A level playing field for financial services online?
News The Directive aims to remove potential restrictions on e-commerce throughout the European Economic Area (EEA) by applying the "country of origin" principle. Concerns were raised that a different approach to implementation by other EEA States could...
[April 15, 2002, 19:21]
EC: A Q&A on the Microsoft decision
News The Commission is competent to ensure the maintenance of effective competition within the borders of the EEA. In this respect, even if markets are defined as world-wide in the decision, the geographical scope of the remedies is EEA-wide.
[March 24, 2004, 11:20]
Johnson urges haste on foreigner ID cards
News It has already issued 50,000 cards to people legally working in the UK, and plans to provide them to all foreigners from outside in the European Economic Area (EEA), if they are staying for more than six months, in the next three years.
[July 6, 2009, 8:38]
Playing hardball with Microsoft 'gets results'
Talkback Will it end up in some Euro-slush fund, or will it be used properly and spent wisely in the EEA? And what will happen with the possible millions and millions of Euro's that Microsoft may be fined? I'm sure some of it will pay for the huge legal...
[July 18, 2006, 13:51]
Trust no one, especially Microsoft
Talkback Under that ruling, they had to provide versions of the OS in the EEA, without these components. I would just like to point out that Microsoft's WGA program is designed to prevent pirated copies of windows from getting non-critical software updates.
[June 15, 2006, 11:44]
ID cards could replace passports, say gov't officials
News The National Identity Scheme begins on 25 November, when non-EEA foreign nationals will start to be issued with ID cards. UK citizens will be able to use their ID cards to travel to Europe, raising the possibility that they could eventually replace...
[November 24, 2008, 7:39]
M'Learned Web - Technology & Law in the UK
News The EEA (the European Union plus Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) is adequate, because the countries in it all have similar statutes. The Data Protection Act 1998 The main thing about the Data Protection Act 1998 is not so much the new stuff in...
[January 14, 1999, 12:22]
Microsoft prepares scaled-down Windows for Europe
News The EEA includes the European Union countries as well as Switzerland and Norway. Less is less. Microsoft seemed to put that message right into the name of its latest Windows version: Windows XP Reduced Media Edition.
[December 23, 2004, 7:35]
Government kicks UK when it's down with more ID Card news
Blog Identity cards are already a reality for foreign nationals with work underway to issue more than 50,000 by April this year, helping show clearly whether non-EEA residents have the right to work and live in the UK.
[January 29, 2009, 16:07]
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]
Carphone gets EU green light for Tiscali buy
News On Tuesday, the Commission said the merger "would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area (EEA) or any substantial part of it". Carphone Warehouse's £236m purchase of Tiscali UK has been given the go-ahead by...
[June 30, 2009, 12:54]
EC gives go-ahead to Oracle's BEA acquisition
News The Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area (EEA) or any substantial part of it. The European Commission has approved the acquisition of BEA Systems by Oracle.
[April 30, 2008, 11:38]
EC clears Nokia's Trolltech bid
News The Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition within the European Economic Area (EEA) or a substantial part of it. The European Commission has cleared Nokia's acquisition of open-source software...
[June 5, 2008, 12:44]
SpinVox hits back at data-protection criticism
News It said it had a number of partners, both within and outside the EEA, that provide quality control services for the SpinVox system. The voice-to-text conversion firm SpinVox has reacted to reports that it uses overseas call centres, in addition to...
[July 24, 2009, 16:35]
