on the impact of a failure of all Russian supplies. – In the event of the failure of all Russian supplies, there would be a shortfall of up to 9 billion m3 of gas. This corresponds to 2% of the EU's [...] winter 2014/15 on the security of European gas supplies. – The Commission presents the results of the stress test and recommends measures which will have a positive effect on security of the gas supply in [...] supplies of gas from Norway (13%) and - an expansion of local gas production (4%). KEY ISSUES Objective of the Communication: The Commission reports on the insufficient resilience of the European gas system
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processes in the EU). - The main obstacle to introducing innovation is costly patenting: the registration of a patent is at least 15 times higher in the EU than in the USA. The absence of a cheap and [...] on Subsidiarity by the Commission The Commission does not address the issue of subsidiarity. Policy Context In 2000, the Commission first called for the establishment of a European Research Area [COM(2000) [...] approach at European level can be reasonable if the existence of economies of scale and of scope can be verified, e.g. in the case of a particle accelerator. Only to this extent is the Commission to
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that place of origin. Typically, a geographical indication includes or consists of the name of the place of origin of the goods. This name can be collectively used by all enterprises from the given area [...] (WIPO) provide for the protection of GIs, most notably the 1883 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property,4 and the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Their [...] level in the WTO, the EU’s negotiating efforts to improve the level of protection for GIs could also benefit from a unitary European system of protection for non- agricultural GIs. In the WTO’s Doha
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markets requires the confidence of retail investors. The Commission therefore wants to examine whether the mandates of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) should be widened in the area of consumer and [...] improve the functioning of the markets (Aim 3) – The Commission is examining a review of the ESA Regulations. This will include the functioning, governance and financing of ESAs as well as the subject [...] Dependent on the actual design of the measure. Compatibility with EU Law in other Respects Dependent on the actual design of the measure. Impact on German Law Dependent on the actual design of the measure
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had on the application of the Directive? – What is the overall functioning of the Working Time Directive? What has been your experience regarding working time, on-call time, the calculation of the average [...] an initiative to amend the Directive? If so, are the objectives of a review as set out appropriate? What should be the scope of the review? – Should the the EU, apart from the Directive Amendment, take [...] since the issue of the Working Time Directive, in the last 20 years the world of work has undergone fundamental changes, in particular with regards to the overall length and distribution of working
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had on the application of the Directive? – What is the overall functioning of the Working Time Directive? What has been your experience regarding working time, on-call time, the calculation of the average [...] an initiative to amend the Directive? If so, are the objectives of a review as set out appropriate? What should be the scope of the review? – Should the the EU, apart from the Directive Amendment, take [...] since the issue of the Working Time Directive, in the last 20 years the world of work has undergone fundamental changes, in particular with regards to the overall length and distribution of working
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dissuasive sanctions” for the enforcement of the quota rules and actually apply them (Art. 6 (1) and (2)). – The sanctions can also consist of fines and the annulment of the appointment of supervisory board [...] Adoption by the Commission Open Adoption by the European Parliament and the Council, publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, entry into force Options for Influencing the Political [...] data protection problems. The reversal of the burden of proof leads to the situation whereby a company must deliver the personal data of a successful applicant. The delivery of personal data to third parties
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minimize the risk of inadvertently interfering in a market that could correct itself. 4.1.2.2 The Ex-Ante Instrument (EAT) The second pillar of the DMA, the EAT, is supposed to entail a list of obligations [...] usually take the form of a divesture, e.g. selling a business unit or the removal of links with competitors.15 As the Commission assured that it will not declare the existence of an infringement of EU competition [...] appropriate for the Commission to define a clear set of criteria that narrowly restricts the scope of the NCT. As all undertakings that do not fall under that set would be outside the scope of the NCT, there
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administration costs. – The Commission calls for the creation of logistics platforms for "groups" of delivery operators and the creation of an "industry task force" for the development of innovative technological [...] Paper, means the shipment of physical goods ordered on-line up to the end customer (p. 2). – "Delivery operators" are all those who play a role in the delivery process with the exception of the end customer [...] taken up in the European Consumer Agenda [COM (2012) 225; see cepPolicy Brief]. In the Commission's view, the Green Paper Parcel Delivery thus fits into the employment policy aims of the overall strategy
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however be in the interests of both the United Kingdom and the EU. This cepAdhoc sets out the objectives of the British Government and the options and scope for negotiation of both sides in the exit talks [...] requires the same guarantee for the rights of British citizens living in the EU (Objective 6). The interests of the EU and the United Kingdom are probably the same in this regard. Nevertheless, the EU is [...] interpreted only by UK courts, no longer by the European Court of Justice. 3. Union of the 4 nations of the UK: The governments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales will work closely together
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