Europe Intelligence Wire articles from September 2002

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from September 2002

Mondaq Business Briefing -GouldensUnited Kingdom - Revision of Planning Policy Guidance Note 17: Planning for Open Space Sport and Recreation.
September 2, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) Article by Mr Ian Ginbey Introduction The Government has recently issued a revision to PPG 17 (Planning for Open Space Sport and Recreation). It replaces the previous version of PPG 17 issued in 1991. The...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Farrer & CoUnited Kingdom - English Courts Able To Move Quickly Where Shareholders' Interests Put At Risk By Management.
September 2, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) Tarling -v- Mission Today Limited (Chancery Division, Rimer J 15 May 2002, unreported) Section 371 Companies Act 1985 - Power of Court to order meeting Facts The Claimant, Mr Tarling, was a 60% shareholder in...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Bardehle, Pagenberg, Dost, Altenburg, Geissler, IsenbruckGermany - Interpretation of Patent Claims - Influence of Prior Art and the Knowledge of the Skilled Person for the Scope of Protection.
September 2, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) I. Historic development After the introduction of claims as patent requirement by the Patent Act of 1981, it became the task of the Patent Office to determine the subject matter of the invention and for the courts to...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Farrer & CoUnited Kingdom - A Basic Guide to Inheritance Tax for UK Individuals.
September 2, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) Article by Christopher Belcher and Julia Richards Introduction Inheritance Tax (IHT) was introduced in 1986 and replaced Capital Transfer Tax which had been in force since 1975. For the tax year 2001/2002 Inland...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Lines Overseas ManagementBermuda - LOM Weekly Perspectives - Financial Summary on North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific Regions.
September 3, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) North America Europe Weak second-quarter growth in the Euro-zone is unlikely to be significantly reversed in the third quarter, which means that growth will continue to be below the trend rate. The OECD lead...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerUnited Kingdom - Real Estate Review.
September 3, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) This article was written by lawyers from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Contents Real estate outsourcing in the UK Rights of way Property valuations - secured lending Real estate outsourcing in the...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Studio Legale SuttiItaly - The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992.
September 4, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) In order to clearly explain the effects of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 1 and to make an attempt to consider whether or not the new legislation can be regarded as an exhaustive and satisfactory piece of work we...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Offshore funds - response to IR consultation.
September 4, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) For consultation document see: 1. SUMMARY OF REPRESENTATIONS 1.1 - The review of the offshore funds legislation is welcomed, because the legislation has not kept pace with a variety of developments which have...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Financial Regulation Update - The Proceeds of Crime Act.
September 4, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) In our August 2001 briefing we outlined the important changes to the law of money laundering proposed in the Proceeds of Crime Bill ("Bill"). This Bill received Royal Assent on 24 July 2002 and became the Proceeds of...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Pinsent Curtis BiddleUnited Kingdom - Judicial Review Time Limits.
September 4, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) The nightmare for every property developer is to receive planning permission from the local planning authority only then to have it challenged in the High Court by way of "judicial review". Challenge involves delay,...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Pinsent Curtis BiddleUnited Kingdom - Scanning the Staff.
September 5, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) With a computer on most desk tops the British workforce can now communicate and organise itself more efficiently than ever before. But networked computers also provide new ways for employees to breach the terms of their...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Clarks SolicitorsUnited Kingdom - Problems Ahead for Sub-letting.
September 5, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) Article by Derek Ching As previously reported in our Property Update, a case that may signal the end, in many circumstances, of side deeds, 'Allied Dunbar v Homebase', was then before the Court of Appeal. Side...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Clarks SolicitorsUnited Kingdom - The Role Of IP And JVS In E-Business.
September 5, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) Article by James Thorby and Georgia Shriane The importance of intellectual property (IP) in the e-business and technology based businesses of the Thames Valley cannot be overstated. This article, written by members of...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Clarks SolicitorsUnited Kingdom - Trading in Renewable Energy.
September 5, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) Article by Simon Thorne Government Energy Policy Energy policy is under the spotlight. In June last year the Prime Minister asked the Performance and Innovation Unit of the Cabinet Office (PIU) to undertake a...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Goodwin Procter LLPUnited States - Financial Services Alert.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) SEC Issues Final Form N-SAR, Proposes Fund Shareholder Report, Certification Rules I. Final Rules - Form N-SAR. As mandated by Section 302 of the Sarbanes -Oxley Act, the SEC adopted rules and form changes that will...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Doorstep Selling Super-complaint.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB) has asked the OFT to look at problems experienced by consumers in respect of doorstep sales. Based on a series of reports from more than 350 Citizens Advice...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Employment Practices Data Protection Code.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) Part 2 of the Employment Practices Data Protection Code is now available on the Information Commissioner's website. This part of the Code sets out the Commissioner's recommendations on how to comply with the Data...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Part 2 of the Employment Practices Code - Records Management - Now Available.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) Part 2 of the "Employment Practices Data Protection Code" is now available on the Information Commissioner's website (click here) . The Code is not law, but in assessing whether an employer has complied with the Data...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Settlement of Part-Timer Claims.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) The Employment Tribunal has now published its judgment on the test cases on part-timer access to occupational pension schemes following the House of Lords ruling in Preston & ors v Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS Trust &...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Fixed Term Worker Access To Occupational Pension Schemes.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) After some delay, the Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations will now come into force on 1 October 2002. These Regulations provide that employees who are employed on a fixed term...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - TUPE Applies to Early Retirement Pensions on Dismissal.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) The ECJ recently held in Beckmann v Dynamco that employees' rights to early retirement pensions on dismissal will survive a business transfer to which the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Sex Discrimination and the Lower Earnings Limit.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) The High Court held earlier this year that a deduction of the lower earnings limit from pensionable salary did not amount to indirect sex discrimination, even if employees are excluded from membership. A number of...

