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	French Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Senate (French: Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France.
		Senators are elected indirectly by approximately 150,000 local elected officials ("grands électeurs"), including mayors, city councillors, and deputies of the National Assembly.
		The Senate is housed inside the Palais du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris and is guarded by Republican Guards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Senate (665 words)

	French Senate (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		de:Senat (Frankreich) fr:Sénat français The Senate (in French : le Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France.
		The French Constitution provides that, in case of a vacancy of the presidency of the republic, the chairman of the Senate becomes the interim president until a new one is elected.
		Luxembourg Palace The Senate is housed inside the Luxembourg Palace in the 6th arrondissement of Paris and is guarded by Republican Guards.
	french-senate.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (484 words)

	SENATEUROPE Previous meetings
		Senators are elected, according to the number of seats in each département, by majority vote in the small départements with one or two seats, and by proportional representation in the larger ones.
		The third illustration of this approach is the Senate's adoption of the bill for a Constitutional law, which I signed jointly with the Senators who preside over the main local authority associations and the president of the local finance committee, on free administration of local authorities and their fiscal and financial autonomy.
		Senators also have the right to table motions and remarks, and intervene in the administration of the local authorities to deal with issues that they present in their own name or on behalf of their electors.
	www.senateurope.org /eng/06062001.html (14246 words)

	Address by French delegate to Cambodian side as follows
		The French Senate concentrates on the benefits of localities because it is the benefits of the elected local communities.
		In 1982, a decentralization law was introduced, and the French Senate ensured a smooth implementation of this law.
		But in spite of the introduction of legislation on gender equality by French parliament in 1999, male MPs still outnumber female ones: 10 per cent of all the 321members of the French Senate are men.
	www.senate.gov.kh /mar07enga4.htm (577 words)

	FRENCH SENATE APPROVES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
		Overcoming strong opposition by the Senate leadership to the scheduling of a vote on the initiative, Senators supporting the recognition of the Armenian Genocide voted to discuss the resolution as part of the "urgent issues" agenda item.
		Armenian Genocide bill proponents, Senators Gilbert Charboux, Bernard Piras, and Gerard Collomb were among those speaking forcefully in support of the measure, while the Senate's France-Turkey Friendship Caucus Chairman Jacques-Richard Delong led the opposition.
		The measure was finally adopted by the Senate, the upper house of the French Parliament, by a vote of 164 for, 40 against and 4 abstentions.
	www.anca.org /press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=43 (512 words)

	French Senate's version of 'iPod law' to fit corporate interests better - Business - International Herald Tribune
		PARIS The Senate version of a controversial French copyright bill will be more sympathetic to software companies like Apple Computer than was the version passed overwhelmingly by the National Assembly in March, a senator on the commission reviewing the bill said Tuesday.
		Under the amendments proposed by Thiollière and the Senate's cultural affairs commission, a five-member authority including judges from the highest French courts would oversee issues of interoperability in a way that also addresses the concerns of companies that own proprietary technology.
		Under the Senate's model, this committee would respond to complaints within 30 days, and any company forced to open its technology to competitors could expect an "appropriate level" of compensation in the form of licensing fees.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/05/02/business/copyright.php (716 words)

	French Views on Missile Defense -- US-France Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In December 2000, the French National Assembly issued a major Report on the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destriction and their Delivery, the primary author of which was Pierre Lellouche, a member of parliament from Paris and a noted expert on strategic affairs
		French officials and experts agree with the US assessment of the growing threat of proliferation, although they differ on the level, timing and nature of the threat.
		French experts and officials accept that risks are increasing, and point out instances-Iraqi nuclear capacities and North Korean ballistic capacities—in which Western intelligence estimates have proved to be overly optimistic.
	www.brookings.edu /fp/cusf/analysis/missd.htm (2287 words)

	Headscarf ban clears French Senate \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		PARIS –; A law banning Islamic headscarves in France's public schools was overwhelmingly adopted yesterday in the Senate despite protests by many French Muslims that the measure is discriminatory.
		The Senate, which like the lower house is controlled by conservatives such as Chirac, still had to dismiss 23 proposed amendments raised in two days of debate.
		French missions abroad must "try to reassure those who are concerned," he said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040304/news_1n4france.html (374 words)

	French Senate Waters Down DRM-Interop Bill - Software News by InformationWeek (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		PARIS —; The French Senate bowed to intense lobbying pressure, approving a watered down digital copyright bill that differs significantly from the controversial version passed at the National Assembly last March.
		The French government will give the agency the power to order companies to share details of their DRM system, but companies will be able to refuse to do so as long as their DRM systems are approved by the author or copyright holder.
		Critics of the Senate version called it "dangerous" because it can force a software publisher to integrate DRM into software "that can be used to distribute copyrighted works." The open source community consider peer-to-peer file sharing essential to their work.
	www.linuxpipeline.com.cob-web.org:8888 /187203175 (407 words)

