European parliament
Red tape hampering tech research
News Reding called on the European Parliament and Council to cut administrative red tape and help create better links between research and venture capital to improve Europe's track record in turning cutting edge research into viable commercial products... [05 Sep 2008]
Fibre era fraught with roadblocks: EC
News The European Parliament has been debating EU Telecoms reform proposals ahead of a vote later this month which could usher in an era of fibre broadband for European citizens and mandatory data breach reporting for the continent's operators. [04 Sep 2008]
Mobile roaming in Europe gets cheaper
News I count on the French Presidency and on the European Parliament to help the Commission solve this problem very soon. Making calls abroad in the European Union (EU) is about to become a little bit cheaper. [29 Aug 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment But because the European Parliament is currently promoting comparative advertising, where competitor goods or services need to be identified, the ruling came down on the side of the Comparative Advertising Directive. [16 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News The measures will need approval from EU governments and the European Parliament to come into force. The cost of sending a text message when mobile-phone users are outside their home state in the European Union will drop 70 per cent under new plans... [15 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News The telecoms package will, however, need to pass a vote in the European Parliament in September before it can be enacted. A set of telecommunications laws has been given the green light by a European parliamentary committee, which includes... [09 Jul 2008]
Cultural Diversity as Human Capital
White Paper This paper is based on two recent reports for the STOA Unit of the European Parliament, on the relationship between Cultural Diversity and the Information Society. An analysis of the current crisis of consensus in Europe, further radicalised by a... [03 Jul 2008]
The European Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions: History, Implementation, and Lessons for Canada
White Paper Following a decade of depate and controversy, the Council of the European Union and the European parliament finally adopted the "Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions (the Biotech Directive) on July 6, 1998. [03 Jul 2008]
Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has recommended. A parliamentary statement read: "[The European Parliament] underlines that on the... [14 Apr 2008]
IBM Financial Markets Industry Models Support for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
White Paper The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) was enacted by the European Parliament on 21 April, 2004 and was set to become law in the 27 member states by April 2007 but is now scheduled for implementation by November 2007. [09 Apr 2008]
ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?
News It emerged in Parliament that the National Audit Office had not in fact requested the names, addresses, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers and banking details lost by HMRC, but had just requested National Insurance numbers. [23 Nov 2007]
The carbon budget is coming...
News Every UK business must carbon budget when the Climate Change Bill comes before parliament over the next year. Labour MP Alan Whitehead said, with an election apparently off the cards, the Bill is scheduled to come before parliament within the next... [12 Oct 2007]
Data leaks - Europe readies new rules
News And even the limited proposals from the EC have a long journey ahead of them before they end up in national law: in the autumn the Commission will formally propose to the Council of Ministers and European parliament a revision of the current... [02 Aug 2007]
European tech academy under scrutiny
News Members of the European parliament industry committee will meet to discuss the findings of a report on the proposal to determine whether the new institution would add value to the economy or undercut other research.silicon.com Public Sector [09 Jul 2007]
States back European tech institute
News If approved by the European Parliament later this year, the structure of the EIT will be that of a federation of so-called "knowledge and innovation communities" (KICs), which are partnerships between academic institutions, businesses and other... [27 Jun 2007]
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