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  • Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    The Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 arose from a private members bill and was passed a few weeks before the election. It has not yet come into force. The Act imposes a duty upon local authorities, at...
  • Insurance: P&I clubs under scrutiny

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    The Commission has sent an official statement of objections to the International Group of P&I Clubs, claiming that some of their arrangements unlawfully restrict competition and deny ship owners a...
  • Banking and investment services: Bilateral exchange rates for EMU

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    While commentators in the UK muse over whether EMU will happen, whether it will happen on time, whether it will work and what the UK government should do, movement towards EMU carries on relentlessly....
  • Consumer protection and internal market: Ban on tobacco advertising?

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    Ban on tobacco advertising? Opposition among European governments to an EU-wide ban on tobacco advertising seems to be fading following Luxembourg's compromise text. The Proposal has met serious opposition...
  • Amendment of patents

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    You can amend a patent, even if the attack on validity is withdrawn In Lars Eric Norling -v- Eez-Away (UK) the Court held that, even though the defendants had withdrawn an attack on validity, once validity...
  • Insurance: State aid to GAN

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    The Commission has allowed a State aid injection of ECU 15.7bn (£23bn) in return for the restructuring of the State-owned French insurance group GAN. The Commission has demanded that the French government:...
  • Competition and trade law: EU customs deal with Turkey

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    EU customs deal with Turkey Strains have emerged in the customs agreement between Turkey and the EU. Turkey thinks that the Union has not fulfilled its responsibilities under the agreement which came into...
  • Liability of insurer as administrator 1

    Reino Unido 17.02.1998
    Reference: F00877 A subsidiary of an insurer was held to be an "administrator" for the purposes of the Ombudsman's jurisdiction. This was on the grounds that the tasks which it performed included maintaining...
  • Intellectual property/telecommunications: Conditional access proposal

    Reino Unido 10.02.1998
    Conditional access proposal The Commission has tabled a Proposal for a Directive on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access. The hope is to increase consumer choice...
  • Public procurement: Public service contracts and national courts 1

    Reino Unido 10.02.1998
    Public service contracts and national courts The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has clarified the duties of national courts where a Member State failed to translate into domestic law the Directive on...