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Kaspersky Lab announced it developed and patented advanced technology to recover passwords and encryption keys on mobile devices

Posted on 15, July 2013 by

15-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Kaspersky Lab announces that its experts have developed and patented an advanced technology to recover passwords and encryption keys on mobile devices. Patent No. 2481632, issued by Rospatent, describes a method that almost eliminates any possibility of data … Read the full press release →

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Regional Development Committee approves €325 billion investment tool for EU regions

Posted on 12, July 2013 by

New rules for investing €325 billion in regional development projects across the EU in 2014-2020 were approved by the Regional Development Committee on Wednesday. This funding – roughly a third of the EU budget – will boost local growth and … Read the full press release →

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STAWAG erzielt Verfügung gegenüber Rheinenergie Express GmbH

Posted on 12, July 2013 by

Auf Antrag der STAWAG hat das Landgericht Aachen, Kammer für Handelssachen, erneut unlautere Werbepraktiken untersagt. 12-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Hintergrund des Verfahrens waren Beschwerden von Kunden, wonach Mitarbeiter bzw. Beauftragte der Rheinenergie Express GmbH sich als STAWAG-Vertreter ausgegeben haben, um dadurch … Read the full press release →

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EU Ombudsman calls on EC to follow OECD principles for transparency and integrity in lobbying when revising the “Transparency Register”

Posted on 11, July 2013 by

11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has called on the European Commission to follow the OECD principles for transparency and integrity in lobbying when revising the “Transparency Register”. This includes providing better guidance for companies and organisations which register … Read the full press release →

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Rosneft and Russian Federal Tax Service signed pricing agreement on oil sales taxation for the Russian market

Posted on 11, July 2013 by

11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On July 04, 2013 Rosneft President Igor Sechin and Head of the Federal Tax Service of Russia Mikhail Mishustin signed the Pricing Agreement for the purpose of taxation of oil sales transactions at the Russian market. … Read the full press release →

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EU Court of Justice Judgment in Case C-521/11 Amazon.com and Others v Austrian copyright collecting society Austro-Mechana

Posted on 11, July 2013 by

The indiscriminate collection of a private copying levy on the first sale of recording media may, under certain conditions, be compatible with EU law In addition, under certain conditions, there may be a rebuttable presumption that recording media sold to … Read the full press release →

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EC confirmed unannounced inspections in Internet connectivity services of number of telecoms

Posted on 11, July 2013 by

11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission can confirm that on 9 July 2013 Commission officials initiated unannounced inspections at the premises of a number of telecommunications companies active in the provision of Internet connectivity in several Member States. The Commission … Read the full press release →

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EC blocks Austrian Regulator’s proposals to regulate wholesale leased lines

Posted on 5, July 2013 by

Brussels, 5-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has asked the Austrian Regulator (TKK) to withdraw its proposal to regulate the wholesale market for terminating segments of leased lines which are commonly used by businesses to connect geographically distant offices. TKK has … Read the full press release →

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Eni acquitted in the investigation into the “Measure gas” proceedings by the Court of the Third Instance

Posted on 5, July 2013 by

The Court confirms that an offence was not committed San Donato Milanese, 5-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  Eni informs that the Court of the Third Instance definitively confirmed the judgment of “no case to answer”, issued on 28 June 2012 by … Read the full press release →

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EC approved Swedish scheme to subsidise combined work-and-training contracts for young workers under EU State aid rules

Posted on 5, July 2013 by

5-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has authorised a Swedish scheme to subsidise combined work-and-training contracts for young workers aged 15 to 24 (Vocational Introduction Employment) under EU State aid rules. The measure will contribute to the fight against youth … Read the full press release →

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EC opened public consultation with trade unions and employers’ representatives over undeclared work

Posted on 4, July 2013 by

4-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has launched today a consultation with representatives of trade unions and employers’ organisations on possible future EU measures to prevent and deter undeclared work through improved cooperation between Member States enforcement authorities, such as … Read the full press release →

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EC approved temporarily Slovenian government rescue aid for automotive components manufacturer Cimos Group

Posted on 4, July 2013 by

4-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has concluded that a state guarantee of €35 million to be granted by the Slovenian government to Cimos Group is in line with EU state aid rules. The Commission found, in particular, that the … Read the full press release →

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EC opens investigation into Slovak state measures in favour of Novácké chemické závody (NCHZ)

