The management systems community
15th Jan 2008
The fundamental ethos and creativity of cancer research is threatened by too much management and excessive regulation, says a Keynote Comment in The Lancet Oncology, January 2008 issue. The Comment also adds that there is a serious lack of regulation harmonization between countries, a recent blog reports.
8th Jan 2008
Regulations controlling the manufacturing, marketing and usage of medical devices in the EU are forcing manufacturers to incorporate language translation. Read the full blog by Shy Avni, posted 8th january 2008.
26th Dec 2007
The European Commission last week adopted new legislation on industrial emissions to strengthen the provisions already in force and reduce industrial emissions throughout the European Union.
12th Dec 2007
The Environment Agency expects existing Large Combustion Plants (LCPs) (that is, those first permitted before 1 July 1987) to comply with the requirements of the Large Combustion Plants Directive (LCPD) from 1 January 2008
6th Dec 2007
The European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, is proposing a directive to streamline European trade regulations for military systems and equipment, and to improve openness of defense and security markets among members of the European Union, an article reports.
3rd Dec 2007
European Commissioner Spidla committed the European Commission to a revision of the EWC Directive in a letter to ETUC. The Commission has come under intense pressure of BusinessEurope not to do so.
3rd Dec 2007
The Asylum Procedures Directive (Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005, on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status) is one of the four building blocks of the first stage of the Common European Asylum System.
26th Nov 2007
Regardless of the political attitude: setting a limit on working hours is an essential employees’ right. In 1993 the European Union introduced the “Working Time Directive” – designed to protect the health and safety of workers.
26th Nov 2007
Reducing the risks and adverse consequences of floods in the European Union is the aim of the new directive on flood risk management came into force in November 2007.
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