Sentences with phrase «against member states»

From the perspective of the Court of Justice, EU law is an overarching supranational legal order binding on and enforced against the Member States.

EU regulators begin proceedings against member states for failing to enforce energy efficiency law, Reuters

In the state aid field he has successfully represented major multinationals in actions against Member States, both before the Commission and the Courts and equally has successfully defended companies the subject of a Commission investigation.

In a recent article from the Guardian, 2006 Goldman Prize winner Silas Siakor called on the EU to take action against member states that have not yet implemented a law... Read More

In a recent article from the Guardian, 2006 Goldman Prize winner Silas Siakor called on the EU to take action against member states that have not yet implemented a law designed to curb illegal logging.

«The EU needs to demonstrate that it is serious about addressing the problem and taking action against member states that do not fulfill their legal obligations,» Siakor said.

But it's not in charge of protecting them against the member states or anyone else.

While claiming that «we don't take sides», in effect MSF took sides against Member States.

(Formally, if you read the treaties or secondary literature, you might notice that member states also have the right to initiate infringement proceedings against another member state.

There is an explicit clause that has been inserted into the regulation with legal effect, effectively representing Britain's position, which essentially says no action, proposal or policy of the European Central Bank should directly or indirectly discriminate against any member state or group of member states in any currency, in effect.

The Commission must forward the answers it receives from companies to the Member State concerned by the request where the answers are relevant to a formal EU infringement procedure against that Member State (see Article 7).

Furthermore, since foreign direct investment (FDI) falls under exclusive EU competence (Article 207 (1) TFEU), the CJEU has the power to decide on the domestic effects of the investment protection provisions of EU international agreements (Slovak Brown Bear, paras. 30 - 32; but we need to wait also for Opinion 2/15, EU - Singapore), even if a case is brought against a Member State measure before a Member State court.

The common defence line of Uber against Member State - issued prohibitions or criminal sanctions in both cases had been that it does not engage in the offering of transportation services subjected to regulatory licensing requirements itself.

Private parties that saw themselves burdened with unforeseen obligations as a consequence should start an action for damages against the Member State having incorrectly implemented the directive in question according to the Advocate General.

If a third state investor brings a claim against a member state, it may well be that the tribunal will have to interpret (or even apply) EU law in similar ways as tribunals established under intra-EU BITs.

The party suffering a damage because of the incompatibility of national law with EU law could still start an action for damages against the Member State, as already indicated in the Dominguez case (para 50).

This meant that Union citizens could invoke Article 20 TFEU against their Member State of nationality, even if they had never previously made use of their free movement rights.

Representing a satellite internet service provider in a state aid procedure against a member state.

Should a Member States «court of last instance nonetheless submit a question within the scope of EU law to the ECtHR without being entitled to do so under the acte - clair - doctrine, proceedings for infringement of the Treaties could be engaged against that Member State based on Art. 258 f. TFEU.

Article 3 (2) specifies that the co-respondent mechanism can be triggered when proceedings have been initiated against a Member State if it appears that the alleged violation:

While the action for damages had been initially conceived to protect those having a subjective right to be enforced before national courts, a reasonable solution in the present situation could be that the party who had drawn a benefit from the implementing act contrary to EU law now would be required to carry the burden of undertaking the necessary steps of an action for damages against the Member State; this would appear more justified than to impose said burden on the party who possesses a right created through the concretisation of the content of a principle (para 79).

However, the Advocate General suggested that the party suffering damage from being under such an unforeseen obligation could still claim damages against the Member State for the damages resulting from the violation of EU law by the national implementing act.

In other words, can anyone who suffers pecuniary damages start a successful Francovich procedure against a Member State for violation of the EIA Directive?

Before a Member State brings an action against another Member State for an alleged infringement of an obligation under this Treaty, it shall bring the matter before the Commission.

NOTE: An action for failure to fulfil obligations directed against a Member State which has failed to comply with its obligations under European Union law may be brought by the Commission or by another Member State.

Not exact matches

The oil price has risen by 15 percent in the last four weeks thanks to expectations that the United States will re-impose sanctions against Iran, a major oil producer and member of the Organization of the...

Traders said markets climbed on expectations that the United States will in May re-impose sanctions against Iran, a major oil producer and member of the Organization of...

