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Court clarifies rights of employees on offshore platforms
By Sophie Mosca | Tuesday 17 January 2012

National legislation based on the residence criterion to determine whether a person working on an offshore gas-drilling platform is eligible for a mandatory social security scheme is incompatible with EU law. Thus ruled the EU Court of Justice, on 17...


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Information society : Peter Olson/DIGITALEUROPE - 16/05/2012 

Competition : Merger in gas sector approved - 16/05/2012

Competition : Energy - Refineries call for revision of climate package - 16/05/2012

Competition : Sugar merger okayed - 16/05/2012

Financial services : Banking - Green light for state aid for Hellenic Postbank - 16/05/2012

Financial services : Banking - CRD IV: Flexibility introduced by Council considered detrimental - 16/05/2012

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Information society : Research - New project seeks to halve energy consumption of 4G networks - 16/05/2012

Financial services : Banking merger approved - 15/05/2012

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Justice & home affairs : EU/US - Continued push in Congress to expand Visa Waiver Programme - 16/05/2012

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Energy : Merger in gas sector approved - 16/05/2012

Regional : Structural Funds - Commission publishes partnership guidelines - 16/05/2012

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Environment : Climate change - Crisis or not, EU says will keep financial commitments - 16/05/2012

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Social policy and employment : Cohesion: NGOs mobilise to defend thresholds - 16/05/2012

Health : Foodstuffs - New EU list of health claims - 16/05/2012

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European Commission : Commission discharge 2010 - Exec granted “more time” despite increase in error rate - 10/05/2012

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External relations : EU/Ukraine - EP to send expert to Kyiv to review Tymoshenko trial - 16/05/2012

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External relations : EU-Turkey transport cooperation - 16/05/2012

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Development policy : Foreign Affairs Council - Member states back targeted development aid - 15/05/2012

Development policy : Call for renewal of EU-Mauritania fisheries protocol - 15/05/2012
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