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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

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	Press Communiqué 10 February Revision of the Paris Convention On Nuclear Third Party Liability and of the ...
		That regime was founded in 1960 by those Western European member countries of the OECD which adopted the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy, known as the "Paris Convention".
		A few years later, in 1963, many of the Paris Convention States adopted the "Brussels Supplementary Convention",2 an international instrument which operates hand-in-hand with the Paris Convention by making public funds available to compensate nuclear accident victims where the amounts called for under the latter are insufficient.
		Other modifications will ensure that the Paris/Brussels regime remains compatible with the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the 1997 Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention,5 and that Paris Convention States will encounter no barriers to joining the 1997 Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage.
	www.nea.fr /html/general/press/2004/2004-01-note.html (1001 words)

	Thousands protest in Brussels, 80 arrested in Netherlands
		Ethiopians in Brussels, Belgium, called on European Union to lend its ears to the appeal by EU Election Observer Mission Chief Anna Gomez to act immediately on the gross human rights violations being committed in Ethiopia.
		Brussels have seen a number of protest demonstrations since June 2005 when the Meles regime killed at least 42 unarmed protesters over vote-riggings.
		In a statement they issued to the EU commission and Member in Brussels, the Ethiopians said it is regrettable that the European Union, which is providing about 500 million in aid to the Meles regime, couldn’t threaten the regime by cutting aid.
	www.ethiomedia.com /fastpress/brussels_protests.html (669 words)

	PINR - Intelligence Brief: Uzbekistan
		From a longer-term perspective, the flight limitations are a signal to Washington that the Karimov regime is prepared to sacrifice U.S.-Uzbek relations and, perhaps, even to eliminate the U.S. military presence in Uzbekistan, if Washington does not give it a free hand in its efforts to suppress dissent.
		Up until the present, he has been able to maintain control, but the future of his regime is uncertain, putting at risk the interests of the parties to the great game.
		With the underlying instability of the Karimov regime revealed by the events in Andijan, the parties to the new great game in Central Asia have positioned themselves strictly in terms of their perceived interests in the context of uncertainty about the future.
	www.pinr.com /report.php?ac=view_printable&report_id=318&language_id=1 (660 words)

	tovek report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		BRUSSELS (NEW ITEM) - European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction launches fifth annual report on the state of the drugs problem in the European Union (1200/1000 GMT).
		BRUSSELS - Mouvement Europeen Belgique and European Parliament office for Belgium hold public debate on "Europe in the eye of the storm?" (1730/1530 GMT).
		In a statement released in Brussels, environmental activist group Greenpeace said it feared Europe's current concerns over oil prices and energy supplies could be used to relaunch the debate over nuclear power.
	www.tovek.com /products/tt/rep/rep_2.htm (5974 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| World dispatch \| Eastern Eurosceptics threaten EU expansion
		The post-communist countries of central Europe are reacting with quiet satisfaction to the green light from Brussels, confident that years of pain and haggling have generated an unstoppable momentum for their admission to the European Union.
		The breakthrough statement in Brussels that eight countries in central and eastern Europe are now "politically" ripe for EU membership comes a month ahead of Nato's summit in Prague at which the three Baltic states, Slovakia, and Slovenia will also be invited to join Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic in the military alliance.
		The opening of the EU and Nato doors to the former Soviet satellites is the climax to more than 10 years of hope and reform aimed at escaping the Kremlin's orbit and integrating their countries with the west.
	www.guardian.co.uk /elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,810368,00.html (865 words)

	ifeminists.com > editorial > Location, Location, Location
		When Brussels II was enacted, family law experts across the EU scrambled to decipher its implications.
		Brussels IIA is poised to replace Brussels II, and comes into effect on March 1st, 2005 throughout the recently expanded EU, again with the exception of Denmark.
		Brussels IIA focuses on issues of child custody, visitation, and the circumstances under which children will be returned from one member state to another.
	www.ifeminists.net /introduction/editorials/2004/0915cynic.html (757 words)

