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MiFID: The unanswered questions
News As long as banks can demonstrate they are working towards compliance, Silva believes the government and the European Union will not be keen to take action. The UK is the only member... [08 May 2007]
Red-tape "jungle" has businesses tied up in knots
News For a multinational company doing business on both sides of the Atlantic there are a multitude of European Union directives, individual member state regulatory regimes... [21 Sep 2006]
EC: Europe needs broadband for all
News The European Union is calling for broadband for all citizens, with government money the way to make it happen. Now, the EC said, investments and telecoms legislation in member states... [22 Mar 2006]
Euro data retention laws are inadequate and may be illegal
News The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has given his opinion on the European Union's plans to force ISPs and telcos to record details of their customers' communications - and has... [27 Sep 2005]
EU trying to regulate web "by the back door"
News Industry groups are complaining about what they claim is an attempt by the European Union to "regulate the internet by the back door". They also claim that more regulation is unnecessary in many cases as... [20 Sep 2005]
UK storms up the e-gov rankings
News The benchmarking report discovered that the UK, Italy, Iceland and Germany made the best progress across the Union countries, increasing the online sophistication of their government services. Sweden, in contrast, is the... [09 Mar 2005]
'Black boxes' for cars to improve road safety
News The Irish government has launched plans to improve driving safety with a nationwide car crash information network, a system which could ultimately be extended across the European Union. Ireland is the... [07 Nov 2003]
Good news from the EU - you don't hear that often...
News Businesses delivering goods digitally to European customers will have to pay VAT even if they are based outside the European Union, according to a directive from the... [07 May 2002]
UK shamed as government misses ecommerce deadline
News The UK government will definitely miss the deadline set by the European Union to implement the Ecommerce Directive - the legislation which lays down online consumer rights. The EU deadline for all... [08 Jan 2002]
Cross border spam regulations set by EU
News The European Union finally agreed rules on cross-border selling of financial services this week, voting through the distance selling directive at a majority of 14 to one. The only member... [28 Sep 2001]
Telecoms takes centre stage in Europe
News European Union telecoms ministers are today meeting to discuss a broad range of critical issues currently facing the industry. European commissioner Martin Bangemann will address the... [21 Apr 1999]
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