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  • 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...
  • Transport: Ports and the Trans-European Network

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Ports and the Trans-European network The Commission has published a Green Paper on sea ports, with a view to opening debate on improving port and maritime infrastructure. The Green Paper suggests improvements...
  • 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...
  • Consumer law/free movement of goods: Competition rules in the postal sector

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Competition rules in the postal sector The Commission has issued a Notice in which it sets out its approach in attempting to ensure a "level playing field" in postal services in the Community. The Notice...
  • Public procurement: EU public procurement closed to competition

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    EU public procurement closed to competition Two recent studies conclude that liberalisation of the EU public procurement market has had little effect. Big public purchasers such as government ministries...
  • Intellectual property/telecommunications: EU-US friction over Data Protection Directive

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    EU-US friction over Data Protection Directive The Data Protection Directive, which is to come into force in October, is souring EU-US relations. The Directive obliges EU governments to ensure that data...
  • Macaulay v Pensions Ombudsman 2

    United Kingdom 04.02.1998
    Reference: (1998) OPLR 107 The appellant complained to the Ombudsman in relation to a pension benefit which he claimed he was owed under the Federated Land and Building Company Limited Pension and Life...
  • Liability of actuary as manager/administrator 2

    United Kingdom 22.01.1998
    Reference: F00326 The member complained that the actuary had failed to include him in the distribution of the scheme's surplus when a scheme was wound up following the liquidation of the employer. The...