Tag Archives: European Commission
There’s slow and then there’s the European Commission
The main directive that governs the processing of personal information in the European Union, the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, was signed by the European Parliament and Council on 24 October 1995. It had to be implemented by member states within … Continue reading
Filed under Data Protection
First incandescent light bulbs, next cathode ray tubes
In our blog on incandescent light bulbs, we noted that the effect of Directive 2005/32/EC is to give the European Commission the power to regulate the ecodesign requirements of a wide range of energy-using products, without the need for further … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial
Lights out for a bit of electrical history
1 September 2009 marked the beginning of the end for the incandescent light bulb in Europe, curtesy of the Ecodesign for Non-Directional Household Lamps Regulation, after 130 years. The Regulation is not for the faint-hearted, being a heavily technical document. So much so … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial
Our bags are packed; we’re ready to go…
We reported over a week ago on the possibility of regulatory holidays sneaking into the Telecoms Package (We’re all going on a [regulatory] holiday…). Last week (6 May 2009), the European Parliament did its best to get the last word on … Continue reading
Filed under Telecoms Regulation
Phwoar-m: Commission commences action against UK
We will post a comment on the European Commission’s notice letter against the UK shortly, but until now see the EC Press Release. There has been talk about the Commission taking action against the UK implementation of the Data Protection Directive … Continue reading
Filed under Data Protection, Telecoms Regulation
European Space War?
Thanks to a Tweet from Guardian Tech, we were alerted to a story about trouble brewing between the European Commission and the ITU: here. Frankly, we are surprised it has taken this long. In short, the European Commission has decided to … Continue reading
Filed under Telecoms Regulation
Andrew Sharpe