Mondaq Business Briefing -K.F. JETSEY& CO.India - Income Tax Issues and Basic Procedures.
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) India today is a vibrant, information technology savvy financially strong country. It is one of the largest industrialized countries, as also has one of the largest skilled manpower in the world. It has a free economy...

Mondaq Business Briefing -Herbert SmithUnited Kingdom - Amendment To The Pension Increase Rule - Did it Apply to GMPs?
September 6, 2002... (From Mondaq.com) In May this year the court considered in Hearn & ors v Younger & ors whether a resolution by the trustees to improve the rate of pension increases under the scheme, with the approval of the company, from 3% to 5%,...

Rusko nears top post.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Martina Pisarova Spectator staff PAVOL Rusko, the parliament's deputy speaker and head of the ruling coalition's New Citizen's Alliance (ANO), has been nominated to replace departing Economy Minister...

Chambers' powers to be slashed.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Beata Balogova Spectator staff Government says chambers hinder business; professional organisations disagree THE GOVERNMENT has plans to dissolve a number of professional organisations, and the...

Controversy sets tone for papal visit.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Beata Balogova and Martina Pisarova Spectator staff Catholic officials suspect nationwide conspiracy against the Church SEVERAL days ahead of the papal visit to Slovakia, Church officials are...

Cabinet to kill campaign spending limit.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Martina Pisarova Spectator staff Effective control for party financing is essential to keep campaigns transparent, NGOs say TRANSPARENCY watchdog organisations have warned of the danger in the...

Making fun of the Roma.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: LukaS Fila Spectator staff Orange admits mistake, removes jokes from the internet ANTI-ROMA humour remains common within the Slovak media and on the Slovak internet, a fact that reflects the general...

Railway blackmailer in police hands.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports in SHORT THE POLICE arrested a blackmailer on August 30 who had demanded Sk10 million ([euro]238,100) from the director general of the national railway network operator, ZSR, under...

Landslide project to save town.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports in SHORT A LANDSLIDE in the northern Slovak village of KvaSov is threatening the security of the inhabitants of three local homes, as well as area roads, and a funeral parlour....

