The question regarding the current and future role of private operators in the water sector has been hotly debated by the Member States of the European Union during the last years. The great diversity in opinions and lines of arguments partly stems from the fact that discussions about private...

The notification procedure created by the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. The notification procedure for proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures established by the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade aims to prevent the creation of unnecessary technical...

On 20 October 2004 the Commission adopted the convergence report 2004, which re-assessed the conditions for adopting the euro in Sweden. This re-examination was seized as an opportunity to analyze also the situation in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,...