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EU Telecoms Gets Regulatory Shake-up
News The European Commission has adopted a raft of proposals that will see Europe's telecoms infrastructure dramatically shaken up. One proposal that has been adopted by the Commission has been to give the new European Telecom Market Authority (ETMA...
[November 14, 2007, 13:24]
EC Pushes On With Europe-wide Patents
News The European Commission originally proposed that any infringement cases should be conducted in the official language of the member state where the defendant resides. The European Commission also originally suggested that a European Patent Court...
[January 16, 2006, 16:10]
The European Union And Its EGovernment Development Policy: Following The Lisbon Strategy Objectives
White Papers European Council adopted the decision to call an Intergovernmental Conference to address a reform of the European Institutions in view of the then-upcoming expansion. This was followed by two initiatives, both geared at achieving a revitalisation...
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
European Union: Public Finance
White Papers This paper takes on board the impact of the Agenda 2000 financial framework adopted at the Berlin European Council in March 1999. As this new financial framework is put in place, the European Commission is reforming its own internal workings and...
[July 12, 2005, 6:00]
Software Patent Directive Adopted
Talkback I'm dismayed at the cretinous behaviour of the European commission and council in allowing the software patent directive to be adopted in it's current form. Where next for the opposition to the software patent directive?
[March 7, 2005, 23:21]
Electronic Public Procurement In EU Member States: Country Reviews
White Papers To meet the targets, the European Commission adopted an Action Plan on e-public procurement and conducted an Impact Assessment of the Action Plan. The Internal Market Strategy sets out the target by 2006, to carry out a significant part of public...
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
Electronic Public Procurement: Bringing Down E-Barriers
White Papers The discussions provided valuable input on possible actions for stimulating e procurement in Europe in view of the Action Plan on electronic public procurement, due to be adopted by the European Commission by the end of 2004.
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
EU Creates Loophole For Personal Data Transfers
News Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to receive personal data from businesses within EU member states under a standard contractual clause newly adopted by the European Commission.
[January 24, 2002, 16:12]
EU Lawmakers Threaten Open Source
News The proposed directive, which was adopted by the European Commission last month, would allow criminal sanctions against "all intentional infringements of an IP right on a commercial scale". The European Commission has proposed a law that could...
[August 1, 2005, 17:45]
Microsoft Ruling: EU Court Statement
News On 23 March, 2004 the European Commission adopted a decision finding that Microsoft had infringed Article 82 of the EC Treaty by abusing its dominant position by engaging in two separate types of conduct.
[September 17, 2007, 10:07]
EC Joins Growing Debate On Future Of 3G
News In response, the EC has adopted a policy document entitled "The Introduction of Third Generation Mobile Communication in the European Union: State of Play and the Way Forward". The European Commission will intervene on Thursday in the growing...
[March 21, 2001, 6:12]
Anger Over EC Medical Data-sharing Scheme
News The European Commission is about to call for proposals on how patients' medical details would be shared between its member states, with the UK almost certain to be included in the scheme. The UK is a net beneficiary of the scheme," said one source...
[January 26, 2007, 10:51]
Commission Refuses To Rewrite Patent Directive
News It has yet to be formally adopted by the European Council, but if this does happen the directive will return to the Parliament. The European Commission (EC) has rejected requests to rewrite the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive (CIID...
[February 28, 2005, 15:45]
Making IP Infringement A Crime
News Two weeks ago the European Commission announced that it had adopted proposals for a directive that would allow criminal-law provisions to combat infringements of IP rights. The Commission claimed that the proposed measures were merely "to align...
[August 1, 2005, 17:30]
Europe Speeds Up Electronic ID Plans
News The original proposals for improving passport security were submitted in September 2001 and adopted by the European Parliament in regulation 334/2002, five months later. On 1 June, 2004, the European Commission is to launch the first phase of...
[October 23, 2003, 15:40]
US Demand For Flight Data Worries Europeans
News The resolution adopted by the LIBE commission, which hasn't been submitted to the Parliament as a whole, insists that within the next two months, "if these conditions [of data protection] are not fulfilled, the Commission would have to prohibit...
[October 7, 2003, 11:15]
MEPs Propose Europe-wide Telecoms Regulator
News The MEPs involved in the committee said in a statement on Tuesday that a Body of European Regulators in Telecommunications (BERT) should be established as an alternative to the European Telecom Market Authority (ETMA), which has been proposed by...
[July 9, 2008, 17:36]
EU Parliament Forgives Council For Adopting Patent Directive
News The European Parliament (EP) agreed on Wednesday that the EU Council did not break procedural rules when it adopted the software patent directive earlier this month. The EU Council adopted the draft software patent directive on 7 March, despite the...
[March 31, 2005, 13:00]
EC Delays Microsoft And Time Warner Decision
News European Commission regulators will now make a decision by 25 August, said a representative for the European Commission. Under European antitrust regulations, the commission has one month to either clear a deal or determine that a thorough...
[August 16, 2004, 16:05]
European Parliament Accepts Telecoms Competition Laws
News This is the largest legislative package passed during this Commission, especially on internal markets, which people see as the hard core of the European Union. If such attempts fail, the European Commission reserves the right to impose obligatory...
[December 13, 2001, 16:20]