Officials wary of future train safety.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports in SHORT NEARLY 50 percent of Slovak trains are more than 20 years old, and railway officials warn that if new trains are not bought, many cars will soon be unsafe for passengers....

Former spy boss returns to law practice.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports in SHORT VLADIMIR Mitro, former head of the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS), who resigned from his post in March 2002, has returned to his original profession and now works in a...

Public radio plans layoffs.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports in SHORT STATE run Slovak Radio (SRo) will lay off 90 people by the end of this year as part of savings measures adopted by the public broacaster. SRo currently employs 1,120...

Officials to keep diary of meetings.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports News briefs THE NEW law on public administration will obligate high ranking state officials to record each meeting they have into a special diary. The measure's intention is to...

Meeiar fears rising SDKU power.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports News briefs ON AUGUST 26, President Rudolf Schuster met boss of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) Vladimir Meeiar, who claimed that the country is torn by too many...

Schuster trusts NBU Director.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports News briefs PRESIDENT Rudolf Schuster fully trusts director of the National Security Office (NBU) Jan MojziS, who allegedly is included in Prime Minister MikulaS Dzurinda's list of...

Rusko's immunity preserved.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports News briefs PROSECUTOR Ladislav Harman has rejected the investigator's motion to request the parliament to surrender New Citizen's Alliance (ANO) leader Pavol Rusko to criminal...

The message behind Roma humour.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Editorial JOKES can serve not only as a source of entertainment, but can also provide an excellent look into the mentality, opinions, and attitudes of those who tell them - and of those who find them funny. They...

Reader feedback: Think thermal.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Re: Green power blows into Slovakia, By Conrad Toft, August 24 - 31, Vol 9, No 32 Wind energy has been unlocked for decades in Denmark, where. fifty to sixty percent of all windmills are produced. It is a...

Reader feedback: Are communists a dying breed?
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Re: Communists defend 1968 Soviet invasion, News briefs, August 18 - 24, Vol 9, No 31 I would like to know how many new people the Communists (KSS) have added to their party since Slovakia went on their own in...

Reader feedback: Ban English!
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Re: English more of a threat, Reader feedback, August 24 - 31, Vol 9, No 32 This is an interesting point. Why doesn't MS join the fight to ban English from Slovakia, along with other non-Slovak languages? MS...

Reader feedback: Language does not make a nation.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Re: English more of a threat, Reader feedback, August 24 - 31, Vol 9, No 32 There are 22 million people in this world who speak Dutch/Flemish (and 26 million if one would add the derivative 'Afrikaans' - spoken...

Nemcsics: privatisation must go on.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports Business briefs ECONOMY Minister R"bert Nemcsics hopes that his pending departure due to conflicts within his mother party, the New Citizen's Alliance (ANO), does not have any...

Draft budget for 2004 on the table.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: LukaS Fila Spectator staff Government pledges to reduce the state budget deficit ON AUGUST 27, Finance Minister Ivan MikloS presented to the government a draft state budget for next year; in many...

Farmers may lose Sk2.15 billion.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports Business briefs THE AGRICULTURE Ministry estimates damages in the sector, caused by dropping prices of farm commodities and unfavourable weather conditions, to be Sk2.154 billion...

Trade deficit increases.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports Business briefs THE TRADE deficit of the Slovak Republic for August was Sk4.2 billion ([euro]100 million) - the second highest monthly trade gap this year. The monthly growth rate...

ST complains about mobile operators.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports Business briefs DOMINANT fixed-line operator Slovak Telecom (ST) has announced that it has taken legal steps against mobile operators Orange and EuroTel to push them to reduce the...

Cabinet wants STV to run business.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports Business briefs THE CABINET has adopted legislation to enable the public service Slovak Television (STV) to run business. If the parliament passes the draft revision tailored by...

SARIO to throw Sk6.6 million into Iraq.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: From press reports Business briefs THE SLOVAK Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO) will spend Sk6.6 million ([euro]157,000) to get information on and ensure consulting services for the...

