The President's rationale is this: that environmental regulation is justified because it will prevent many diseases and even death from respiratory failure. However, social programs and Obamacare are the major challenges of his presidency.
Therefore, the discussion is about the relationship between "regulation" and "sector": if the Regulation is related simply to the environment, then the argument of additional financial regulation advanced by firms is relevant.
Indeed, the principle of proportionality being key in regulatory techniques, there is disproportionality between the means and the goal.
But if the charges have to end not only the preservation of the environment but also public health and human lives then more burdens on business are justified.
Thus, depending on whether one attaches one or more goals in a constraint, it justifies more or less charge. Companies have interest in claiming that the regulation serves only one purpose. The state has an interest in claiming that the regulation uses several if it wants additional burden on businesses.
This is the speech that President Barack Obama, whose political maneuvering margins are low, is being built.
The Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (ARCEP - French regulator of Telecommunications and Posts) granted a licence for a new entrant, Free, what was widely challenged. This allocation was made in exchange f a number of commitments of recipient, especially towards the virtual mobile networks operators (MVNO). Indeed, FREE must allow them to use its facilities and its authorisation, the satisfaction of the commitment which has the effect of fostering competition in the mobile phone market. However, some virtual mobile networks operators (MVNO) complained that Free would not respect its commitments in that the offer of host that FREE have made in exchange, of a higher price of retail price, which is contrary to the principle of opening up competition. The regulator opens proceedings against FREE.
A "cookie", so named because its shape recalls the shape of the cake, allows a site to remember the tastes of the user through visits and purchases which he made and decide to reuse this information. A European directive decided to limit these practices, the English legislature has provided the obligation for sites to warn the user that connects that a cookie identifies him and agrees of this acquisition of personal information, the justification for the Act is the protection of personal information that a third party data protection may thus have without the consent of the person concerned.
The Act came into application in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2012. Some companies they say it technically inapplicable, both as relevant information to justify the application of the consent form and what form the consent of the user should take. They are more concerned because the entire device is subjected to penal sanctions.
In the United States, the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), on 1994 allows some services of the State which justify it, in particular the F.B.I, to carry out telephone tapping. But the technology also allows the transmission of voice by other means than the phone, especially via the Internet. However, wiretapping as a threat to individual liberties, only an Act may extend the powers of listening, on the phone on the modes of transmission of voice on the Internet. In this view, the F.B.I. is developing which is intended to become an extension of the Act of 1994.
On June 2nd 2010, the European Union (EU) Commission shared its 2010-2011 time-table and action plan for financial markets. It proposed to improve supervision of Credit Rating Agencies, it launched debate on corporate governance in financial institutions and it published a communication on Financial Services 2010-2011 ("Regulating financial Services for sustainable growth"). Indeed, any of these three aspects answer to the EU’s G20 commitment to create a safer regulatory framework for financial markets –itself participating to economic recovery- and implement such system as to prevent future crisis to go off. As Commission President José Manuel Barroso said on that day: "Today the Commission is launching the final push to complete the EU's financial services reform. This is part of our wider agenda to stabilize, consolidate and restore sustainable growth to the European economy".
FRANCAIS
Article: Lancement de "la dernière impulsion pour compléter la réforme des services financiers": La Commission suit-elle le bon chemin?
Le 2 Juin 2010, la Commission Européenne (CE) a rendu public son agenda 2010-2011 ainsi que son plan d'action pour les marchés financiers. A cette occasion, elle a proposé d'améliorer la surveillance des agences de notation, a lancé un débat sur le gouvernement d'entreprise dans les établissements financiers, et a publié une communication sur les services financiers 2010-2011, intitulée "La réglementation des services financiers au service d'une croissance durable". Ces trois aspects en effet répondent aux engagements du G20 de créer un cadre régulatoire plus sûr pour les marchés financiers, pour permettre la reprise économique, et, dans l'éventualité d'une crise future, pour éviter que cette dernière ne dérape. Comme l'a précisé le Président de la Commission Européenne José Manuel Barroso ce jour-là: "aujourd'hui la Commission lance la dernière impulsion pour compléter la réforme des services financiers en Europe. Ceci fait partie d'un agenda plus global pour stabiliser, consolider et restaurer une croissance durable pour l'économie européenne."
GERMAN
Artikel: Lancierung "des letzten Schrittes zur Vervollständigung der EU-Finanzdienstleistungensreform": ist die Kommission auf dem richtigen Weg?
Am 2. Juni 2010 hat die Europäische Kommission ihre Agenda 2010-2011 veröffentlicht, sowie ihre Vorschläge zu den Änderungen der EU-Vorschriften zu Ratingagenturen vorgelegt und eine öffentliche Konsultation zur Reform der Corporate Governance in Finanzinstituten eingeleitet. Die Kommission hat auch eine allgemeinere Mitteilung 2010-2011 über den Finanzdienstleistungssektor verabschiedet („Regulierung der Finanzdienstleistungen für nachhaltiges Wachstum“). So was entspricht der Verpflichtung der Kommission beim G20-Gipfel, ein sicherer und stabiler Finanzsystem sicherzustellen. Kommissionspräsident José Manuel Barroso erklärte aus diesem Anlass: "Die Kommission lanciert heute den letzten Schritt zur Vervollständigung der EU-Finanzdienstleistungensreform. Dies ist Teil eines breitangelegten Programms zur Wiederherstellung von nachhaltigem Wachstum, sowie der Stabilisierung und Konsolidierung der europäischen Wirtschaft“
ITALIAN
Articolo: Verso la “spinta finale per completare la riforma dell’Unione europea dei servizi finanziari”: la Commissione è sulla strada giusta?
