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  • Politics and policies: Partnership and Co-operation Agreement with Russia

    RussiaUnited Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Partnership and Co-operation Agreement with Russia A Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA) between the EU and the Russian Federation came into force on 1 December 1997. The aim of the PCA is to...
  • Competition and trade law: Guidelines for competition fines

    United Kingdom 10.02.1998
    Guidelines for competition fines The Commission has published guidelines about how it will calculate fines for breaches of Article 85 and Article 86 of the EC Treaty. The idea is to improve the transparency...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Disclosure of actuarial advice 2

    United Kingdom 14.01.1998
    Reference: F00814 The trustee changed the commutation and early retirement factors of the scheme. A member asked for copies of the actuarial advice that the trustee had received on the issue, arguing that...