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ABI sees more work ahead for Solvency II.: Peter Vipond identifies areas for further development. Maryrose Fison There is more room for development in the Solvency II draft report, says the Association of British Insurers. Commenting on Peter Skinner's draft report on the European Parliament's Solvency II proposal, Peter...; Tags: ABI, directive, European Parliament, FINANCE, Insurance, Strategy; Research articles 2008-03-27
EMF DIRECTIVE DEADLINE DEFERRED.: The European Parliament approved, on 19 February, the deferment of the deadline for the transposition of Directive 2004/40 on the exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields to 30 April 2012. This amendment of the directive accurately resumes the European Commission's proposal of October (see Europolitics 3402)....; Tags: directive, European Commission, European Parliament; Research articles 2008-02-21
Bodies force EU change on commission.: UK associations have successfully lobbied against a European directive that would have prevented IFAs receiving a combination of fees and commission. An 11th hour submission to MEPs from the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries and the Association of Finance Brokers, led to the change ...; Tags: commission, directive, European Parliament, SALES; Research articles 2008-01-31
Consumer credit: MEPs adopt new EU rules.: M2 PRESSWIRE-16 January 2008-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Consumer credit: MEPs adopt new EU rulesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16012008 MEPs today adopted new rules aimed at stimulating the EU market in consumer credit. Two out of three Europeans use credit to buy furniture, a...; Tags: directive, European Parliament; Research articles 2008-01-16
RAILWAY TRANSPORT : MEPS BACK SHORTER AND LESS COSTLY APPROVAL PROCEDURES.: The European Parliament adopted, on 11 December in Strasbourg, a report by Josu Ortuondo Larrea (ALDE, Spain) on the interoperability of the European railway system, which simplifies approval procedures for rail vehicles currently in force. The text was the subject of a prior agreement in the...; Tags: directive, European Parliament, interoperability; Research articles 2007-12-17

RAIL TRANSPORT : THIRD RAIL PACKAGE ADOPTED.: The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have approved the Third Railway Package. The MEPs, gathered in plenary session in Strasbourg on 25 September, gave their assent to the agreement that was concluded with the Council on 21 June conciliatory committee on this legislative package,...; Tags: agreement, Council, directive, European Parliament; Research articles 2007-10-11
ROAD SAFETY : HEAVY LORRIES SAFER AS OF MARCH 2009.: The draft directive calling for anti-blind spot mirrors to be retrofitted' to heavy lorries currently in operation was expected to be approved late on 11 May in first-reading. A compromise has already been agreed upon between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, and was...; Tags: commission, Council, directive, European Parliament, SALES; Research articles 2007-06-14
CONSUMERS : CONSUMER CREDIT AGREEMENT RECEIVES FURTHER CRITICISM.: Meglena Kuneva, the EU commissioner for consumer protection, has inscribed the political agreement released to the Competitiveness Council of 21 May on the harmonisation of consumer credit in a broader effort to stimulate the cross-border market for retail financial services. But the draft directive still has...; Tags: agreement, directive, European Parliament, repayment; Research articles 2007-06-08
AUDIOVISUAL POLICY : EU ADDS FINAL TOUCHES TO TELEVISION WITHOUT FRONTIERS DIRECTIVE.: MEP Ruth Hieronymi shook hands with many people after the 8 May meeting of the European Parliament's Culture Committee CULT, of which she is the rapporteur for the revision of the Television Without Frontiers TVWF Directive. To the sound of applause, Hieronymi (EPP-ED, Germany) placed the...; Tags: advertisement, directive, European Parliament, TVs; Research articles 2007-06-06
CONSUMERS : CONTROVERSY IS CONTINUING OVER CONSUMER CREDIT.: Progress is slow in the debate over maximum harmonisation of consumer credit in the EU. However, the debate should pick up on 26 April following an impact study published by the European Parliament. This document appears to be sceptical about the effect the draft directive could...; Tags: directive, European Parliament; Research articles 2007-05-04
