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Critics Express Doubts over EU Roaming-Charge Measure
November 04, 2015
The BBC reports that, responding to the European Parliament's adoption of legislation that will, beginning in 2017, eliminate roaming charges for using mobile phones abroad in the EU, critics have expressed concern that phone companies will push along the applicable costs to the consumers in the form of higher general rates.
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Committee Calls for Common EU Corporate Tax Base
November 03, 2015
Recent recommendations from the European Parliament's Special Committee on Tax Rulings call for legislation requiring companies operating in Europe to supply country-by-country reports on their financial data and establishing a compulsory, consolidated EU corporate tax base that would prevent businesses from avoiding taxes in countries in which they operate.
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EU Takes Countries to Court over Bank Legislation
November 03, 2015
The European Commission has referred six EU member countries to the Court of Justice of the EU for not transposing a directive on Bank Recovery and Resolution, which in part requires banks to take measures to protect themselves in the case of insolvency, into national legislation.
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FRA Calls for Rights-Compliant EU Fingerprinting
October 30, 2015
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") has published a checklist for officials in the EU to use when taking the fingerprints of asylum seekers, as mandated by EU rules, in order to respect fundamental rights, including by avoiding "physical or psychological force" in taking the fingerprints.
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Court Strikes Blow to EU Sanctions in Ukraine
October 30, 2015
POLITICO reports that the General Court of the EU has struck down EU-imposed sanctions on a former Ukrainian official for lack of evidence of wrongdoing, placing in doubt the broader, fledgling EU effort to penalize officials from the previous Ukrainian regime.
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