	Turks.US Daily News - French Senate Approves Hijab Bill By Majority
		The French Senate approved by a large majority a bill banning hijab and other religious insignia in state schools on Wednesday, March3.
		French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told senators before the vote that the law did not aim to discriminate against religions but to “send a powerful and quick signal”.
		Some French MPs, backed by Muslim leaders and rights groups, have warned that the new law could be seen as intolerant and undermine the integration of France's Muslims.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20040304082316875 (784 words)

	French Senate Hosts First Cyberparliament - Technology News by TechWeb
		On the agenda is a discussion titled, "Law of theInternet." A first draft of the law composed of four articles has been the subject of comments on the cyber-parliament website.
		This text is the first step of a public debate on the adjustment of French law to the peculiarities of the Internet.
		The event is the highlight of the second annual French "fete de l'Internet".
	www.techweb.com /wire/story/TWB19990319S0019 (409 words)

	French Senate mulls iTunes amendment - Breaking - Technology - theage.com.au
		The amendment, proposed by the Senate Cultural Affairs Committee, softens the terms of a government-backed copyright bill Apple criticised as "state-sponsored piracy" after its first reading in March by lawmakers in France's lower house.
		But a government official, who asked not to be named because the Senate vote was still pending, said the minister wants the amendment "clarified" to close the loophole.
		The French Senate is expected to complete its reading of the copyright bill in coming days, after which the legislation passes to a joint committee of Senators and lower-house deputies, charged with hammering out a compromise text.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2006/05/10/1146940569402.html (768 words)

	IDABC - FR: French Senate Committee calls for e-government minister
		The Finance Committee of the French Senate is currently undertaking a budgetary control of the State’s spending on ICT.
		Its interim report, presented on 20 July 2004, proposes to raise the profile of e-government in the country by granting the rank of Minister to the government member in charge of State Reform and e-government.
		The interim communication complements a more extensive report on the French e-government programme, which was presented to the Finance Committee of the Senate in early July.
	europa.eu.int /idabc/en/document/3207/194 (741 words)

	French Senate (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As a consequence, while the political majority changes frequently in the National Assembly, the Senate usually remains conservative.
		When the Senate and the National Assembly cannot agree on a bill, the government can decide, after a complex procedure called Commission Mixte Paritaire, to give the final decision to the National Assembly, which majority is normally on the government's side.
		The Senate is housed inside the Luxembourg Palace in the 6th arrondissement of Paris and is guarded by Republican Guards.
	french-senate.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (495 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		French President Jacques Chirac has 15 days to sign into law the bill - adopted by the lower house last month by overwhelming majority, according to the BBC.
		Chirac said in a televised speech in December 2003 that the "Islamic veil - whatever name we give it - the kappa and a cross that is of plainly excessive dimensions" have no place in the precincts of state schools.
		A U.S. Congressman threatened in February that he would draft resolution condemning the imminent law, and 50 other senators signed a letter sent to the French ambassador to express their concerns over the ban.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-03/04/article02.shtml (709 words)

	Green Car Congress: French Senate Report Calls for EU Action to Counter Climate Change, Peak Oil
		A report on sustainable development prepared by two French Senators for the French Office Parlementaire D’Evaluation des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques (OPECST) calls for the EU to lead a global energy transition to avoid the worst impact of climate change and an oil shock they predict occurring by 2020 at the latest.
		The report by Senators Pierre Laffitte and Claude Saunier calls for financing the transition by taxes that would be dedicated to promoting renewable energies, buildings insulation, biofuels, hybrids and electric cars and other low fossil-carbon technologies, particularly in the transport sector.
		A report on sustainable development prepared by two French Senators for the French Office Parlementaire D'Evaluation des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques (OPECST) calls for the EU to lead a global energy transition to avoid the worst impact of cli...
	www.greencarcongress.com /2006/07/french_senate_r.html (5330 words)

	List of Presidents of the French Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French Senate is the Upper House of the French Parliament.
		Although there had been Senates in both the First and Second Empires, these had not technically been legislative bodies, but rather advisory bodies on the model of the Roman Senate.
		In the Fourth Republic, the Senate was renamed the Council of the Republic, but its function was largely the same.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_French_Senate (229 words)

