2010-2015 Accompanying the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Strategy for [...] women and men). The DGs are also responsible for the evaluation of the outcome of the promotion of gender equality. This evaluation should be conducted as part of the regular evaluations of their policies [...] group on the evaluation of the promotion of gender equality in their policies when available. The secretariat of the interservices group will coordinate the annual monitoring and reporting of the actions
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Subsidiarity Due to the lack of legislative authority of the EU, the issue of subsidiarity is not relevant in this context. Proportionality The extension of the principle of equality of charges to domestic [...] National proce- dures meet the requirements of the complaint and out-of-court arbitration procedures stipulated in Articles 7-9 of the draft Regulation. According to Art. 69 of the Foreign Trade and Payments [...] Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border payments in the Community Abstract ► Equal charges for payments within the EU – For cross-border payments of amounts up
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Otherwise, the sanctioning effects of Red Bonds are not achieved. – The degree to which Eurobonds create benefits depends on the chosen ceiling: the higher the ceiling, the greater the benefits. The debt [...] for the voluntarydecisions of other states. With the Eurobonds of option 3, the budget responsibility remains with the Bundestag. Due to the several but no joint guarantee, the consequences of liability [...] key to the EU budget or to the capital key of the European Central Bank (ECB). In the case of a joint and several guarantee, each Member State is liable not only for its own share but also for the share
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Rights of the child Actions Responsible party Timetable Communication on the strategy on the rights of the child (2010 – 2014), on the basis of an evaluation of the impact of the EU instruments [...] Timetable Meetings of the European Forum on the Rights of the Child Commission Ongoing Meetings of the European Integration Forum Commission Ongoing Meetings of the Justice Forum Commission Ongoing [...] FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Delivering an area of freedom, security and justice for Europe's
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political priorities. – The Commission regards the European area of freedom, security and justice as a contribution to strengthening and developing “the European model of social market economy” (p. [...] Ensuring the protection of fundamental rights – The Commission states that the Charter of Fundamental Rights should become the “compass” for all EU laws and policies. The rights enshrined within the charter [...] awareness of different legal traditions by means of training and exchange will strengthen the confidence of businesses and citizens in the European judicial area. – Civil law: In the interest of creating
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accordance with the case law of the Court of Justice 26 , the text provides that that there should be no upper limit on the compensation payable in cases of breach of the principle of equal treatment [...] regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions 30 , Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, the European Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy [...] difficult to obtain the evidence necessary to prove the case, as it is often in the hands of the respondent. This problem was recognised by the European Court of Justice 23 and the Community legislator
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accordance with the case law of the Court of Justice26, the text provides that that there should be no upper limit on the compensation payable in cases of breach of the principle of equal treatment. [...] Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions30, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, the European Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy [...] difficult to obtain the evidence necessary to prove the case, as it is often in the hands of the respondent. This problem was recognised by the European Court of Justice23 and the Community legislator
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is then for the respondent to prove that he or she has not discriminated against the complainant (so- called shifting of the burden of proof; Art. 8 (1)). – The shifting of the burden of proof shall [...] Organs European Commission See above. Committee of the Regions Open. European Economic and Social Committee Open. European Parliament In its resolution of 20 May 2008, the European Parliament [...] interventions into the freedom of contract and the freedom of behaviour would be necessary in excep- tional, single cases only. For as long as no market power exists in the form of monopolies, the market forces
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parts of the Proposal lack grounds for legal competence as laid down in the TEC. Moreover, the Proposal infringes both the principle of subsidiarity and of proportionality. The in- troduction of compensation [...] sue in the name of the complainant and with his or her approval, as well as to support the complainant during proceedings (Art. 8 (2)). MAIN ISSUES Objectives of the Directive: Improvement of the social [...] before. ► The right of action in the name of the complainant and the right to support the complainant during pro- ceedings is new. ► To date, Member States have only had to ensure that the parties concerned
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2011 Adoption by the Commission Open Adoption by the European Parliament and the Council, publication in the Official Journal of the European Union Options for Influencing the Political Process [...] Business Location The residence principle, whereby not the location of a transaction is relevant for taxation but the business seat of the parties to the transaction, reduces the risk of leakage which is [...] party from the EU suffices for taxation. The European Court of Justice will have to clarify this question. Compatibility with German Law The general rules of international law prevail over the Basic German
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