Friday, 30 May 2008
National legislation
The latest EUR-Lex newsletter reports improvements to 'Sector 7', which gives details of national implementing measures.
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Still no COMdocs
Here we are a week later and there's no new COMs been added to the EUR-Lex page, with the latest addition still 30 April - that's four weeks ago!!
What's going on? Maybe it's true that the Commission has gone into hibernation until the future of the Lisbon Treaty is known - a suggestion made in the International Herald Tribune, which I stumbled on via the EU Referendum blog.
What's going on? Maybe it's true that the Commission has gone into hibernation until the future of the Lisbon Treaty is known - a suggestion made in the International Herald Tribune, which I stumbled on via the EU Referendum blog.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Death of the Directive - continued
According to a press release in Rapid yesterday the Commission is proposing to replace the Construction Product Directive (89/106/EEC) with a new Regulation which adds to the ones I mentioned in an article in Focus a couple of months ago.
I still think this is how the Commission will solve the implementation problem!
It is also interesting that the press release links to the Enterprise and Industry DG, which offers a link to the proposal, COM(2008) 311 final.
However, if you go to EurLex, which is still showing no ComDocs added in May, and put 2008 311 into the ComDocs search box, it says "Not available in English"
Why doesn't EurLex mention on its front page that it hasn't added a preparatory act since 30 April?
I still think this is how the Commission will solve the implementation problem!
It is also interesting that the press release links to the Enterprise and Industry DG, which offers a link to the proposal, COM(2008) 311 final.
However, if you go to EurLex, which is still showing no ComDocs added in May, and put 2008 311 into the ComDocs search box, it says "Not available in English"
Why doesn't EurLex mention on its front page that it hasn't added a preparatory act since 30 April?
Friday, 23 May 2008
Commission and Parliament seal deal in London
From 2010 the European Commission and European Parliament will be sharing offices in London, according to this press release. Facilities will include a conference centre, exhibition space and an information centre.
Thursday, 22 May 2008
COMdoc scandal
How is it possible that, on 22 May, the latest addition to the list of COMdocs on EUR-lex is dated 30 April?
Where are the texts of the COMdocs announced in Commission press releases over the past three weeks?
Why has the situation become so appallingly bad recently? This is scandalous!
Where are the texts of the COMdocs announced in Commission press releases over the past three weeks?
Why has the situation become so appallingly bad recently? This is scandalous!
Friday, 25 April 2008
Communication
I have just noticed in the Council register a reference to the following document:
Communicating Europe in Partnership – guidelines for inter-institutional co-operation
A note alongside states "The content of this document is not accessible."
Perhaps this indicates one of the basic problems in EU Communication policy...
Communicating Europe in Partnership – guidelines for inter-institutional co-operation
A note alongside states "The content of this document is not accessible."
Perhaps this indicates one of the basic problems in EU Communication policy...
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
New Committee
Our AGM on 18 March saw Paul Clarke and Lynette Falconer join the Committee - more details on our contacts page.
Our annual awards
Our annual awards were made on 17 March at the Conference dinner. The EIA Award for excellence in European Information provision (electronic sources category) went to Caselex, the "first premium information service offering the most important national and European case law linked to the EU's commercial areas of law, without need for multilingual and multinational legal skills".
Our Award for outstanding contribution to European Information was presented - though sadly not in person - to Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy.
The Helen Greer Memorial Prize was given to EIA Committee Member and UK EDC CoordinatorMargaret Watson, who is also Academic Services Librarian at the Bodleian Law Library.
There was also a surprise for out-going Chair Jenny Lawson, who received a special 'Above and Beyond' award, for all her hard work over the past eight years.
Our Award for outstanding contribution to European Information was presented - though sadly not in person - to Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy.
The Helen Greer Memorial Prize was given to EIA Committee Member and UK EDC CoordinatorMargaret Watson, who is also Academic Services Librarian at the Bodleian Law Library.
There was also a surprise for out-going Chair Jenny Lawson, who received a special 'Above and Beyond' award, for all her hard work over the past eight years.
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
New material in EurLex
I have written to EUrLex today as follows:
"I have written to you before on this matter but I would again draw your attention to the fact that several documents dated 13th February have appeared in the ComDoc section several days after their date of adoption.
There is no indication that they have only recently been added.
It would be much easier to keep track of new material if you added it under today’s date, irrespective of its date of adoption. At the moment anyone trying to follow all new material has to check back regularly to count up whether there are still the same number of document shown under the dates for at least the last week.
This is surely not your intention.
There may be a reason for filing these documents under their adopted date but I can only repeat that it makes an excellent database more difficult to use. There are several important documents on the freedom of movement now listed under the 13th February and they will be missed by many of your users who are not aware that new material can be listed under previous dates."
They didn't reply last time but maybe if I keep trying...
"I have written to you before on this matter but I would again draw your attention to the fact that several documents dated 13th February have appeared in the ComDoc section several days after their date of adoption.
There is no indication that they have only recently been added.
It would be much easier to keep track of new material if you added it under today’s date, irrespective of its date of adoption. At the moment anyone trying to follow all new material has to check back regularly to count up whether there are still the same number of document shown under the dates for at least the last week.
This is surely not your intention.
There may be a reason for filing these documents under their adopted date but I can only repeat that it makes an excellent database more difficult to use. There are several important documents on the freedom of movement now listed under the 13th February and they will be missed by many of your users who are not aware that new material can be listed under previous dates."
They didn't reply last time but maybe if I keep trying...
Friday, 8 February 2008
President of Europe?
Most of the people signing the anti-Blair petition seem to be from the UK - I wonder why?!
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