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  • Employment and pensions: UK opts in to the Social Chapter

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    UK opts in to the social chapter The Commission has tabled Proposals to bring the UK within the scope of the two Directives passed under the Social Chapter, the European Works Councils Directive and the...

  • Intellectual property/telecommunications: Proposed Copyright Directive

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Proposed copyright Directive The Commission has tabled a draft Directive on harmonising aspects of rules on copyright and related rights in the information society. One key feature is a proposal to harmonise...

  • Competition and trade law: Guidelines for competition fines

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Guidelines for competition fines The Commission has published guidelines about how it will calculate fines for breaches of Article 85 and Article 86 of the EC Treaty. The idea is to improve the transparency...

  • Insurance: Solvency rules in insurance

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Solvency rules in insurance The Commission has suggested some changes to the current rules on insurers' solvency margin. Whilst recognising the need not to increase insurers' costs unnecessarily, it has...

  • Intellectual property/telecommunications: Marketing of trademarked products

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Marketing of trademarked products The ECJ has ruled that, when trademarked goods have been marketed in the EU, either by the trademark owner or with his consent, a reseller may not only resell those goods...

  • Procurement law issues for PFI contracts

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    An update on the public procurement regime Sue Hankey gives a timely reminder of the procurement law issues for PFI contracts In its first few months in office, the new Government has tried hard to revitalise...

  • Competition and trade law: State aid in French postal sector

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    State aid in French postal sector The Commission has decided that the French post office (La Poste) has not provided State aid to Chronopost, a subsidiary company set up by La Poste in 1986 to operate...

  • Employment and pensions: Supplementary pensions proposal

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Supplementary pensions proposal Mindful of the "demographic time bomb" and the need to encourage the free movement of people within the EU, the Commission has proposed a Directive to protect the supplementary...

  • Employment and pensions: Burden of Proof Directive

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Burden of proof directive On 15 December 1997, EU social affairs ministers unanimously agreed to adopt a Directive adjusting the burden of proof in sex discrimination cases. The new Directive must be...

  • Draft Communication on the Third Insurance Directives

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Following hot on the heels of the recently-published Communication on the Second Banking Directive, the Commission has published a draft Communication on two of the issues which cause most difficulty to...

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