Weekly +udove noviny helps Slovak culture to survive in Hungary.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Laszl" Juhasz Special to the Spectator Slovak island on the Budapest Broadway HEARING sophisticated Slovak speech filtering out from an office in the very heart of Budapest would surprise any visitor...

Around Slovakia.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Slovakia Global warming a reality SLOVAK climate experts have said changes that took place in the country over the last century have left visible marks on the central European state and have contributed to...

US WW2 veterans with Slovak roots come close to ancestral land.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Dave Sutor Special to the Spectator Nabalek tries to maintain awareness of the efforts of US veterans who fought against Nazis in Europe A BATTLEFIELD is not the place for a young man to consider the...

Home of Jewish past nearly sacrificed for future.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Eric Smillie Spectator staff Synagogue in PreSov was once considered for sale and transport to USA A FUNCTIONING Orthodox synagogue in the eastern Slovak town of PreSov today houses the oldest Jewish...

Raea winemakers celebrate harvest.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) A VINTAGE wine festival that takes place every September in the Bratislava suburb of Raea will present this year's harvest to wine-loving visitors next weekend. The organisers, who have a hard time recalling...

BarabaS scores again.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) SLOVAK documentary filmmaker Pavol BarabaS received the main prize at the International Festival of Mountain Climbing, in the eastern Czech town of Teplice nad Metuji, for the second time. While a year ago he won...

New festival opens minority issue.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) SLOVAKIA's first festival of films about minorities, the Minority Film Festival, will take place in Bratislava from September 12 to 14. The Mlados Cinema and the Czech Centre, both located in Hviezdoslav Square,...

Banska Bystrica Opera starts new season.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) THE STATE Opera in the central Slovak town of Banska Bystrica opens its 2003/2004 season on September 16 with the popular operetta Blue Rose by Slovak composer Gejza Dusik. The September programme also offers...

Anger management: Dealing with Slovak bureaucracy.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Conrad Toft Spectator staff Slovak Matters EVEN after five years in Slovakia, I have still not managed to fully understand the vagaries of Slovak bureaucracy (byrokracia) and customer service (sluzby...

Japanese culture in Slovakia.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) THE JAPANESE embassy in Bratislava is currently holding the Japan Festival to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Slovakia. From September through...

Monuments get nearer.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Zuzana HabSudova Spectator staff September festival finds attractive ways to bring public closer to heritage values A RECENTLY restored sculpture of Madonna with Child, created by a master sculptor...

Events Countrywide.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) BRATISLAVA EVENT: Japan Festival - Sumo demonstration by the Daito Bunka University and a demonstration of preparing mochi (rice cakes) by guests from the village of Nosegawa. Starts: Sep 13 at 14:00. Admission:...

Now playing.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Movies This week's premieres The Italian Job (Lupez po taliansky) - Action/Thriller by F. Gary Gray. Inspired by the 1969 Michael Caine film of the same name, it depicts a gang of highly professional robbers...

A mistake turns into a pleasant surprise.
September 8, 2002... (From The Slovak Spectator) Byline: Eric Smillie Spectator staff Food Carpe Diem Where: Hlavna 95, PreSovWhen: Mon-Fri 8:00-23:00, Sat 9:00-23:00, Sun 10:00-23:00, Reservations: Yes English menu: Yes Tel: 051/7723-051Rating: 9 out of...

Prestatyn on brink of title-clincher.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) PRESTATYN took a decisive step towards the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition title as they crushed bottom club Cheshire Lines by 133 runs. They now go into the last Saturday of the season with an...

All to play for.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: MIKE McEVOY IN a sensational turn of events, Colwyn Bay are back in the Chelmere Homes Liverpool Competition promotion frame. Looking down-and-out in fifth place going into Saturday's...

Morgan's seventh heaven in crunch.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: PHIL STANLEY WEST INDIAN McNeil Morgan snapped up 7-42 as Bangor pulled off a 38-run victory over Hawarden Park at Ty Newydd to virtually seal a second successive Readers Romida Premier Division...

