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Press release - International Day against Homophobia: MEPs react to LGBT survey findings

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:14:00 +0200

General : The EU cannot tolerate shameless discrimination of millions of its citizens on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, Civil Liberties Committee MEPs said on Friday, the International Day against Homophobia. EU member states must stop blocking the proposed anti-discrimination directive, they added.

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60/2013 : 17 May 2013 - Judgment of the General Court in cases T-146/09, T-147/09, T-148/09, T-154/09

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:40:00 +0200

Parker ITR and Parker-Hannifin v Commission
Competition
The General Court partially annuls the Commission’s Decision relating to a cartel on the marine hoses market

59/2013 : 16 May 2013 - Order of the General Court in case T-198/12

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 +0200

Germany v Commission
SANT
Germany may provisionally continue to apply its existing limit values for certain heavy metals in toys

Speech - Delivering a cybersecurity strategy to protect an interconnected Europe

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:39:00 +0200

European Commission Cecilia Malmström EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Speech - European Cyber Security Conference, "Securing the Internet Economy"/Brussels 16 May 2013 Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Cyberspace, and the internet in particular, have become an integral part of our lives.

Speech - The Internal Security Dimension and Perspectives

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 +0200

European Commission Cecilia Malmström EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Speech - 4th European Civil Protection Forum/Brussels 16 May 2013 Good morning ladies and gentlemen, You know better than anyone the impact of natural disasters in Europe.

Speech by Commissioner Malmström at the State of the Union Conference: Europe should give migrants the opportunities they deserve

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:25:00 +0200

European Commission Cecilia Malmström EU Commissioner for Home Affairs State of the Union Conference/Florence, Italy 9 May 2013 Today is 9 May 2013. If we look 30 years ahead, on 30 May 2030, the world will look quite different.

Press release - Civil Liberties Committee makes it easier to confiscate crooks' assets EU wide - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:26:00 +0200

Draft rules to make it easier for national authorities to freeze and confiscate criminals' assets across the EU were beefed up by the Civil Liberties Committee on Tuesday. However, MEPs also sought to safeguard the right to a fair trial. They also called upon member states to use confiscated assets to fight crime and for social projects. The draft law, which must still be negotiated with national governments, is part of a broader EU strategy to fight fraud and corruption.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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58/2013 : 8 May 2013 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-508/11 P

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:02:00 +0200

ENI v Commission
Competition
The Court upholds the judgment of the General Court concerning the cartel on the synthetic rubbers markets as regards the Italian company Eni SpA

57/2013 : 8 May 2013 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-197/11, C-203/11

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:01:00 +0200

Libert and Others
State aid
The Flemish Decree on land and real estate policy is contrary to EU law

56/2013 : 7 May 2013 - Information

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:13:00 +0200

50 years of direct effect of EU law benefitting citizens and companies

Press release - Civil Liberties MEPs to discuss EU data protection reform - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:22:00 +0200

The Civil Liberties Committee will debate on Monday and Tuesday two draft laws updating the current data protection legislation. A proposal for a regulation covering the bulk of personal data processing in the EU, both online and off-line, will be discussed from 16.45 on Monday. A draft directive, concerning data processed in criminal investigations, will be debated from 12.10 on Tuesday.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Speech: Next step in the EU - US cooperation on Cyber security and Cybercrime

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:30:00 +0200

European Commission Cecilia Malmström EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Speech: Homeland Security Policy Institute, George Washington University / Washington 30 April 2013 Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like to thank the organisers and in particular director Frank Cilluffo for inviting me. Cyber security is now an issue on everyone's mind.

Background - Q&A on EU data protection reform

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:49:00 +0200

The growing globalisation of data flows, via social networks, cloud computing, search engines, location-based services, etc, arguably increases the risk that people could lose control of their own data. MEPs are debating a major overhaul of current EU data protection rules which aims to put people in control of their personal data and to build trust both in social media and in online shopping and communication in general.

