The Hague, the Netherlands, 28-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The leading European heritage organisation, Europa Nostra, has expressed its serious concern about the draft law which would allow a Canadian-based company to set up Europe’s biggest open-cast gold mine in Roşia Montană. In a letter … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EU and China held their fourth High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED) on 24 October in Brussels. The overarching theme of the meeting was how the EU and China can address challenges and create … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, International Trade, Investment, Law
Tagged Algirdas Šemeta, Antti Peltomaki, Brussels, CHINA, EU, EU-China High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED), HU Zucai, Karel De Gucht; MA Kai, Olli REHN, open economies, SHI Yaobin, SONG Tao, XIAO Yaqing, YANG Xueshan, ZHONG Shan, ZOU Zhiwu
Brussels, Belgium, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The third round of EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement negotiations took place in the week of the 21-25 October in Brussels. This round of negotiations focussed on discussing each side’s proposals for the text of the future … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, International Trade, Investment, Law
Tagged 3rd Round of EU-Japan Trade Talks, Animal Welfare, competition policy, Customs and Trade Facilitation, Dispute Settlement., Electronic Commerce, EU, EU-Japan, EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement, intellectual property, investment, Japan, Market Access, Non-Tariff Measures, procurement, Rules of Origin, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade, Trade and Sustainable Development, Trade in Services, Trade Remedies
Paris, France, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Vivendi announced today that it has settled a dispute with the State of Argentina resulting from the termination of a water contract in Tucuman province in August 1997. As a result of an international arbitration, Vivendi … Read the full press release
Frick, Switzerland, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Federal Supreme Court’s decision of 11 September 2013 confirmed the urgency of realising the Gommer line and defined the framework for implementing the project. Together with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and the Swiss Federal Office … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In October 2013, the FATF recognised that the Russian Federation had made significant progress in addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2008 mutual evaluation report and could be removed from the regular follow-up process. The decision by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Government, Law, Politics, Russia
Tagged 'fit and proper' requirements, 6th Follow-up Report, accounts in fictitious names, AML/CFT Law, anonymous accounts, beneficial ownership requirements, corporate transparency, criminalisation of terrorist financing, criminals, decriminalised self-laundering, FATF, freeze terrorist assets, ML/TF suspicion, Money Laundering, Mutual Evaluation of Russian Federation, Russia FATF 6th Follow-up Report, Russian Federation, terrorist financing, The Financial Action Task Force
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — New Zealand was placed in the regular follow-up process as a result of non-compliant (NC) and partially compliant (PC) ratings for certain core and key Recommendations in its mutual evaluation report of October 2009. The October 2013 … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — At its plenary session in Brussels yesterday, in the wake of the Lampedusa disaster, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) made a loud and clear call for a coherent EU immigration policy based on burden-sharing. … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Society
Tagged burden-sharing, coherent EU immigration policy, EESC, EU immigration, European Economic and Social Committee, immigration, irregular immigration, irregular immigration by sea, Lampedusa disaster, northern Europe, Panagiotis Gkofas, Pariza Castanos, solidarity, Southern Europe, Stefano Mallia
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has found a 12-months phasing-out of excise duty reductions granted by Belgium to seven biofuel producers to be in line with EU state aid rules. The seven producers, who were selected in 2006 … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Government, Law
Tagged 12-months excise duty reductions phasing-out scheme, Antoine Colombani, Belgian support scheme, biofuel, biofuel producers, EC, EU state aid rules, excise duty reductions, Maria Madrid Pina, new biofuel support scheme, sustainable biofuels, The European Commission
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Over half of EU citizens feel that banks should be regulated by the EU, rather than national governments. Half also believe that they would be better protected against the economic crisis if their countries coordinated … Read the full press release
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
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