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European Commission Work Programme 2012: Internal market and services
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For some reason Eur-Lex stubbornly renders the headline of the bibliographic notice in Danish, although the rest of the text is in English. Anyway, the Commission work programme 2012, available in 22 official EU languages, is a suitable read when we...
Improper implementation of the Services Directive
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While the European institutions are busy preparing new sales' regulations (Consumer Rights Directive and Common European Sales Law), services seemed to be a bit forgotten. This is surprising taking into account that consumers conclude many contracts...
EU free movement of persons and services: Have qualifications, will travel?
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The EU Commission has published a report on how things turn out in practice for mobile professionals: Internal Market: Commission publishes reports on how Professional Qualifications Directive works in practice (22 October 2010, press release IP/10/1...
Fair food prices: new legislation needed, say MEPs
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The bargaining positions of all players in the human food chain must be rebalanced, and fair competition enforced by law, to ensure fair returns to farmers and price transparency to consumers, says Parliament in a resolution voted on Tuesday.
European Parliament debates regulating Football Players’ Agents
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As we all watch the World Cup, we should reflect that Europe is lucky that some of the most talented sports men and women come from all over the world to compete here. Unsurprisingly, the increased internationalisation of sport of over the last few y...
Updated Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) published
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We return to an old friend we have followed here on Grahnlaw. A codified (updated and readable) version of the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, in the official languages of...
Discrimination frustrates free movement in the EU
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The free movement of people has been an aim since the 1957 EEC Treaty. Discrimination on grounds of nationality has been prohibited for as long. Directive 2004/38 on the right of the citizens of the (European) Union and their family members to move a...
History of EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (Following a legislative procedure)
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Believe it or not; it is just like Dinner for One. The Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS Directive) 2007/65 covers audiovisual services (including on-demand services) in the digital age. The AVMS Directive renamed and amended the Television...
EU Services Directive: Transposition (Sweden and Finland)
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The member states of the European Union have had three years to turn the EU’s Services Directive 2006/123 into national law. But with the transposition period drawing to a close in a few days, on 27 December 2009, a majority of the countries have s...
How Realistic Is The ‘Good Society’ Project?
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It is important to be honest about the very real conflicts that exist between ethical values and the practical realities of power. Any project that envisages changing Europe through a combination of gradualist methods and revolutionary objectives con...
Belgian train strike
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I left for vacation Thursday 2 weeks ago. The National Railway Company of Belgium held a strike that same day. My seven-hour train ride became a 2 hour bus ride followed by an hour-long train to Paris and an overnight sleeper train to the South of Fr...
PES challenges the Liberals - but what does the single market mean for public services?
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The PES was kind enough to e-mail me a copy of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen’s open letter to the European Liberals (whose campaign launched today) where Rasmussen calls into question the Liberals’ statement that “The single market should be rei...
Sweden: EU Services Directive
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The Swedish Government has published a hefty memorandum (consultation paper) on the EU Services Directive, officially Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market, OJ 27.12...
Quality of public services = quality of life
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Quality employment and quality public services and not “market obligations” should be the driving principles for the European Union in order to foster social inclusion, equality and solidarity. The European Federation of Public Service...