	- French Senate gives digital economy bill second reading - Internet Business News
		The French Senate began its second reading of a piece of legislation entitled a Bill to Promote Confidence in the Digital Economy on Thursday morning.
		Those proposals may be removed as the bill is amended in debate, on the recommendation of the French Commission for Economic Affairs.
		By the time the Senate broke for lunch, voting on the 98 amendments still in play had not yet started.
	www.thestandard.com /article.php/20040408163352396 (271 words)

	French Senate Takes Bite Out Of Apple Law - E-business & Business Technology News by TechWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		French legislators appear to backing off from plans to require music devices and other technology to be fully interoperable.
		A French Senator held a press conference Tuesday to announce that the latest version of the bill protects some information for companies like Apple Computer that claimed the Assembly version would have opened proprietary information for popular devices like iPods.
		Michel Tholliere said at the press conference that the Senate supports interoperability but also recognizes that companies need to keep technology secrets private, according to a report in the International Herald Tribune.
	www.techweb.com /wire/ebiz/187003336 (250 words)

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		A French law that would have forced DRM interoperability on the music industry in France has been de-fanged, as it were.
		"The Senate, instead of enabling anyone to hack in, puts the matter in the hands of a regulatory authority, which will take decisions and potentially oblige companies to disclose their source code," said Olivia Regnier, European regional counsel for the music industry trade group, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
		The bill's progress through the French legislature has been complex and lengthy, and the bill approved by the French Senate was packed with amendments that infuriated the open source community in France.
	arstechnica.com /news.ars/post/20060511-6797.html (594 words)

	French Senate proposes less restrictive 'iPod law' - Technology - International Herald Tribune
		PARIS The Senate version of a French copyright bill will be more sympathetic to software companies like Apple Computer than was the version passed overwhelmingly by the National Assembly in March, a senator on the commission reviewing the bill has said.
		Apple has called the French proposal "state-sponsored piracy" and has lobbied French politicians over the bill, Michel Thiollière, the senator serving as spokesman for the cultural affairs commission, said Tuesday.
		Thiollière said at a news conference that the Senate amendments would allow companies to keep their trade secrets secure.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/05/03/business/copyright.php (560 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com French senate pushed through three-month extension (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The French senate pushed through a three-month extension to a state of emergency on Wednesday, as the authorities began deportation procedures for a dozen foreigners convicted over the rioting that has rocked the country.
		Senators voted by 202 votes to 125 in favour of the proposal, with left-wing parties opposing it.
		Defending the measure before the upper house senate, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said that, although calm was returning after almost three weeks of night-time rioting, "nothing has yet been won for good" More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/11/17/67878.html (2358 words)

	USATODAY.com - French senate adopts ban on Islamic headscarves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		PARIS (AP) — A law banning Islamic headscarves in France's public schools was adopted Wednesday in the Senate by a vote of 276-20.
		The vote mirrored similar overwhelming support by the National Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament, which passed it 494-36 on Feb. 10.
		The Senate, which like the lower house is controlled by conservatives such as Chirac, dismissed 23 proposed amendments raised in two days of debate.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-03-france-headscarves_x.htm (453 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| French Senate approves shorter presidency
		The upper house of the French parliament, the Senate, has approved a bill to reduce the term in office of a future president from seven to five years.
		The vote paves the way for a referendum on the biggest change in the way France is governed in nearly forty years.
		The Senate passed the bill by an overwhelming majority; last week the National Assembly also passed it with a big majority.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/812207.stm (169 words)

	France backs down on iTunes DRM stance \| Tech News on ZDNet
		A French Senate committee has removed wording from proposed legislation that would have forced technology companies to license their digital rights management schemes, according to the Web site of The Inquirer.
		While the law must still be voted on, the alterations in the legislation signify willingness by some in the French government to honor the rights of companies that don't wish to share their technology with competitors.
		The wording of the legislation was altered in France's Senate after Apple blasted the lower house's decision by calling it state-sponsored piracy.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9588_22-6067585.html (896 words)

	French Senate Votes: The CPE is now Dead and Buried - L'Humanité in English
		Last night the French Senate confirmed the text adopted the previous day by the deputies of the National Assembly, completing the process of “replacing” the CPE.
		Senators Braie and Fourcade fingered the “people who have solid jobs”, “the privileged”, “the most conservative union anywhere in the world”, etc. As for André Lardeux, he referred to “a France which has chosen unemployment” and “to humiliate the Parliament” (sic)!
		To avoid any further shuttling between the Senate and National Assembly, UMP spokesman Alain Gournac called for a vote “confirming” the law proposal, ie, without any amendments to the Bill adopted in the National Assembly.
	www.humaniteinenglish.com /article169.html (672 words)

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