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European Parliament PUBLIC HEARING EU CONSUMER AGENDA (2012-02-09)
On 9 February 2012, the European Parliament organized a public hearing on the EU Consumer Agenda.
Speakers included: MEPs; Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental and Citizenship; John Dalli, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy; Danish Presidency representatives...
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EU – NEW RULES ON CONCESSIONS (2011-12-22)
On 20 December 2011, the European Commission published its proposal for a draft directive on concessions. This is part of a more general EU Public Procurement modernizing exercise, aiming at streamlining and encouraging the use of public procurement, by revising the already existing European public ...
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EU – NATIONAL GAMBLING REGULATORS - SIT DOWN AND TALK! (2011-12-08)
Over the last weeks in Brussels, attention has drifted from the European Parliament’s report on online gambling to the European Commission’s political statements and 2012 work programme, to, now, focus on the national gambling regulators in the EU.
Last week, discussions were held in...
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EU – Equal taxation treatment - Ruling of the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) in The Rank Group plc (C-259/10 & C-260/10) (2011-11-17)
The case concerns a question posed to the ECJ by the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) relating to the interpretation of the principle of fiscal neutrality.
Fiscal neutrality requires that goods and services which are identical or similar must be treated in the same way for VAT pur...
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EU - Interesting times for EU Gambling Policies (2011-11-17)
This week is an extremely exciting and interesting week for gambling policies in the European Union.
Not only has the European Parliament adopted, with a large majority a second Report on online gambling, but the European Commission revealed its Work Programme for 2012.
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