industry, European offshore wind energy industry, European Wind Energy Association, EWEA, EWEA OFFSHORE 2013, Frankfurt, offshore, offshore wind energy, offshore wind energy industry, post-2020 EU legislatative framework, renewables, Sarah Azau, Wind, wind energy
Moscow, Russia, 07-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Kaspersky Lab is pleased to announce that it has emerged victorious from a lawsuit initiated by Lodsys, a company located in Texas that operates as a Patent Assertion Entity, more commonly known as a Non practicing entity … Read the full press release
Bruxelles, Belgique, 03-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — La SNCB a demandé à Siemens des garanties que les adaptations annoncées de personnel à travers le monde de la multinationale allemande ne provoquent pas de conséquences pour la livraison en cours et le suivi de … Read the full press release
A joint EBRD-Women for Women International conference shed light on global engagement for gender equality, equality of opportunities and economic parity London, United Kingdom, 02-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Legal rights for women are improving around the world, and yet many legal frameworks … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 02-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has concluded that a planned monetary compensation in favour of Simet SpA, which provides bus services to and from Calabria, is incompatible with EU state aid rules. By a judgment of March 2010, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Italy, Law, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Antoine Colombani, bus services, Calabria, Consiglio di Stato, EC, EU state aid rules, Joaquin Almunia, Maria Madrid Pina, public service compensation, Public Service Transport Regulation, Simet SpA, state aid
Brussels, Belgium, 01-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Five Member States – Austria, Germany, Denmark, Poland and Cyprus, – exceeded their milk quotas for deliveries in 2012/2013, and must therefore pay penalties (“superlevy”) totalling roughly € 46 million. Despite the overrun of the quotas … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Business, Cyprus, Denmark, European Union, Germany, Government, Law, Poland
Tagged 2008 CAP Health Check, dairy quota regime, dairy sector, Fanny Dabertrand, milk quotas, Roger Waite, superlevy, surplus production
Pistoia, 01-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AnsaldoBreda SpA has sued before the competent court in Utrecht its Dutch client, the finance company NSFSC, as well as its parent company, the NS Dutch Railways, for the fulfillment of the obligations of these customers under the contract … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Italy, Law, Netherlands, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AnsaldoBreda, AnsaldoBreda SpA, Belgian railwaysNMBS, court, Dutch Railways, Fyra trains, lawsuit, NSFSC, Railways, trains, Utrecht
Berlin, 26-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In view of the upcoming discussions on the guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes, the European Aluminium Industry (EAA) calls for a consistent approach at the EU and national level. The EAA has always been a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, European Union, Government, Law, Metals and Minerals
Tagged alumina, aluminium, best practices, consistent approaches, EU waste and packaging waste legislation, European Aluminium Association, Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes, Laurent Musy, Maarten Labberton, packaging material, policy makers, recycling, waste, waste management
23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The situation in the forestry sector in the EU was not specifically analysed so as to justify specific financial support aimed at improving the economic value of forests, according to a report issued by the European Court of … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Luxembourg
Tagged Aidas Palubinskas, EU Auditors, EU forestry sector, EU support for private forests, European Court of Auditors, forest holdings, forest management plan, forests, private forests, pruning, silvicultural operations, thinning
23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EP’s special committee on organised crime approved its final report on 17 September after 18 months of work, setting out how the EU could tackle the problem more effectively. We spoke to report author Salvatore Iacolino, an … Read the full press release
Metropolis Conference/Tampere, Finland, 16-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this important event with such a wide and dynamic composition of researchers, policy makers and practitioners from all over the world. Tampere can truly be … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Finland, Government, Law, Politics, Society
Tagged asylum, Cecilia Mamlström, Common European Asylum System, EU asylum policies, EU Commissioner, EU migration, EU migration policy, Freedom, GAMM, Global Approach to Migration and Mobility, Home Affairs, intra-corporate transferees, intra-EU mobility, Justice, legal migration, Metropolis Conference, MIGRATION, mobility, seasonal workers, SECURITY, Tampere
Vilnius, 13-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurofi Financial Forum Mr. De Larosière, Ladies and Gentlemen, Five years ago, on 13 September 2008, some of you here in this room were probably in Nice for the informal Ecofin. It is precisely on that day in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law, Lithuania, Politics
Tagged CRD 4, cross-border derivatives, EMIR, Eurofi Financial Forum, financial markets, financial reforms, G20, Michel Barnier, OTC derivatives, Short-selling Regulation, Single Resolution Mechanism, Single Supervisory Mechanism, Vilnius
