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Member State discretion in civil service pay reform and EU non-discrimination law: the judgment of the Court of Justice in Specht and others

2014. June 25. 11:59

The judgment of the EU Court (Joined Cases C-501/12 to C-506/12, C-540/12 and C-541/12) was delivered in a case which dealt with the 2009 reform of the remuneration of federal civil servants and the 2011 reform of the remuneration of the civil servants of Berlin.

Defending the EU Trade Interests – New Trade Enforcement Regulation Adopted

2014. June 19. 9:49

Balazs Horvathy

The Council has adopted the regulation concerning the exercise of the Union’s rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules in May 2014. The regulation will introduce a new horizontal framework to enhance the EU’s ability to enforce its interests in the international trading system and to take measures against third countries that violate obligations stemming from international multi- and bilateral trade agreements.