By Ina DimirevaA resolution adopted by the EP today, 9 March, highlights the need to assess the effectiveness of Member States’ state-aid activities during the crisis, scale back the protectionist…
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the national legislation in certain Member States that allows the fixing of a price floor for tobacco products is contrary to…
EUbusiness Week 481 top stories: Europe furious at US air force tender trap; France, Germany back EU speculative trade ban; EU vows to get tough on gender pay gap; ‘Carbon…
By Ina DimirevaMember States still lag behind in the implementation of the internal energy market rules, reveals the Commissions 2009 Benchmarking Report adopted today. The correct transposition of the European…
By Ina DimirevaVery small companies could be exempted from having to draw up annual accounts, following approval by the European Parliament of changes to EU accounting rules. Voting in the…
By Ina DimirevaThe Commission is to carry out an in-depth examination of insurance schemes covering national catastrophes, in particular flooding, announced Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, on Tuesday at…
Researchers and industrialists from Europe and abroad have clinched EUR 18 million in EU support for their collaboration on projects targeting influenza. In total, 52 research institutes and small and…
The EU’s internal market was put under scrutiny today, 9 March, when Members of the European Parliament debated a series of reports in their plenary session in Strasbourg. They concluded…
An EU Member State which reserves the operation of casinos exclusively to companies which have their seat in its territory is acting in a way which is incompatible with European…
Basing their findings on a 2004 Council directive which sets out the conditions one must satisfy in order to qualify for refugee status, the European court of Justice (ECJ) has…
