New EU rules making it easier for companies to recover claims across borders have been adopted today by EU Ministers. The new regulation is expected to be be published in the Official Journal (the EU’s Statute book) in June 2014 and will be directly applicable in the Member States (except in the UK and Denmark which have opted…
European Commission Press release Brussels, 11 June 2013 Antitrust: Commission proposes legislation to facilitate damage claims by victims of antitrust violations The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on how citizens and companies can claim damages when they are victims of infringements of the EU antitrust rules, such as cartels and abuses…
On the 11th of June 2013, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive facilitating claims for damages in national courts by victims of infringements of EU competition law. Violations of infringements of EU competition law include anti-competitive agreements between competitors, such as a price-fixing cartel, and abuses by individual companies of their dominance in…
In the case of of Eweida and Others v. the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights found that the domestic authorities breached a woman’s freedom of religion rights to wear a crucifix – a visible symbol of her faith – in the workplace. In this case, the applicant, an employee of British Airways…
A recent ruling in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has clarified that, irrespective of whether the sickness commenced before or during the period of scheduled annual leave, an employee whose illness coincides with their annual leave is entitled to rearrange their annual leave to a later date. In Asociación Nacional de…
The Parental Leave and Leave on Grounds of Force Majeure Law, Law 47(I)/2012, came into force on the 18.05.2012 and repealed and replaced the previous legislation regarding parental leave and force majeure in Cyrpus. It was enacted for the purposes of harmonising Cyprus law with Council Directive 2010/18/EC on the revised framework agreement on parental…
On 14.12.2010, following a consultation process, the European Commission published a draft revised (recast) Brussels Regulation. The key areas addressed in the Commission’s legislative proposal are as follows: New rules concerning third state (non-EU) matters and defendants The Brussels Regulation provides jurisdiction rules mainly with respect to defendants domiciled in the EU Member States. The Commission proposes to extend…
The European Commission has formally requested Cyprus to amend its legislation on depreciation scales for the calculation of excise duties on second-hand motorcycles because the current rules discriminate against imported motorcycles. Under current Cypriot legislation, owners of second-hand motorcycles have to pay an excise duty depending on the depreciation of these vehicles, i.e. their loss…
Following a three-year investigation by the European Commission, called “purity”, Unilever and Procter & Gamble have been fined a total of 315m euros for fixing washing powder prices in eight European countries between 2002 to 2005. The cartel covered Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands. The investigation followed a tip-off by…
The following press release was issued on the 06.04.2011 by the European Commission. The full text of the press release can be found here. The European Commission has today asked Cyprus to respect EU rules that give nationals from the EU, as well as from Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, the right to buy a second…