Il 2 giugno 2010, la Commissione del’Unione Europea (UE) ha svelato il suo calendario ed il suo piano d’azione per il 2010-2011 in materia di mercati finanziari. La Commissione ha proposto di migliorare la supervisione delle Agenzie per la valutazione dei crediti, ha aperto il dibattito sulla corporate governance nelle istituzioni finanziarie ed ha pubblicato un comunicato sui servizi finanziari 2010-2011 (“Regolamentare i servizi finanziari per uno sviluppo sostenibile”). Tuttavia, nessuno di questi tre aspetti corrisponde all’impegno, preso dall’UE durante il G20, di creare un quadro di riferimento più sicuro per i mercati finanziari – partecipando alla ripresa economica – e di attuare un sistema tale da evitare una crisi futura. Lo stesso giorno, il Presidente della Commissione José Manuel Barroso ha affermato: “Oggi la Commissione sta dando la spinta finale per completare la riforma dei servizi finanziari. Questo fa parte della nostra ampia agenda, al fine di stabilizzare, consolidare e riavviare una crescita sostenibile dell’economia europea”.
CHINESE
欧盟委员会“推动完成欧盟金融服务业改革”是在正确的道路上提出的吗?
The European Union (EU) Commission（欧盟委员会）于2010年6月2日公布了其关于金融市场2010-2011年的时间表和行动计划。欧委会建议完善针对Credit Rating Agencies（信用评级机构）的监管，它发起了有关金融机构公司治理的讨论并且公布了金融服务行业2010-2011年度通讯("Regulating financial Services for sustainable growth")。事实上，这三方面中的任何一项都是欧盟针对二十国集团为金融市场建立一个安全可靠的监管体系所作承诺的回复-自身参与经济重建以及建立应对经济再度衰落的预防体系。正如委员会主席José Manuel Barroso（若泽·曼努埃尔·巴罗佐）在同一天所讲：执委会今天正在推动完成欧盟金融服务业改革，这是我们关于欧洲经济稳定、巩固以及恢复其可持续增长更广泛议程的一部分。
SPANISH
El lanzamiento del “empuje final para completar la reforma de servicios de la Unión Europea”: ¿ira por buen camino la Comisión?
El 2 de junio del 2010 la Comisión de la Unión Europea compartió con el público su calendario y plan de acción para los mercados financieros en el periodo 2010-2011. Ha propuesto mejorar la supervisión de las agencias de notación, ha lanzado un debate sobre la gerencia corporativa en las instituciones financieras y ha publicado una comunicación sobre los servicios financieros del 2010-2011 (“La reglamentación de los servicios financieros al servicio de un crecimiento durable”). Cada uno de estos tres aspectos responde al compromiso de la UE G20 de crear un marco regulatorio más seguro para los mercados financieros – contribuyendo en sí mismo al relance de la economía – y de implementar un tal sistema para prevenir crisis similares en el futuro. En las palabras del Presidente de la Comisión José Manuel Barroso: “Hoy la Comisión lanza el empuje final para completar la reforma de los servicios financieros de la UE. Esto forma parte de nuestra agenda para estabilizar, consolidar y restaurar el crecimiento durable de la economía europea.”
The French regulator of telecommunications (The French regulatory authority of telecommunications and Posts - ARCEP) has developed a draft report to the Parliament and the French Government on the issue of Internet neutrality. By providing it to everyone on its site on May 16, 2012, the regulator opens a public consultation, which will be closed on June 22, 2012. The regulator said that the Internet is a "collective good of general interest" and that the increase in its use requires very significant investments. It is in this context that the question of the neutrality of the Internet must be discussed.
The real economy is entirely financiarized, it is the same for the oil economy. This is why the G20 has asked to the "Organisation internationale des commissions de valeurs" - OICV (International Organization of Securities Commissions) to reflect back on how oil markets could be regulated, what they are currently not, because the market remains an over-the-counter market. Financial regulators, in a report published on June 12, 2012, suggest that at least the information be controlled, fluctuations in the price of a barrel are reviewed and the functions of "the information agencies," should be inspected, but also the role of traders that communicate them information. Regulation, so shy it is, starts with information. On the matter of oil, transparency is not expected and geopolitics often excludes it.
Economic regulation systems only work if regulators are independent, which implies in a minimal way that they are not corrupt. Few countries meet this basic requirement. Côte d'Ivoire has a telecommunications Agency, which is a State Corporation. By order of March 21, 2012, the Government creates the telecommunications regulatory authority. On May 4, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Agency of telecommunications convened to an extraordinary session and put an end to the mandate of its Director General, because of "serious shortcomings observed in the performance of his duties". He was immediately replaced by a telecommunication engineer, previously technical adviser to the Ministry. He was assigned the mission of preparing the transition of the system to an effectively independent, autonomous and impartial regulator.
A simple question: be regulator, is it a profession?
As soon as one asks the question, it should be down. Indeed, the time has passed when the regulator was a natural person. Today, in most cases, the regulator takes the form of a Regulatory Authority, that is to say an entity with or without legal personality, incorporated in the State or professional.
Individuals appear as a member of the Authority, even if it is true that the President of the Regulatory Authority often has a very importan role!footnote-17.
The choice of Commissioners is crucial to the independence and effectiveness of the regulatory authority. It is appropriate that the person has "authority" over the area, must be respected and participates effectively in the collective action of the College.
Let us try to recall the two sets of criteria to determine how one thinks the "good regulator" before taking such case the appointment of Mr. Yann Padova as a new member of the College of the Commission de Régulation de l'Énergie (French Energy Regulatory Commission).
The U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, dismissed a class action suit brought against drug manufacturer, Schering Plough, alleging that payments it made to two generic drug manufacturers in order to delay the introduction of generic forms of one of its products, violated antitrust law.
