Objective

... In keeping with its intended objective, MiFID has contributed to a more competitive and integrated EU financial market. ...

... Corporate governance & compliance, European company (SE), European private company (SPE), transfer of seat (Trier, 22 March 2010 – 23 March 2010) : The objective of this conference is to meet the requirements of company law specialists to stay informed on the latest developments in legislation, jurisprudence and best practice in this field. Recent developments in legislation and jurisprudence (Trier, 25 March 2010 – 26 March 2010 : The objective of this annual conference is to meet the requirements of lawyers specialised in employment and labour law to keep themselves informed about the latest developments in legislation, jurisprudence and best practice in this field. ...

... Desde mi cátedra martes, 17 de junio de 2008 LA DEMOCRACIA SE VA (SE PUEDE IR) POR EL DESAGÜE... DE LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION No cabe duda que la sociedad española, y probablemente la mayoría de las sociedades del planeta aspiran a vivir en democracia. Pero la palabra democracia se convierte en retórica vacía de contenido si se pasa por alto la cuestión esencial del poder. Cuando el poder reside en unas elites no hay democracia sino oligarquía. Se acepta que en las democracias representativas el poder político debe estar sometido a controles, de ahí la división de poderes y los mecanismos electivos en la designación de los representantes de la ciudadanía. Pero ¿qué pasa con los poderes privados? Si hablamos de democracia tendremos que aceptar que tienen que respetar el equilibrio institucional público diseñado en la Constitución y someterse a la supremacía de los órganos públicos que ejercen su poder cedido por los ciudadanos. Los medios de comunicación, en ...

... LAW OF MEASURES TO COMBAT LATE PAYMENTS: THE CLOSURE OF DEFAULTERS Spanish On July 7 th not only was San Fermin’s day, but also entered into force the Law 15/2010 of Measures to Combat Late Payments in Commercial Operations. This rule amends Act 24/2004 –which had poor results-, and tries to be the start point or “Chupinazo” to stop the increasing number of defaults and delays in the payment of overdue bills that is affecting both the liquidity of small and medium enterprises. Thus, the aim is that we will find more effective to apply this law when collecting bills, than to disguise ourselves as San Fermin’s boys and pursue the defaulter through narrow streets with a red neckerchief and a newspaper in hand. Here are the law’s highlights:  a)       The Law is applicable to payments arising from commercial transactions between businesses, between businesses and government, and also between the main contractor and its suppliers and subcontractors . But this law does ...

... The other side of this immediacy of emotional self-affirmation is to be seen in the transformation of the trans-subjective character of religion into a “personal conviction” that rejects any abstract and objective bindingness, including any metanorms for the coordination of the rules of religion and public norms. ...

... Congestion occurs frequently at many borders within the EU. In 2002 the European Council agreed that all Member States must have interconnection capacity equivalent to at least 10% of their national consumption, an objective which has not yet been achieved. ...