Newtown closing in on league crown.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: JOHN BRIDGWATER NEWTOWN closed in on the Banks Shropshire League Division One crown after pulling off a tense last ball win over British Sugar. Chasing the visitors's 150-6, the Mid Wales men...

PARTY TIME FOR WALES.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: MARK CURRIE MIDFIELD dynamo Robbie Savage revealed that a half-time dressing down from manager Mark Hughes was the spur for a famous Wales victory in Helsinki on Saturday evening. The European...

Sparky inspiration.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: PAUL WALKER RYAN Giggs reckons that the Mark Hughes' Wales revolution has given the players the belief they can live with the best. Years of gloom since Wales failed narrowly to reach the World...

Shaun gets taste.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: MARK CURRIE WREXHAM defender Shaun Pejic, who won his first Wales under-21 cap in Finland last Friday, took the 2-1 defeat on the chin and said it had made him more determined to gain further...

Bangor show five-star form.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: KEITH EVANS BANGOR CITY have laid on several sparkling shows already this season - and this was another hugely entertaining display. Caersws had arrived at Farrah Road as something of a bogey...

Emergency sub scores goal.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: MIKE McEVOY PRESTATYN TOWN, five players short, had to draft club secretary Mark Goldsmith into service against Penmaenmawr Phoenix - and he ended up scoring the final goal in a 3-0 victory. ...

Halkyn's goal burst decisive.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) HALKYN UNITED'S purple patch of three goals in 10 minutes in the first half was enough to secure the points but Llanfairpwll had them reeling towards the end. A rousing revival yielded two replies and, if...

Town's strikers miss target.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) FRUSTRATED Caernarfon Town drew their third out of four League of Wales tests and this time can blame missed chances. But Llangefni manager Adie Jones' team could have had the points in the bag in the...

Double Mutton.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: JOHN BRIDGWATER Newtown.............1 Connah's QN...........2 TOMMY MUTTON fired a brace as Nomads claimed their second League of Wales win of the campaign despite playing most of the second...

Gary's five-star display.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: Clwyd League by PHIL STANLEY TALYSARN CELTS, holders of the Gwyneth Safe-flue Cup, are safely though the first hurdle in the defence of their trophy. Troubled Tregarth, who had leaked 79 goals...

Marine sink the sorry Seagulls.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: PHIL STANLEY THE SEAGULLS' dismal start to the UniBond League Premier Division season continued as they slumped to their sixth consecutive defeat to remain rock bottom. After an edgy opening...

OSWESTRY WOE.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) OSWESTRY never recovered after conceding two early goals as Port Talbot ruled the roost to maintain their League of Wales challenge. The Bordermen made the worst possible start when they found themselves...

SAINTS DENIED.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) TNS had enough second-half chances to have taken the League of Wales points but lacked the killer touch against their wellmarshalled visitors. After an even first half, the Saints bossed much of the second...

BRICKFIELD RANGERS.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) BRICKFIELD RANGERS maintained their flying start to the Welsh National League premier division with a 7-0 thrashing of struggling Bala Town. Geraint Davies fired a hattrick and John Griffiths a brace while...

Loco keep steaming full ahead.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) LOCOMOTIVE LLANBERIS, surprise early leaders of the Tyn Lon Volvo Alliance, now expect people to take them seriously after their 2-0 win over revived Glantraeth. Dafid Jones scored after 40 and 75 minutes...

Brave Wales in fight to Finnish.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) MANAGER Mark Hughes punched the air in delight at the end of a pulsating 90 minutes in Helsinki on Saturday night that proved conclusively Wales can no longer be regarded as second-class citizens in the world...

Llangefni lose out in opener.
September 9, 2002... (From Daily Post (Liverpool)) Byline: JOHN DAVIES IT WAS a disappointing start to the season for Llangefni as last season's North Wales champions went down to a 20-15 home defeat at the hands of the Division Six (North) championship's...