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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 →

Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Law, Society

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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 →

Posted in Automotive, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law, Slovenia

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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 →

Posted in Business, Chemicals, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Slovakia

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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 →

Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Greece, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Law, Transportation & Logistics

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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 →

Posted in Automotive, Belgium, European Union, Government, Investment, Law, Slovenia

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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 →

Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Finland, Government, Law, Sweden

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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 →

Posted in Environment, Government, Law, Politics, Security & Safety, Society, Switzerland, Ukraine

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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 →

Posted in Czech Republic, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Luxembourg, Politics

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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 →

Posted in European Union, Internet & Online, Law, Luxembourg, Spain, Technology

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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 →

Posted in Austria, European Union, Law, Non Profit, Politics, Security & Safety, Society

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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 →

Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech, Politics

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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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