EU regulatory developments

Regulatory developments in data

Since its creation in 1934, the Federal Communications Commission has exercised regulatory jurisdiction over all interstate common carrier communications service in the U.S. The Commission has broad powers to review rates and tariffs, determine investment and operating practices, approve new plant installations, and literally shape the entire communications carrier industry, but historically th...

Opportunities , challenges and regulatory developments

Eu Ets and Sectoral Competitiveness: a Review of Recent Developments

The main argument to support generous permit allocations to firms covered by ETS is the threat of competition from installations that are not capped by Kyoto, e.g. firms in the US and China. Under the aegis of the Lisbon process, making the EU a leading, innovation-led competitor in the global economy is a key Community objective. Reconciling the need to compete globally with the need to meet a...

Standardization and Compliance Costs: Relevant Developments at EU Level

This article discusses government regulation and the consequent compliance costs for the private sector from the perspective of transaction cost economics. In many cases, government regulation is shaped as legally binding standards. In order to comply with these standards, private sector firms meet various types of transaction costs, such as the bonding costs that the principal/agent relationsh...

Developments in EU case law in relation to Age Discrimination

1. This paper discusses recent developments in the case law of the Court of Justice relating to the prohibition on age discrimination. In summary it describes the debate over the question of whether it is possible to rely on a general principle of community law, namely equality, in order to prohibit age discrimination. It also describes the emerging interpretation of Article 6 of Council Direct...