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Leading experts to review global developments in detecting illicit drugs in wastewater

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:08:00 +0200

Press release - Tougher rules to prevent chemicals being diverted to illegal drug production - Committee on International Trade - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:02:00 +0200

New rules to ensure that chemicals used in industrial processes, such as manufacturing plastics, textiles, aspirin, flu and allergy remedies, dyes and perfumes, are not diverted to the illegal production of heroin, speed or crack were adopted by the Civil Liberties Committee on Wednesday and by the International Trade Committee on Thursday.
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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55/2013 : 25 April 2013 - Judgment of the General Court in case T-526/10

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:41:00 +0200

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Commission
Environment and consumers
The General Court confirms the validity of the Regulation on the marketing of seal products

Press release - Reforming EU audit services to win back investors' confidence - Committee on Legal Affairs

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:52:00 +0200

Obliging companies to switch auditors regularly and prohibiting auditors from supplying certain non-auditing services are among the changes voted by the Legal Affairs Committee on Thursday to a draft law to open up the EU audit services market and improve audit quality and transparency.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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54/2013 : 25 April 2013 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-212/11

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:03:00 +0200

Jyske Bank Gibraltar
Approximation of laws
EU law does not preclude Spanish legislation which requires credit institutions, operating in Spain without being established there, to forward directly to the Spanish authorities information necessary for combatting money laundering and terrorist financing

53/2013 : 25 April 2013 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-64/11

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:01:00 +0200

Commission v Spain
Freedom to provide services
Spanish legislation which taxes unrealised capital gains on the transfer of the place of residence or of the assets of a company established in Spain to another Member State is contrary to EU law

52/2013 : 25 April 2013 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-81/12

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:01:00 +0200

Asociaţia ACCEPT
Principles of Community law
Homophobic statements by the ‘patron’ of a professional football club may shift the burden of proof on to the club to prove that it does not have a discriminatory recruitment policy

Press release - Civil Liberties Committee rejects EU Passenger Name Record proposal - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:12:00 +0200

A European Commission proposal to allow the use of EU air passenger name record (PNR) data in investigating serious crime and terrorist offences was rejected by Civil Liberties Committee MEPs Wednesday, by 30 votes to 25.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Press release - Damas de Blanco receive their Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament - Committee on Foreign Affairs - Committee on Development - Subcommittee on Human Rights

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:47:00 +0200

The Cuban "Ladies in White" (Damas de Blanco) protest movement was at last able to receive its European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in Brussels on Tuesday, when, over seven years later, Havana finally lifted a travel ban. The prize was presented at a special ceremony during a joint meeting of the foreign affairs, development and human rights committees, attended by European Parliament President, Martin Schulz.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Commissioner Malmström welcomes LIBE vote on the Asylum Procedures Directive and EURODAC Regulation

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:22:00 +0200

European Commission MEMO Brussels, 25 March 2013 "I welcome the outcome of today's vote in the LIBE committee on the last two outstanding pieces in the asylum package: the Asylum Procedures Directive and EURODAC Regulation.

Press release - MEPs back deal with Council on police access to asylum seekers’ fingerprints - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:11:00 +0200

Member states’ police forces and Europol would gain access to asylum seekers’ fingerprints in the Eurodac database to help them fight terrorism and serious crime, under a provisional deal between Parliament and Council endorsed by the Civil Liberties Committee on Wednesday. MEPs ensured that personal data would be duly protected and that police access would be limited to cases where there is a major public security concern.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Press release - Civil Liberties Committee backs plan to improve asylum procedures - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:09:00 +0200

Asylum seekers would get fairer, more uniform access to international protection across the EU under a draft law agreed by Parliament and Council representatives and endorsed by the Civil Liberties Committee on Wednesday. This draft law is one of the five acts forming the backbone of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), to be put to a plenary vote in June.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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51/2013 : 23 April 2013 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-478/11 P, C-479/11 P, C-480/11 P, C-481/11 P, C-482/11 P

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:01:00 +0200

Gbagbo v Council
Common foreign and security policy
The Court dismisses the appeals of Mr Gbagbo, former President of Côte d’Ivoire, and a number of his political associates against the orders declaring their actions for the annulment of measures adopted against them to be inadmissible