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Mise à jour : 1 mai 2010 (Rédaction initiale : 8 février 2010 )

Contributions

Mise à jour : 29 avril 2010 (Rédaction initiale : 11 février 2010 )

Analyses Sectorielles

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The implementation of a common repertory of information on Social Security tax payments provides the opportunity to gather real-time information on a vast majority of taxpayers, but is highly criticized for its possible violation of privacy rights.

Mise à jour : 29 avril 2010 (Rédaction initiale : 26 février 2010 )

Analyses Bibliographiques : Symposiums

Mise à jour : 29 avril 2010 (Rédaction initiale : 26 février 2010 )

Analyses Bibliographiques : Littérature Grise

The European Commission, sensing potential anticompetitive behaviour in the pharmaceutical sector, conducted an inquiry into this sector, and adopted its final report on the matter on July 8th 2009. The Commission’s suspicion was that anticompetitive behaviours could be slowing down the entry of generic drugs into national markets, whereas the burden of drug spending on public finances and public health policy make rapid generic entry an important issue. The Commission concluded that delays are due in part to pharmaceutical companies’ behaviour, especially as concerns the use they make of their intellectual property rights. However, on the other hand, one may also sustain that the strategic use of an acquired legal right is no less than legitimate, and that public health policy is a matter for national regulation. Indeed, it is for Member States, rather than European competition law, to determine the level of healthcare coverage that their society is financially willing to bear.

Mise à jour : 29 avril 2010 (Rédaction initiale : 16 février 2010 )

Analyses Bibliographiques : Ouvrages

Research on the EU regime of risk regulation for pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs based on an institutionalist approach to supranational risk regulation.

Mise à jour : 29 avril 2010 (Rédaction initiale : 16 février 2010 )

Analyses Bibliographiques : Ouvrages

Comparison of various models of risk regulation in order to understand how those systems shape the relationship between law and science and how they attempt to overcome the public’s distrust of science-based decision making in the EU.

Mise à jour : 29 avril 2010 (Rédaction initiale : 25 février 2010 )

Analyses Sectorielles

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The Conseil National du Barreau (CNB – The French Bar Association) and the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL—The French - Commission for Data Privacy) form a partnership to educate lawyers on the « loi informatique et libertés » (Data Privacy Act).

Mise à jour : 29 avril 2010 (Rédaction initiale : 11 février 2010 )

Analyses Sectorielles

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A decision of the Social Chamber of the French Cour de Cassation (Court of Cassation) handed down on December 8th, 2009, (n° 08-17.191) reduced the scope of the unique authorisation granted to companies concerning their internal whistle blowing proceedures.