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  • Consumer protection and internal market: Ban on tobacco advertising?

    Royaume-Uni 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

    Royaume-Uni 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    You can amend a patent, even if the attack on validity is withdrawn In Lars Eric Norling -v- Eez-Away (UK) the Court held that, even though the defendants had withdrawn an attack on validity, once validity...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

    Royaume-Uni 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

    Royaume-Uni 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

    Royaume-Uni 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

    Royaume-Uni 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

    Royaume-Uni 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...

  • Competition and trade law: Notice on co-operation with national authorities

    Royaume-Uni 10.02.1998
    Notice on co-operation with national authorities The Commission is seeking to decentralise the application of EC competition rules. To this end, it has published a Notice setting out the ways in which...

  • General corporate: Greece and Ireland under fire for tax rules

    Royaume-Uni 10.02.1998
    Greece and Ireland under fire for tax rules The ECJ ruled that Greece's tax regime is unlawful, while the Commission is concerned about that in Ireland. Ireland grants a special tax rate of 10%, as opposed...

  • Intellectual property/telecommunications: Carrier preselection and number portability

    Royaume-Uni 10.02.1998
    Carrier preselection and number portability The Commission has tabled a Proposal for carrier preselection and number portability. It is hoped both will be available by 1 January 2000. Carrier preselection...

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