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		Crucial aspects of such regimes, however, are shared principles, norms, and rules on the part of the participants, which make it unlikely that they can accommodate persons and groups with fundamentally opposing views on the future of nuclear power.
		The regime should be based on the existing IAEA documents and established by the IAEA activities as well as the documents and activities of the other international regulatory bodies, such as the CEC, the OECD/EN and the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO).
		Within ongoing negotiations on the revision of the present international legal regime of liability for nuclear damage, established by the Vienna Convention of 1963, three scenarios are currently possible and each of them would be a step toward further positive evolution of the regime.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~huri/workpaper/chornob7.html (3080 words)

	SSRN-Civil or Administrative Law to Prevent and Restore Environmental Harm? by Lucas Bergkamp
		The working document's regime would impose strict liability on operators of listed activities for biodiversity damage, water pollution, and personal injury caused by environmental harms, and fault liability on operators of non-listed activities but only for biodiversity damage.
		It analyzes the nature of the proposed regime (civil-public law), and discusses its scope and definitions, the objective of liability and the strict/fault liability distinction, the proposed joint and several liability rules, the rules governing restoration of environmental damage, access to justice, and some miscellaneous issues.
		Such an administrative law regime, which could be made part of the pertinent existing EC legislation, would be able to ensure that significant habitat damage and water pollution damage is remedied.
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=283824 (458 words)

	TRADE WAR OR QUICK URUGUAY ROUND PACKAGE.
		The EC oilseeds regime, providing support to its domestic producers, had been found by a GATT panel to have nullified the benefits that the U.S. had negotiated with the EC in the Kennedy and Tokyo Rounds resulting in a bound zero tariff for imports of Soya beans.
		Subsequently, and after considerable internal debate, the EC modified its regime, but that too was held by a second panel, as not complying with the recommendations of the earlier panel, and still impairing the benefits the U.S. had negotiated and obtained.
		And in such a situation many of the outstanding points of some concern to the Third World would be swept under the rug, and countries would be forced to accept the Dunkel Draft Final Act text, without any modification except those (as in agriculture) that the U.S. and EC would agree upon.
	www.sunsonline.org /trade/areas/agricult/10020092.htm (1428 words)

	Voice of Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Demonstrators coming from all over Europe to Brussels, expressed their full support for the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran and demanded European Union to apologize Iranian people and Resistance for its shameful and petit profit seeking move which is an affront to all Iranians.
		On the fringes of this demonstration, crimes by clerical regime were displayed in street theaters and scenes of public flogging and humiliation of young people in Iran were shown on video tapes.
		Simultaneous with large Iranian demonstration in Brussels, a delegation of the Iranian Resistance led by Dr. Saleh Rajavi, an NCRI committee chairman and NCRI's representative in France and Switzerland, met with a senior advisor to Mr.
	groups.msn.com /VoiceofIran/brusselsdemonstration13may02.msnw (1148 words)

	Global Risk Regulator Archive
		BRUSSELS - The EU's Reinsurance Directive now appears to have gained sufficient support both in the European Parliament and among governments in Council, to be adopted by the summer, allowing reinsurers to treat the 25-country bloc as a single market, and creating a harmonised system of supervision for the industry.
		BRUSSELS -- The three pillars of the new Basel accord on bank capital need rebalancing or the effectiveness of the project to bolster the solvency of the world banking system could be undermined, according to a new report.
		BRUSSELS, March 15 - The European Commission said today it is committed to issuing a draft directive on the European version of the Basel II update of international rules for bank safety this summer.
	www.globalriskregulator.com /archive (14159 words)

	FT.com / By industry / IT - Kroes seeks regime that benefits consumer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Neelie Kroes, the European Union antitrust chief, wants to change the way the Brussels regulator fights abuses by dominant companies such as Microsoft and Coca-Cola, by concentrating on business practices that hurt consumers.
		Jean-Francois Bellis, partner at the Brussels law firm of van Bael and Bellis, said the Commission should take care not to set a standard that gave the regulator too much discretion.
		It has also led to some of the highest fines ever imposed by Brussels: Microsoft, for example, was last year ordered to pay €497m ($576m) for a violation of Article 82.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/686bf898-2ddc-11da-aa88-00000e2511c8.html (551 words)

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		Last month at the Free University of Brussels, just 200 meters from the Syrian Embassy, a group of Syrians gathered to discuss something spoken of only in whispers in their native land—freedom.
		The Brussels conference showcased the growing influence of SDC amongst Syrians of various religious, ethnic and political stripes, as 35 delegates from 19 different Syrian pro-democracy groups were in attendance.
		Considering the current Syrian law that requires anyone seeking regime change to be hanged, this is a risky proposition indeed.
	www.inthenationalinterest.com /Articles/Vol3Issue9/Vol3Issue9BomsPFV.html (917 words)