Posted on 3, July 2013 by

Brussels, 3-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether the non-payment of social security contributions and other liabilities due to the Slovak state during the bankruptcy proceedings of NCHZ was in line with EU State … Read the full press release →

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EC found Greek state aid for the Port of Piraeus is in line with EU state aid rules

Posted on 3, July 2013 by

Brussels, 3-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has found a €113.9 million Greek support for an infrastructure project of €120 million at the Port of Piraeus to be in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the project will further … Read the full press release →

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EC to investigate Slovenian state aid to Renault subsidiary Revoz

Posted on 3, July 2013 by

Brussels, 3-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether Slovenian plans to grant public financing to car maker Revoz, d.d., a subsidiary of Renault S.A of France for an investment project in the Novo Mesto … Read the full press release →

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Finnish State investment aid for Vaasa airport infrastructure modernisation in line with EU state aid rules

Posted on 3, July 2013 by

Brussels, 3-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has found Finnish plans to grant an investment aid of €320 000 to modernise and enhance the infrastructure of Vaasa airport, on the West coast of Finland, to be in line with EU state … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Construction, European Union, Finland, Government, Investment, Law, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Fortum files complaint to EC on Swedish plans of increasing real-estate tax for hydropower

Posted on 2, July 2013 by

2-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Swedish State is planning to increase the real-estate tax for hydropower as of 2013. The tax is based on the production volumes and according to preliminary information, it will increase the share of tax from the … Read the full press release →

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EC approved Avio S.p.A. acquisition by General Electric Company

Posted on 2, July 2013 by

2-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the aviation business of Avio S.p.A. of Italy by General Electric Company (GE) of the United States. The decision is conditional upon a … Read the full press release →

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EC to investigate some of the world’s largest investment banks over anti-competitive agreements in the credit derivatives business

Posted on 1, July 2013 by

1-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has informed some of the world’s largest investment banks of its preliminary conclusion that they infringed EU antitrust rules that prohibit anti-competitive agreements by colluding to prevent exchanges from entering the credit derivatives business … Read the full press release →

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24th meeting of Geneva International Discussions focused on freedom of movement, missing persons and water provision

Posted on 27, June 2013 by

GENEVA, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Addressing the negative impact of fencing activities along the Administrative Boundary Line was the main topic which dominated the deliberations of the 24th meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today co-chaired by the OSCE Chair’s Special … Read the full press release →

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European Patent Office improves multilingual access to patent documents by adding six new languages

Posted on 27, June 2013 by

Munich, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — In a move to further improve multilingual access to information contained in patent documents, the European Patent Office (EPO) today made another set of European languages available in its free machine translation service Patent Translate. With … Read the full press release →

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EC draft directive on e-invoicing in public procurement, step towards end-to-end e-procurement and e-government in Europe

Posted on 27, June 2013 by

Brussels, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today proposed a draft directive on e-invoicing in public procurement, accompanied by a communication setting out its vision for the full digitisation of the public procurement process, so-called ‘end-to-end e-procurement’. E-invoicing is … Read the full press release →

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EU Court of Justice ordered Czech Republic to pay a lump sum of €250 000 for failure to comply with a judgment of the Court concerning occupational retirement provision

Posted on 27, June 2013 by

27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — In the absence of a second pillar (supplementary pension offered by certain employers for their staff) in the Czech pension system, the Court considers that that infringement had a limited effect on the internal market The Member … Read the full press release →

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Italian authorities, European Anti-Fraud Office uncover major EU funds fraud in Sicily, €28M seized, 17 in custody

Posted on 26, June 2013 by

26-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today (21 June 2013), the Director-General of OLAF, Mr Giovanni Kessler, welcomed the judicial and financial recovery steps taken by the Italian authorities pursuant to Operations “Mala gestio” and “Sicilia grandi eventi”. Mr Kessler stated that “this … Read the full press release →

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EU Court of Justice on the Google v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos case: search engines not responsible for personal data appearing on web pages they process

Posted on 26, June 2013 by

26-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — National data protection legislation is applicable to them when they set up an office in a Member State which orientates its activity towards the inhabitants of that State, so as to promote and sell advertising space, even … Read the full press release →

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OSCE conference in Vienna on inequality, globalization and trafficking

Posted on 26, June 2013 by

VIENNA, 26-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today discussed financial, social and legal factors related to migration, inequality and trafficking at an OSCE-hosted conference on preventing modern-day slavery. … Read the full press release →

