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The committee's recommendation called for updates to the Seveso Directive rules - first introduced in the 1970s after an accident in the Italian town, Seveso.
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The directive also clarifies the rules for people working as a cabin crew staff.
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As part of the agreement, the European Commission will revise its Capital Requirements Directive, which sets out rules on capital and liquidity.
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On 6th June 2012 the European Commission finally published its formal proposal for a directive for EU-wide rules for bank recovery and resolution.
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MEPs debated the new directive which primarily focuses on the rules applying to self-employed workers and to people working in the airline sector, on 17 April 2012.
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Environment tries to ensure everyone follows the rules of the EU Habitats Directive and protects the environment.
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Whilst some Seveso sites already meet these rules under the Industrial Emissions Directive, this means that others will be inspected more often in future.
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Rights of access, rectification and erasure all exist under our current rules, the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive.
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But much of the decline appears to be structural, caused by new rules like the European working-time directive and a greater preference for shorter hours, including part-time jobs.
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Meanwhile, the rules are being tightened in Europe, where the European Parliament has endorsed a copyright directive that, like America's existing Digital Millennium Copyright Act, would give rights-holders more protection and consumers less choice.
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The package, called Capital Requirements Directive 4 (CRD4), brings the EU into line with the so-called "Basel III" rules on banking standards, which set new capital requirements for banks.
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