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There has been significant improvement since the first report, but the EU Commission raises concerns in certain key-areas with emphasis on protecting minors
The European Commission published its second report7 on the implementation of the “Safer Social Networking Principles”8, signed by 21 social networking companies. These Principles have been
developed by SNS providers in consultation with the European Commission, as part of its Safer Internet Plus Programme, and a number of NGOs, to provide good practice recommendations for
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A look into the European Union’s 2020 Strategy, with a focus on education and employment, and the Hungarian Presidency’s important role in the control and governance of the Strategy through the European Semester.
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Google There have been two major developments in recent weeks that could have long term consequences for the privacy of Europeans. One seems positive; the other is concerning. On the positive side, Vice-President of the Commission Viviane Reding proposed a major overhaul of the EU’s data protection framework – already regarded by many as the toughest data protection regime […]
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Competition is alive and well on the browser market. What, then, explains the Commission’s continued pursuit of Microsoft? Is Microsoft hindering internet browser competition by tying its Microsoft Internet Explorer to Windows? Can things really look so different in the EU from the way they look to the rest of the orld? Last week’s announcement that […]
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04 Dec '08
New research suggests reducing the use of pesticide could have a huge impact on crop yields. On paper, the European Commission’s draft pesticides directive is admirable, in its intentions and in the careful and detailed inter-service consultations that preceded the draft. But in the light of research not available when it was put to the European […]
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On October 7th, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee casted its vote on some of the most important issues which will determine European environmental policy (and to a certain extent industry choice as well) for decades to come. As opposed to the European Commission’s original proposals, the “carbon offset” (i.e. the ability to pollute over the […]
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European Court of Human Rights : ECHR 46862/14, ECHR 46819/14, ECHR 30287/14, ECHR 23544/14, ECHR 5485/14, ECHR76530/13, ECHR 68918/13, ECHR 59003/13, ECHR 57424/13, ECHR 39173/13, ECHR 39165/13, ECHR 32194/13, ECHR 23542/13, ECHR 53601/12, ECHR 48499/12, ECHR 18096/12, CHR 1317/07, ECHR 3735/06
European Commission (Competition) : C 2015/078217, C 2015/071997, SA.39119 (2014-CP), SA. 32060 (2014/NN), SA 35191 (20121CP), C(2011)3504, C 16/10 (ex NN 22/10, ex CP 318/09), COMP/B1-39826/2010
Conseil d’Etat and Symvoulio tis Epikrateias : ΣτΕ 469/2012, Conseil d’Etat, arrêt nº 221.250 du 30 octobre 2012, ΣτΕ (ΕΑ) 259/2012, ΣτΕ (ΕΑ) 256-257/2012, ΣτΕ (ΕΑ) 254/2012, Conseil d’Etat arrêt nº 211.866 du 9 mars 2011, ΣτΕ 1786/2010
Court of Justice of the European Union : C-131/15 P, T-484/15, T-351/15, T-306/15, T-104/15, F-68/15, Τ-791/14, T-787/14 P, F-93/14, F-77/14, F-69/14, F-35/14, F-34/14, C-673/13 P, T-653/13, T-338/13, T-73/13, T-58/13, T-57/13, T-44/13, T-29/13, F-117/13, T-403/12, T-296/12, -192/12, T-36/12, T-14/12, F-137-138-139/12, F-26/12, T-635/11, T-422/11, T-419/11, T-317/11 P, T-59/11, F-124/11, F-87/11, F-24/10 RA, C-362/09 P, T-164/09, T-384/08, T-43/07 P, F-143/07, F-128-129/07, C-521/06 P, T-94/05 RENV II, T-94/05, F-100/05, T-471/04
“Green Super Tuesday” at the Parliament with all -inclusive environment agenda
La Cour annule partiellement l’arrêt du Tribunal concernant l’enregistrement du signe « Bud » …
Audiovisual and Media
The Dichotomy of Broadcasting: Public vs. Private
Health claims
Privacy and Data Protection
Data Protection in the Field of Pesticides
Annual dialogue and fixation of objectives substantial formalities of annual evaluations
Data protection policy of the European Union and the recent milestone decision of the Court of Justice
Public service contracts – Tendering procedure