	Global Exchange : reuters051800.html
		However, an official from the Caribbean island of St Lucia, which is among smaller former colonial states the EU says its regime is meant to help, warned that WTO members squabbling over the case could kill "the goose that lays the golden egg" -- the vast EU market for bananas.
		These two countries had not approved the latest version of the banana regime, which went into force in January last year and has itself been found in breach of WTO rules by two dispute panels.
		If Ecuador took such measures, Brussels would monitor their effect carefully and, he indicated, could bring a counter-complaint to the WTO if it appeared they were costing the EU more than the approved $201.6 million.
	www.globalexchange.org /campaigns/bananas/reuters051800.html (625 words)

	Irrawaddy.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The meeting centered on a European Commission-commissioned report authored by Robert Taylor and Morten Pedersen, dubbed by the critics as Burmese regime apologists.
		One such “fact,” also adopted by other anti-sanctions lobbyists at the meeting, was used to put me right after I wrote that the military rulers decided only after losing the 1990 general election that the poll was to elect people to draft a new constitution, not form a government.
		helpfully pointed out, the regime had stated quite clearly before the election that those elected would be responsible for writing a new charter.
	www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=4583&print=yes&c=e (782 words)

	Reforming the EU Sugar Regime
		Moreover, extension of the current EU sugar regime to the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe would lead to tremendous economic losses for the EU and would be a significant blow to these countries economic reform efforts.
		In an effort to persuade the EU to reform the sugar regime, ASI has formulated a dual-track strategy: a strategy to be carried out in each of the fifteen EU member states, and a strategy to be carried out in Brussels.
		The Brussels strategy is designed to put pressure on the Council, the Commission, and the various interest groups and processes that participate in EU policymaking.
	www.commercialdiplomacy.org /ma_projects/ma_eusugar.htm (3236 words)

	PLANE-LOAD OF ANTI-AYATOLLAH IRANIANS DEMONSTRATED IN BRUSSELS (Iran Press Service)
		BRUSSELS, 10 Mar. (IPS) A group of Iranians describing themselves as supporters of Monarchy forced Thursday a Lufthansa passenger plane to land in Brussels and in a statement, denounced the crimes committed by the clerical rulers of their native country.
		A young Iranian based in Brussels who identified himself as Ramin and said he was speaking on behalf of the passengers, said the action had been under preparation for five months by a London-based Iranian monarchist group, "Azarakhsh" (thunderbolt).
		Zand-Bonazzi believes the Iranians want a secular democratic state, not a "reformist" regime as advocated by President Mohammad Khatami, who, she said, simply is carrying out the wishes of the ayatollahs.
	www.iran-press-service.com /ips/articles-2005/march-2005/iran_protesters_plane_10305.shtml (1143 words)

	Liability for Transboundary Environmental Damage: Towards a General Liability Regime? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On the contrary, an examination of the conventional regimes reveals a more differentiated picture of existing state practice with far-reaching consequences for the future development of the international law of environmental liability.
		With regard to its ecological, economic, and political goals, the regime of liability for damage caused by maritime transport of oil constitutes a model for modern environmental liability agreements.
		Contrary to the oil liability regime, the regulatory goal of nuclear liability was not the widening but the limitation of liability, with respect to both the amount and the persons liable.
	www.ejil.org /journal/Vol4/No1/art9-02.html (3570 words)

	The Flemish Republic
		Two years later, however, a Flemish judge of the Brussels Penal Court refused to issue a verdict in the case, arguing that it is up to the electorate to decide whether a party is undemocratic or not.
		On 18 November 2003, the Cour de Cassation, consisting of an equal number of Flemings and Walloons, overruled the ruling of the Brussels Court of Appeal and ordered the case to be brought before the Court of Appeal in Ghent.
		The Belgian regime undoubtedly hopes that the international media will be focusing on the Dutroux trial so that a ruling against the biggest opposition party will not draw much attention.
	www.flemishrepublic.org /current_issue.php?id=14 (462 words)

