International Law

Telecoms Rules: Commission refers Poland and Belgium to the European Court of Justice

Posted on February 03, 2008
In a new round of infringement proceedings for Telecoms Rules, the European Commission has decided to refer two cases to the European Court of Justice, and opened two new infringement proceedings. Three reasoned opinions, the second stage of an infringement proceeding, have also been sent and eight infringement cases are now closed...

State aid: Commission requests Italy to respect Court rulings on recovery of incompatible state aid

Posted on January 31, 2008
The European Commission has formally requested Italy to implement two European Court of Justice decisions ordering the recovery of illegal and incompatible state aid. Although the relevant ECJ judgements date back to 2004 and 2006, the Italian authorities have still not notified the Commission that the recovery has been successfully completed...

Création officielle de l?Institut pour le droit public européen - Introducing the Institute for European Public Law

Posted on January 25, 2008
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la parution des statuts de l?Institut pour le droit public européen au Journal Officiel de la République française. Association loi de 1901, l‘Institut pour le droit public européen est une initiative d?intérêt général européen dont la vocation est d’accueillir sur une interface unique la production d?idées sur [...

Electricity and gas market liberalisation plan ?goes too far?

Posted on January 25, 2008
European Commission proposals aimed at further liberalisation of the EU’s electricity and gas markets are too far-reaching, according to the findings of a consultation organised by the Committee of the Regions’ Subsidiarity Monitoring Network...

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State aid: guidelines on state aid for the environment ? frequently asked questions

Posted on January 23, 2008
Why issue state aid guidelines for environmental protection? State aid must fulfil certain criteria and be authorised by the European Commission. The Commission issues guidelines and frameworks to help Member States by announcing in advance which measures it will consider compatible with the common market, thus speeding up their authorisation...

Advocate General Poiares Maduro suggests that the Court annul the Council Regulation freezing the funds of Mr Kadi

Posted on January 18, 2008
In his opinion, the Community Courts have jurisdiction to review measures enacted by the Community in order to implement UN Security Council Resolutions. Exercising that jurisdiction, he considers that the regulation infringes Mr Kadi?s fundamental rights under Community law...

Academy of European Public Law - Académie de droit public européen

Posted on January 16, 2008
We are pleased to promote the following event. The 14th session of the Academy of European Public Law will be held between August 31 and September 20. Find out more about the program here (français) and here (English).

State aid: Commission launches public consultation on the future framework for State funding of public service broadcasting

Posted on January 10, 2008
The European Commission has published a consultation paper on the future framework which will apply to State funding of public service broadcasting. This consultation gives Member States and stakeholders the opportunity to submit their views at an early stage, before any Commission proposal, on the possible revision of the Broadcasting Communication ? first adopted in [...

2008 summer courses at the European University Institute

Posted on January 09, 2008
We are pleased to promote the following events. The programs of the 2008 summer courses at the Academy of European Law (EUI) are available here (EU Law) and here (Human Rights law). Find out more about the Academy of European Law here.

Advanced European Union Legal Practice- Special Reform Treaty Edition Jul 14 - 26, 2008, Budapest

Posted on January 08, 2008
We are pleased to promote the following event : This advanced course is about the practice of European Union Law. Participants receive hands-on insider analysis about the functioning of the European Union. The program is designed to combine seminars on different subjects as well as workshops supporting the topics addressed in these seminars or some aspects [...

On the European Aviation Safety Agency

Posted on January 04, 2008
MEPs Jörg Leichtfried, László Zsolt Becsey, Inés Ayala Sender, Ar?nas Degutis, Edmund Mieczys?aw Janowski, Eva Lichtenberger, Jaromír Kohlí?ek, Philip Bradbourn, Ulrich Stockmann, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Reinhard Rack, Silvia-Adriana ?ic?u, Timothy Kirkhope and Commissioner Jaqcues Barrot discuss the powers of the European Aviation Safety Agency...

Telecoms: Commission supports new efforts of the Belgian telecoms regulator to enhance competition in the broadband market and asks for speedy and effective action

Posted on January 03, 2008
The Commission has today recognised the recent efforts made by the Belgian telecoms regulator, IBPT (Institut Belge des services postaux et des télécommunications) to enhance broadband competition in the Belgian market by making the regulation more effective...

State Aid: The Commission launches a consultation on the draft Guidelines on State aid to railway undertakings.

Posted on December 23, 2007
These draft Community Guidelines aim at providing guidance on the compatibility of the EC Treaty State aid rules regarding railway undertakings. Rail transport is a safe and non-polluting transport mode, which confers many advantages to it. The sector which is in the process of liberalisation is confronted with a strong competition of different transport modes [...

European Council (Conclusions)

Posted on December 15, 2007
The conclusions of yesterday’s European Council are available here.

State aid : new Scoreboard available

Posted on December 14, 2007
The European Commission’s latest state aid Scoreboard shows that Member States have been moving over the past six years towards the European Council objective of less and better targeted aid. In particular, the EU-10 Member States have progressively reoriented their state aid towards horizontal objectives of common interest such as regional development, R&D, SMEs and [...

Charter of Fundamental Rights: the Presidents of the Commission, European Parliament and Council sign and solemnly proclaim the Charter in Strasbourg

Posted on December 12, 2007
The Presidents of the Commision, European Parliament,and the Council today signed and solemnly proclaimed the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in Strasbourg, thus opening the way for the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon tomorrow. The Charter will give European citizens a catalogue of rights legally binding on the institutions and bodies [...

About The Reform Treaty

Posted on December 11, 2007
With less than two days to go before the Lisbon summit and the European Council we thought it?d be interesting to present several of the works that have been written on the Reform Treaty. (This list is by no means exhaustive).

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