13-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — We can confirm that the Tianjin Myway International Trading Co. and Magforce International have been ejected from DSEI having been found with literature suspected of breaching UK law. This action highlights our commitment to ensuring that all equipment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Law, Marketing, Security & Safety, United Kingdom
Tagged compliance breach, DSEI, ianjin Myway International Trading Co, Magforce International, UK law
12-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Commission today adopted major regulatory proposals to complete the telecoms single market and deliver a Connected Continent. The overarching aim is to build a connected, competitive continent and enabling sustainable digital jobs and industries; making life better … Read the full press release
12-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the European Parliament adopted amendments to the EU visa rules (Regulation 539/2001), including a new visa waiver suspension mechanism to ensure that visa free travel does not lead to irregularities or abuse. “The new visa waiver suspension mechanism will contribute … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Travel
Tagged Cecilia Malmström, EU visa, EU visa rules, VISA, visa waiver suspension mechanism, visa-free regime
12-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Boubakar Dione est nommé Directeur juridique de Bpifrance. Rapportant directement au Directeur général, il prend en charge la responsabilité de l’ensemble de la fonction juridique de Bpifrance et supervisera les équipes juridiques dédiées aux opérations de financement et … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Investment, Law, Management
Tagged banque publique d’investissement, Boubakar Dione, Bpifrance, CDC Entreprises, Directeur juridique, d’OSEO, FSI, FSI Régions, nommé
11-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A new law to guarantee the rights of all citizens to be advised by a lawyer when facing criminal proceedings today received the backing of the European Parliament plenary who adopted the proposal with an overwhelming majority (with … Read the full press release
11-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — I welcome the political agreement with Council on the Market Abuse Regulation that Parliament has endorsed today, which will establish tougher rules to better prevent, detect and punish market abuse. With this agreement, the European Parliament has made … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law
Tagged Arlene McCarthy, commodity markets, commodity regulators, derivative markets, electronic trading platforms, electronic trading platforms abuse, European Parliament, financial regulators, LIBOR, Market Abuse Regulation, Michel Barnier, MIFID 2 proposals
10-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission today proposed new legislation to prevent and manage the rapidly growing threat from invasive species. There are currently over 12 000 species present in Europe which are alien to the natural environment. About 15% of these … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, European Union, Government, Law
Tagged Asian hornet, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, coypu, grey squirrels, invasive alien species, invasive species, Janez Potočnik, Joe Hennon, Monica Westeren, natural environment, outcompeting red squirrels, problematic invasive species, protect biodiversity, tiger mosquito
The impact of US National Security Agency and other surveillance programmes on EU citizens’ privacy and media freedom and the lack of democratic oversight of these programmes were the key concerns voiced by MEPs and key journalists on Thursday, in … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Media, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged Carlos Coelho, Civil Liberties Committee, Civil Liberties Committee MEPs, Claude Moraes, Cornelia Ernst, David Miranda, EU citizens, fundamental rights, Isabel Teixeira NADKARNI, Jacob Appelbaum, Jacques Follorou, journalists, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, media freedom, MEPs, Natalia DASILVA, NSA snooping, privacy, Sophia in't Veld, spying, surveillance programmes, The Guardian, UK anti-terror laws, US National Security Agency
Joint press conference/Saint Petersburg 05-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Good afternoon, The European Union comes to this summit with a message of confidence. The EU delivered on its commitments made last year, but the global recovery still remains fragile. There are positive signs … Read the full press release
04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Commission has today adopted a communication on shadow banking and proposed new rules for money market funds (MMFs). The communication is a follow-up to last year’s Green Paper on Shadow Banking (IP/12/253). It summarises the work undertaken so far by … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Law
Tagged Audrey Augier, Carmel Dunne, Chantal Hughes, credit intermediation, EC, Europe's financial system, European Commission, Green Paper on Shadow Banking, Michel Barnier, money market funds, regular banking system, shadow banking
03-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In a ruling handed down today by the Vienna Labor and Social Affairs Court, the court questioned the legal validity of the transfer of flight operations from Austrian Airlines to Tyrolean Airways. Fundamentally speaking, the judge said in … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Aviation & Aerospace, Law, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Arbeitsvertragsrechts-Anpassungsgesetz – AVRAG, Austrian Airlines, Austrian Labor Contract Law, employee protection, Jaan Albrecht, transfer of flight operations, Tyrolean Airways, Vienna Labor and Social Affairs Court
