14.06.2016

European Union calls for more culture in its international relation

The European Union is committed to developing a new strategy in international relations based on culture. Last April Federica Mogherini, in a speech at the Culture Forum in Brussels said that “Probably no…

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14.06.2016

eIDAS Regulation – EU electronic signatures regime

From 1 July 2016, the Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014 known as “Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market” (the “eIDAS”) will be effective…

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14.06.2016

The Implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive: The European Parliament Report

Italy has implemented the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU [1] by Legislative Decree 102/2014.[2] The European Parliament during the last Plenary Session held in Brussels on 22 June 2016, voted a…

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14.06.2016

The discipline of construction and services concessions in the new Italian public contracts code (Act 18 April 2016, No. 50)

Act 18 April 2016, No. 50, the new "Code on public procurement and concession contracts" (hereinafter, the "Code"), transposed into Italian law the EU 2014 Directives on public procurement. Amongst…

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13.06.2016

Why the Italian System for implementing EU Directives doesn’t work: some considerations for implementing a Better Way

Infringement Procedures against Italy (IPS) for late or bad implementation of EU Directives are many, too many, also if during the last 10 years this number has been reduced: in 2006 the Infringement…

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13.06.2016

The UK is all in a muddle over the Lesser Duty Rule

The UK does not understand the lesser duty rule A recent non-paper from the UK supports limited reform of the EU’s trade defence instruments with respect to timing, profit margins, interim reviews,…

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14.05.2016

Does China respect its WTO Commitments?

When China acceded to the WTO in 2001 it made a series of commitments to change its national law on a wide variety of issues. These commitments were part of the agreement that allowed China to become a…

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14.04.2016

Circular Economy – More Flexible Law: The 2015 Legislative Package

The European Commission put forward an initial circular economy package in July 2014, but withdrew the legislative proposal on waste included in the package in February 2015, in order to make way for a new…

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14.04.2016

Innovative SMEs: the Italian legislative framework

Decree Law No. 3 of 24 January 2015, known as “Investment Compact”, has extended most of the benefits previously reserved only for innovative start-ups to a broader range of companies:  innovative SMEs,…

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14.04.2016

China MES: an update

On 17 March, St Patrick’s Day, the EU Commission hosted a public conference on possible change in the methodology to establish dumping in trade defence investigations concerning the People’s Republic of…

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14.04.2016

Your Voice in Europe: the Commission’s way of getting the views of EU citizens

There is much talk about the European Union being undemocratic and remote from the people. It is considered undemocratic because the two of the principle institutions, the Council and the Commission are…

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28.02.2016

KISS with ODR: keep it short and simple with Online Dispute Resolution

The number of disputes arising from doing business on the internet is on the increase. In order to unlock the e-commerce potential and to drive the Digital Single Market forward, European Commission has…

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