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5. Mai 2006 —Members of the European Parliament's constitutional affairs committee have strongly criticised plans by national parliaments to play a stronger role in preventing Brussels over-regulation. MEPs meeting in the constitutional affairs committee on Tuesday (2 May) blasted national parliaments' deal, str…
4. Mai 2006 —According to a new study (pdf ) undertaken by the Ponemon Institute for White & Case, American companies are more advanced in protecting personal information than companies in the European Union. This may come as a surprise in light of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Cou…
29. März 2006 —Today, The Register reports that the German justice minister Brigitte Zypries has defended changes to German law which will increase sentences for consumers caught downloading copyrighted material to two years. Anyone caught downloading songs or films for commercial purposes could get up to five…
16. März 2006 —Denmark's Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to press criminal charges against Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that first published the twelve cartoons (see them here, halfway down the page). He upheld the earlier decision of a regional prosecutor who maintained the drawings w…
26. Oktober 2005 —European and global e-business is now an economic reality. The framework for seamless cross-border trade is largely in place, and is helping businesses to adopt more cost-effective, immediate, competitive and profitable business practices on the European and global marketplace. However, much rem…
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