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Updated: July 21, 2010 (Initial publication: May 3, 2010)

Grey Litterature

III-2.3: The United States Postal Service published a document on March 2, 2010, detailing the challenges it faces in maintaining a universal postal service in the United States

A report, published by the United States Postal Service (USPS) on March 2, 2010, presents the difficult economic situation facing the USPS (declines in volume of mail and huge budget deficits), and the ambitious economic and political measures that will have to be taken in order to maintain universal postal service in the United States.

Updated: May 3, 2010 (Initial publication: May 3, 2010)

Grey Litterature

III-2.3: The United States Postal Service published a document on March 2, 2010, detailing the challenges it faces in maintaining a universal postal service in the United States

A report, published by the United States Postal Service (USPS) on March 2, 2010, presents the difficult economic situation facing the USPS (declines in volume of mail and huge budget deficits), and the ambitious economic and political measures that will have to be taken in order to maintain universal postal service in the United States.

Oct. 22, 2013

Texts

Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending Regulation (EU) establishing an European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority) as regards the conferral of specific tasks on the European Central Bank pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) of 15 October 2013

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This Regulation is taken in application of the Council Regulation (EU) of the 15th October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relatif to the prudential supervision of credit institutions.

 

 

 

Updated: June 22, 2010 (Initial publication: June 1, 2010)

Symposiums

III-3.6: The « Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des Postes - ARCEP" (the French telecommunications and postal regulator) organized a colloquium on April 13, 2010, on « La neutralité des réseaux » (Network Neutrality).

The Autorité de la régulation des communications électroniques et des postes - ARCEP (French Telecommunications and Posts Regulator) organized the Colloquium on "la neutralité des réseaux" The Network Neutrality), which took place on April 13, 2010. Each actor uses the generality of the term ‘neutrality’ in an interpretation that best suits his opinions. However, neutrality means that there should be no discrimination between Internet users; however, it does not mean that they have the right to everything for free: because there has to be some sort of traffic and bandwidth management, consumer and copyright protection, it is necessary to strike a balance between these contradictory rights in order to allow the network to develop. Therefore, a regulator is necessary. The future development of the Internet depends upon it. For the moment, nobody knows who these legitimate regulators are, and how they would be able to regulate these competing forces, organize information transparency, and encourage long-term investment, while preserving competition at the same time.

Updated: Sept. 25, 2012 (Initial publication: May 19, 2010)

Sectorial Analysis

II-4.6: The Federal Communications Commission announces new rules for the regulation of broadband Internet service on May 6, 2010

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announces on May 6, 2010 that it will reclassify broadband Internet service as a Telecommunications Service, in order to overcome the ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on April 6, 2010, which found that the FCC’s approach to network neutrality lacked sufficient legal basis.

Updated: April 29, 2010 (Initial publication: Feb. 26, 2010)

Symposiums

III-3.2 : Speech of Joachim Almunia, the new competition commissioner, 9th Global Forum on Competition, OECD, Paris, February 18th 2010. Subsidies could be useful to avoid catastrophes in many sectors; the major difficulty being distorsions between different levels of regulation.

Updated: June 19, 2012 (Initial publication: June 12, 2012)

Breaking news

On 7 June 2012, Michel Barnier, Member of the European Commission, responsible for Internal Market and Services, gave a speech about Financial regulation, fiscal consolidation, governance and growth

On 7 June 2012, in Copenhague, at the Institute of International Finance (IIF) analysed the impact of the new regulatory regime on banks, credit and systemic risk and the new challenges facing Europe. He took act that Zero growth is expected, european unemployemt is at 10%, many firms have difficulties to finance new projects and spending for innovation is down. I said that European leaders need to do more, even if they have already done much. They are obtaining a new fiscal compact, which requires very strict rules on government deficits and agreed on a close coordination of our national economic policies, notably though the "European semester" including a collective right to review the annual budget of each Member State before it is finalised. But to restore the citizens’ trust, Regulation must be developped.

Updated: June 8, 2010 (Initial publication: Feb. 11, 2010)

Sectorial Analysis

II-10.2 : The French Conseil Constitutionnel (Constitutional Council) publishes a December 29th, 2009 decision (n° 2009-599 DC) on the 2010 Finance Act.

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The {Conseil Constitutionnel} (French Constitutional Council) approves the principle of a carbon tax scheme, but obliges the Government to review its scope.

Updated: July 9, 2012 (Initial publication: July 3, 2012)

Breaking news

On 18 June 2012, the French Senate published an information report on the operation, the methodology and the credibility of the rating agencies.

After an assessment critical rating agencies, on their role in the crisis, on the concentrated nature of the market of the notation, the report published on 18 June 2012 by the French Senate proposes a series of action to "detoxify" the system. It indicates with the same voluntarism that there is no fatality, it proposes that central banks resumed their role more firmly, that the States publish a call for tenders to encourage the emergence of a new European private actor to which the methodology will be imposed, we diversified the notes, we disciplined " ex-post" agencies by the game of responsibility, that we loosened the power of the agencies on the democratic entities, including States, that can prevent conflicts of interest.

Updated: Sept. 10, 2012 (Initial publication: May 31, 2012)

Sectorial Analysis

The European Commission approved on May 16, 2012 a merger control through a takeover by three powerful gas companies of an Angolan company, become a joint-venture, in the area of liquefied natural gas in Angola, because the access of the third-party to the system of regasification is preserved.

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