The oil price has risen by 15 percent in the last four weeks thanks to expectations that the United States will re-impose sanctions against Iran, a major oil producer and member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

The now - repealed U.S. oil export ban dated back to an era of feared fuel shortages after Arab members of OPEC imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for U.S. support of the Israeli military.

«U.S. companies could claim foreign tax credits against their U.S. tax bill for any tax - related payments to European Union member states.»

Last month, the U.S. State Department updated its travel warning on Turkey, ordering family members of consulate employees in Istanbul to leave the country, citing threats against U.S. citizens.

Venezuela's plunging output comes amid strong demand as well as concerns that supplies from the Middle East, by far the world's biggest oil producing region, could also be disrupted, especially should the United States in May re-impose sanctions against OPEC - member Iran.

The exercise was meant to reassure Eastern European NATO member states against any possible Russian threat to the region.

Carlson is not alone: Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer who came out publicly against her employer alleging sexual harassment, is also working with members of the California State Assembly to pass legislation to eliminate forced arbitration, which prevented Fowler from coming forward about sexual harassment at Uber until after she quit.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

News out of Washington D.C. could be the main driver of sentiment in the oil market this week, as speculation swirls that the United States will renew sanctions against Iran, a major Middle East oil producer and member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Wikileaks has stated that they will be leading a campaign against Coinbase next week which will focus on boycotting Coinbase, calling it an unfit member of the cryptocurrency community.

Earlier figures covering January marked an important milestone in the region's battle against deflation, showing all of the monetary bloc's individual member states had recorded price rises for the first time since February 2013.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR # 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars, physicians / doctors and family members of effected individuals who suffered some sort of brain desease etc.... lawyers, so crime per physicians OR WHAT IS HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain)... NO DIFFERENT FROM ROMNEY WHOSE FATHER EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY SCREWED / BANKRUPT LIKE AMERICA TODAY (soon to be success based on deliberate sabotage which is nothing else than grand treason / betrayal with acts of genocide against targeted white population)!!!

The former gymnast, who was a 15 - year - old homeschooler when she says Nassar started abusing her, became the first to publicly make allegations against the respected Michigan State University faculty member.

CNN: Sandusky's pastor addresses conviction from pulpit Jerry Sandusky sits in a county jail cell in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but his presence and the weight of the 45 guilty verdicts rendered against the former Penn State football coach on Friday night hung in the air Sunday morning at the State College church where he and his wife are longtime members.

Orban's government has campaigned against an EU plan to spread some of the burden of the influx of migrants and refugees by requiring member states to accept quotas.

SEC members voted to remove the doctrinal clause which stated that marriage is a «union of one man and one woman», replacing it with a clause which asserts that clergy who do not wish to preside over same - sex weddings will not be compelled to do so «against their conscience».

State College, Pennsylvania (CNN)-- Jerry Sandusky sits in a county jail cell in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but his presence and the weight of the 45 guilty verdicts rendered against the former Penn State football coach on Friday night hung in the air Sunday morning at the State College church where he and his wife are longtime members.

In light of the human rights standards — rights that have received almost unanimous acceptance from the UN member states — it is becoming obvious to the average person that planning a nuclear war against a neighboring country is a horrendous crime against all humanity.

For months they railed against the so - called proposals «to license journalists,» even though Recommendation Number 50 of the MacBride Report specifically states that «the commission does not propose special privileges to protect journalists in the performance of their duties, although journalism is a dangerous profession,» and neither the UNESCO Secretariat nor any member state had formally advocated the licensing of journalists.

The executive order in question, issued by President Clinton and affirmed by President Bush in 2002, states that while religious organizations that receive federal funds can not discriminate against beneficiaries of their programs, they «may retain religious terms in its organization's name, select its board members on a religious basis, and include religious references in its organization's mission statements and other chartering or governing documents.»

A while back he ordered a survey of bribery law, and now he has sent the results to NABC members with a recommendation that they press for strong legislation in states that either have no laws against bribery in sport, or weak laws.

Hoping against hope, teetering against time, they swam a 200 - yard freestyle relay — 50 yards per Methuselah — against four of their inheritors, topflight members of Wauwatosa West High School's 1971 state championship swimming team.