	A Daily Briefing on Iran: 'Iranian' passengers block plane at Brussels airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A young Iranian based in Brussels who identified himself as Ramin and said he was speaking on behalf of the passengers, said the action had been under preparation for five months by a London-based Iranian monarchist group, "Azarakhsh".
		He said the plane was carrying 120 passengers, all of whom except the demonstrators had left the plane.
		I was told that the group that organized the demonstration is associated with an Iranian satellite broadcaster who has been the target of an Iranian Fatwa.
	regimechangeiran.blogspot.com /2005/03/iranian-passengers-block-plane-at.html (936 words)

	XL Environmental
		Liability under the proposed regime would be imposed on businesses or individuals who exercised control of a dangerous activity that caused traditional and/or environmental damage.
		The regime would not, however, apply to "diffuse" or "non-specific source" damages, such as damage to a forest from acid rain or air pollution from traffic.
		Although persons who conduct dangerous activities would not be required to show financial security, such as having insurance for potential damage, the Commission recognises that the success of such a regime would depend importantly on its insurability, and that this in turn depends on the regime’s legal certainty and transparency.
	www.ecsinc.com /outside_na/news/union.html (1141 words)

	FT.com / Europe / Brussels briefing - The Week in Brussels: Sugar regime reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For almost 40 years, the European Union’s sugar regime has made Europe’s farmers rich, kept farmers in the developing world poor and infuriated supporters of free trade everywhere.
		This week, ministers from the 25 member states will at last try to dismantle a system that is widely perceived as one of the damaging farm support regimes in the world.
		On Tuesday, farm ministers will begin their debate on a proposal by Mariann Fischer Boel, the EU farm commissioner, that would radically overhaul the current regime.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/5ac9a214-59e5-11da-b023-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=d4f2ab60-c98e-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html (148 words)

	SKIL - Latest Industry News
		Whilst that may be a deliberate ploy by the Commission, it might equally be a reflection of the northern summer lull with everyone on leave.
		About the only announcement we could find was that the EU wanted to meet with the ACP countries to discuss the sugar regime in Brussels in September.
		Later in the month the ACP countries announced that they would hold their own meeting in Guyana before attending the Brussels meeting and that they would be attending Brussels ‘with one voice’.
	www.sucrose.com /n0904.html (1146 words)

	Commission questions Estonia's liberal corporate tax regime - EUbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The maiden visit of Estonia's new prime minister, Siim Kallas, to Brussels on 6-7 March ended in controversy as EU officials suggested Estonia needed to tighten its tax regime.
		Brussels, 8 March 2002 (RFE/RL) -- The president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, set the EU and Estonia on a collision course on 7 March when he said Estonia's liberal corporate income-tax regime constitutes a "problem" for the EU.
		Estonia's new prime minister, Siim Kallas, on his first visit to Brussels, said EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen and Taxation Commissioner Frits Bolkestein told him the EU would like to see Estonia modify its current practice of charging no income tax on reinvested corporate profits.
	www.eubusiness.com /Homepage_Other_News/74532 (720 words)

	FT.com / By industry / IT - Brussels ally wants more from Microsoft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One of the European Commission's key allies in its antitrust battle with Microsoft says the software giant must make further concessions to comply with the regulator's landmark ruling against the company.
		Microsoft last month proposed a new licensing regime, which Brussels said went a long way towards addressing the Commission's concerns.
		The regime seeks to allow companies more flexibility in choosing what protocols they want to use and pay for.
	news.ft.com /cms/s/f438d352-de84-11d9-92cd-00000e2511c8,_i_rssPage=3ad4cbfc-4761-11d8-81c6-0820abe49a01.html (381 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Central Asian News and current affairs, Russia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan
		Tashkent denied on June 18 that its slap at Washington was related to Andijan and said the flight limitations had been in the works for a long time and Washington "knew why".
		The troubles in Andijan were sparked by a prison revolt and a mass demonstration of 10,000 protestors attacking the trial of 23 local businessmen who were accused of supporting illegal Islamist organizations deemed by the government to be "terrorist".
		In its ensuing attempts to suppress the direct action, the regime blocked off the city and, according to human-rights organizations, killed hundreds of people and caused a flow of refugees into neighboring Kyrgyzstan.
	atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/GF25Ag01.html (801 words)

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