Automatic encryption of data over all transmission paths Secure data storage in Germany as a reputable location Designation of secure e-mail addresses 02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom and United Internet have launched an initiative within the industry for secure e-mail communication … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Internet & Online, Law, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Deutsche Telekom, E-mail made in Germany, German data privacy laws, GMX, privacy, privacy laws, Ralph Dommermuth, René Obermann, secure e-mail addresses, secure e-mail communication, T-Online, United Internet, United Internet AG, WEB.DE
VIENNA, 28-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today said she was appalled by a U.S. Department of Justice attempt to force a reporter to divulge sources in a criminal trial. Justice Department lawyers on … Read the full press release
28-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — “I consider the detention of Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner in Minsk on 26 August to be an outrageous act. Economic disputes and various differences which often arise in the course of business should not be dealt with in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Government, Industrial, Law, Metals and Minerals, Russia, Society
Tagged Alexander Voloshin, Belarusian Potash Company, Berezniki, immediate release of Mr Baumgertner, Mr Baumgertner, Perm Region, Potash Dispute, potash producer, Solikamsk, Uralkali, Uralkali CEO, Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner detention, Vladislav Baumgertner, Александр Волошин, Владислава Баумгертнера, Уралкалия
22-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has concluded that additional commitments provided by Germany in the context of the restructuring of NORD/LB ensure that the State aid granted to the bank remains compatible with the internal market. This remains the case after … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment, Law
Tagged Antoine Colombani, EC approved NORD/LB's restructuring plan, Fürstenberg hybrids, German bank NORD/LB's restructuring plan, Länder of Niedersachsen, Maria Madrid Pina, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Sachsen-Anhalt, state aid rules, sundry investors, The European Commission, tier-1 instruments
20-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has today adopted a package of measures to address the continued unsustainable fishing of herring by the Faroe Islands. The measures include the ban of imports of herring and mackerel from the Atlanto-Scandian stocks … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, European Union, Government, Law
Tagged Atlanto-Scandian stocks, EC bans imports of herring and mackerel, Faroe Islands unsustainable fishing, herring from Faroe Islands, Lone Mikkelsen, mackerel from Faroe Islands, Maria Damanaki, Oliver Drewes, The European Commission bans herring and mackerel imports, unsustainable fishing by the Faroe Islands
19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Union today requested the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva to rule over a dispute concerning Chinese anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of high-performance stainless steel seamless tubes (“HP-SSST”) from the EU. The EU believes … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Industrial, International Trade, Law
Tagged Chinese Anti-dumping Duties, Chinese Anti-dumping Duties on Steel Tubes, Helene Banner, high-performance stainless steel seamless tubes, HP-SSST, incompatible with WTO law, John Clancy, steel seamless tubes anti-dumping duties, supercritical boilers, ultra-supercritical boilers, unjustified Chinese trade defence measures, World Trade Organisation, WTO law
16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the successful collaboration between EU Member States, industry, national administrations, academia, the private sector and local communities on a series of projects to make living, working, travelling, studying and doing business across borders easier, the European Commission … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, Law, Technology
Tagged cross-border digital public services, e-CODEX, e-SENS, efficiency of cross-border digital public services, eID, Electronic Simple European Networked Services, epSOS ePrescription system, EU Digital Agenda, fulfilling legal requirements, ICT-PSP, LSPs, Neelie Kroes, online SPOCS point, OpenPEPPOL, PEPPOL, setting up a company, STORK module, taking part in public tenders
16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Medicines Agency has published a reflection paper on general issues for consideration regarding the parenteral administration of coated nanomedicines today. The reflection paper describes general issues to consider during the development of nanomedicines that have a coating, including: the effect … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged biodistribution, coated nanomedicines issues, Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, EMA reflection paper, EMA reflection papers, EMA's view on coated nanomedicines, European Medicines Agency, general issues for consideration regarding coated nanomedicines, interaction of the coating with other molecules in the biological environment, minimise medicines aggregation, nanotechnology, pharmacokinetics, Surface coating
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