- strengthen the supervisory role of the Federal Network Agency; and - open the sales and ticket infrastructure of the Deutsche Bahn to competitors. The Council will not adopt the first two afor [...] targets. The proposals regarding the development of network infrastructures in energy and transport are indispensable for the completion of the single market. The call for an “individual” taxation of married [...] Brief ]. - The rate of people “at risk of poverty” in the EU is to be reduced by 20 million. ► Total evaluation of the Member States‘ voluntary undertakings [COM(2011) 400] – According to the Commission
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country applies in the absence of choice. If the parties choose a law other than the law of the country of habitual residence of the consumer, the contract cannot deprive the consumer of the protection afforded [...] identified, in respect of the legal nature, the scope of application and the material scope of the future instrument. 4.1. What should be the legal nature of the instrument of European Contract Law? An [...] articulate in the instrument itself the relationship with the provisions of the Rome I Regulation. 28 See Article 12 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 29 For this reason, the Monti Report
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verzichten, weil der Anbieter nicht in ihr Land liefert (Psychonomics-Studie „Evaluation of Cross-Border E-Commerce in the EU“). – EU-weit einheitliche Vertragsrechtsregeln können für Auslandsgeschäfte einen [...] „Commission on Euro- pean Contract Law“ erarbeitete Grundsätze eines EU-Vertragsrechts (Principles of European Contract Law, PECL). Die Kommission hat 2008 bereits einen Richtlinienentwurf für die Vollh [...] Jeder Bürger darf Stellung nehmen. Das Verfahren endet am 31. Januar 2011; http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/consulting_public/news_consulting_0 052_en.htm BEWERTUNG Ökonomische Folgenabschätzung
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considering the following legal instruments: – Option 1: Publication of the results of the expert group. The outcome of the work of the expert group is published on the website of the Commission and [...] in the EU and stakeholders’ interests and “take into consideration” the contributions to the present consultation. ► Options for the legal form of the instrument of “European Contract Law“ The Commission [...] Assessment The development of a European contract law, whatever its design, is a project of historical dimensions. Even though the expert group consulting the Commission is charged with the task of providing
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provisonally approved by the competent District Court of the US State of New York. MAIN ISSUES Objective of the Communication: The Commission wishes to increase the online cultural database [...] reproduction the scanning of works is also meant (German Federal Court of Justice, Decision of 5. July 2001 – I ZR 335/98). However, it is permitted to display works available to the public on the internet [...] in the public domain and thus can be made available more easily than in the EU. – According to the Commission, the different handling of copyright protection for older works in the US and in the EU
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accompanied by the development of a single rule book which will ensure uniform application of rules in the EU and thus contribute to the functioning of the internal market. The task of the European Supervisory [...] assist the national authorities in the consistent interpretation and application of the Community rules. The Court of Justice has acknowledged9 that Article 95 of the EC Treaty relating to the adoption [...] responsibility of central banks, the Commission will propose that the ESRC would include the central bank governors of the 27 Member States and the President of the ECB. Participation in the ESRC will not
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for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources {COM(2008) 19 final} EN 2 EN TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction [...] optimisation of the support schemes. The report in 2005 concluded that the Commission would closely monitor the state of play in the EU renewable energy policy and present a new report on the level of Member [...] regulated by the government. Feed-in tariffs take the form of a total price per unit of electricity paid to the producers whereas the premiums (bonuses) are paid to the producer on top of the electricity
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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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across European countries in terms of the welfare systems in operation and the relative roles of the state, the market and the family, which complicates the process of mutual learning and the spread [...] affected by the performance of the weakest links in the chain and by the way they interact with the other elements of the system. Section 2.2.1 presented evidence on the performance of the EU as a whole; [...] they are the key players of the digital transformation of our economy. (See: Empirica/IDC (2010)) 88 European Commission (2007c) 89 Council of the European Union (2007) 90 The European e-Skills
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evidence base of policies. 2.4. Promoting the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as a model of innovation governance in Europe The creation of the European Institute of Innovation and [...] they keep pace with the development of new technologies. The rapid shortening of innovation cycles and the convergence of technologies across the boundaries of the three European standardisation org [...] detail the governance, financing and implementation arrangements. At the end of the" test phase", i.e. before the end of 2011, the Commission will review and evaluate the effectiveness of the Partnership
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