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EC proposed for EU wide ban on ‘5-IT’ synthetic substance with stimulant and hallucinogenic effects

Posted on 26, June 2013 by

International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking 26-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, the European Commission has today proposed an EU-wide ban on ‘5-IT’, a synthetic substance with stimulant and hallucinogenic effects. The … Read the full press release →

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European Court of Auditors find emergency funds for redundant workers should be paid out faster

Posted on 25, June 2013 by

25-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A special fund to help workers made redundant by globalisation delivers only limited EU added-value and should be replaced by a more efficient system, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the … Read the full press release →

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New EU measures for telecoms, ISPs in case of lost or compromised personal data

Posted on 25, June 2013 by

Brussels, 25-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission is putting into place new rules on what exactly telecoms operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should do if their customers’ personal data is lost, stolen or otherwise compromised. The purpose of these “technical … Read the full press release →

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EC refers Poland to EU Court of Justice over regulated gas prices for business consumers

Posted on 24, June 2013 by

24-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, the European Commission decided to refer Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to comply with the EU internal energy market rules. Under the Gas Directive (2009/73/EC) prices should primarily be determined by … Read the full press release →

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EC invites the public to comment on possible improvements to EU merger control in certain areas

Posted on 24, June 2013 by

Brussels, 24-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission invites the public to comment on a number of options for possible future improvements of the EU Merger Regulation in two areas: minority shareholdings and the transfer of cases between the Commission and national competition authorities. … Read the full press release →

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EC cleared Virgin Atlantic joint acquisition by Delta (49%) and Virgin Group (51%)

Posted on 24, June 2013 by

Brussels, 24-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control over Virgin Atlantic by Delta and Virgin Group. Delta will replace Singapore Airlines as a 49% minority shareholder in Virgin Atlantic, … Read the full press release →

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OSCE-facilitated conference on simplified forms of criminal procedure in Belgrade, Serbia

Posted on 24, June 2013 by

BELGRADE, 24-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An OSCE-facilitated regional conference on the simplified forms of criminal procedure, which started today in Belgrade brought together some 130 participants. The two-day event, organized by the OSCE Mission, aimed to promote sharing of experience and … Read the full press release →

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German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, EPO President Benoît Battistelli discussed the future unitary patent

Posted on 24, June 2013 by

Munich, 24-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — German Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger met with European Patent Office (EPO) President Benoît Battistelli at the EPO headquarters in Munich today to discuss developments in the European patent system, and in particular the future … Read the full press release →

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EC approved regions of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein guarantee provided to German bank HSH Nordbank

Posted on 24, June 2013 by

Brussels, 24-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  The European Commission has provisionally approved the restoring of the guarantee provided by the regions of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein in favour of HSH Nordbank from EUR 7 billion to the original framework of EUR 10 billion under … Read the full press release →

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EC calls for applications for experts to identify safe and fair contract terms to boost cloud computing

Posted on 21, June 2013 by

Brussels, 21-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has launched today a call for applications for experts to work on identifying safe and fair contract terms for cloud computing services. The experts will help identifying options for addressing concerns of consumers and companies, who … Read the full press release →

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EU Court of Justice Judgment in Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde, Bundeskartellanwalt v Schenker & Co. and Others Case

Posted on 21, June 2013 by

Legal advice given by a law firm or a decision of a national competition authority does not exempt an undertaking from anti-competitive conduct or from imposition of a fine Luxembourg, 21-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — National competition authorities may by way of exception refrain from … Read the full press release →

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EC Vice-President Joaquín Almunia comments on Lundbeck anticompetitive agreements case

Posted on 21, June 2013 by

Commission fines Lundbeck and other pharma companies for delaying market entry of generic medicines: statement by Vice-President Almunia Joaquín Almunia – Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy Press conference, Brussels, 21-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today the European Commission has found … Read the full press release →

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EC confirmed it probed cargo train transport service companies in South Eastern Europe for anti-competitive practices

Posted on 21, June 2013 by

Brussels, 21-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission can confirm that on 18 June 2013 Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several companies active in the sector of cargo train transport services to South Eastern Europe. Inspections took … Read the full press release →

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Spanish €260M scheme to finance terrestrial digital platform operators found incompatible with EU State aid rules

Posted on 20, June 2013 by

Brussels, 20-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has concluded that a Spanish €260 million scheme to finance the digitisation and extension of the terrestrial television network in remote areas of Spain was incompatible with EU State aid rules. The measure favours … Read the full press release →

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