CONSUMERS : DEBATE RUNS UP AGAINST THE IDEA OF TOTAL HARMONISATION'.: Debate over the review of the EU consumer acquis risks to run up against the key issue set forth by the green paper of 8 February: ie the extent of total harmonisation that Commissioner for Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva is aiming to achieve. During...; Tags: commissioner, directive, European Parliament; Research articles 2007-04-20
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY : PENALISATION OF PIRACY AND COUNTERFEITING PROVOKES MISTRUST.: The Commission has given itself the ambitious objective of establishing minimum penal sanctions for counterfeiting and piracy, in order to better combat them. Is it going too far? The debate between member states, the European Parliament and industry promises to be a stormy affair. And for...; Tags: commission, directive, European Parliament, patent, Piracy, SALES, sanction; Research articles 2007-03-05
Euro-mortgage plans inch closer to reality.: The European Parliament has voted to adopt the European Commission's green paper on mortgage credit, bringing the creation of a Euro-mortgage closer to reality. The commission will now consult on the green paper, with a view to producing a white paper in spring 2007....; Tags: borrower, directive, European Commission, European Parliament, FINANCE, mortgage, Mortgages; Research articles 2007-03-03
TV WITHOUT FRONTIERS/INTERVIEW WITH CATHERINE TRAUTMANN AND IGNASI GUARDANS : ADVERTISING RULES: CONSENSUS OVER REFORM.(Television Without Frontiers Directive )(Interview): The European Council of culture ministers is to try and establish a common position on the revision of the Television Without Frontiers Directive at the end of May 2007. Socialist and Liberal MEPs agree on the basic elements of the draft although the proposal voted on by...; Tags: advertisement, directive, European Parliament, TVs; Research articles 2007-01-08
ROAD TRANSPORT : EU DRIVING LICENCE WELL ON ITS WAY.: The European Parliament, at its plenary session in Strasbourg on 14 December, adopted a report by Mathieu Grosch (EPP-ED, Belgium), which backs the common position of the Council of Ministers. Only a few technical amendments, linked to the comitology procedure, have been proposed, but they do...; Tags: directive, European Parliament; Research articles 2006-12-15
CONSUMERS : GERMANY TO PURSUE DEBATE ON CONSUMER CREDIT.: Germany, which will take up the EU Presidency on 1 January 2007, has pledged to 'build on the current dynamic' to break the deadlock in negotiations on the proposal for a directive aiming to harmonise consumer credit in the EU. It hopes to do so without awaiting...; Tags: delegation, directive, Estonia, European Parliament; Research articles 2006-12-08
TELEVISION WITHOUT FRONTIERS : TELECOMS OPERATORS WELCOME PROGRESS.: Telecoms operators therefore welcomed, with a certain amount of satisfaction, the results on 13 November from the Council, and then the Culture Committee of the European Parliament, with regard to thearevision of the Television Without Frontiers TVWF Directive. In the first place, the new...; Tags: COO, Council, directive, European Parliament, TVs; Research articles 2006-12-07
PRODUCT SAFETY : PARLIAMENT SET TO PASS FIREWORKS DIRECTIVE.: The European Parliament looks set, on 29 November, to adopt a report, by Joel Hasse Ferreira (PES, Portugal), concerning the directive on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles. In September, the European Parliament's Internal Market Committee approved the draft directive, notably specifying, with amendment...; Tags: directive, European Parliament, manufacturer, Manufacturing; Research articles 2006-11-24
Euro-mortgage plans inch closer to reality.: The European Parliament has voted to adopt the European Commission's green paper on mortgage credit, bringing the creation of a Euro-mortgage closer to reality. The commission will now consult on the green paper, with a view to producing a white paper in spring 2007....; Tags: borrower, directive, European Commission, European Parliament, FINANCE, mortgage, Mortgages; Research articles 2006-11-23
CONCILIATION ON THE INSPIRE PROGRAMME.(Brief article): The EU Council of Ministers on 10 October officially rejected amendments adopted by the European Parliament in second reading on the proposal for a directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in theaEuropean Community INSPIRE programme. Negotiations in the context of the conciliation procedure will...; Tags: directive, European Parliament, FINANCE; Research articles 2006-11-07