On July 28, 2011, the European Court of Justice rejected an
appeal by an Italian digital terrestrial broadcaster against a
ruling of the European General Court, which had also rejected an
appeal against the European Commission’s condemnation of Italy for
having subsidized the purchase or rental by consumers of equipment
for the reception of digital terrestrial television broadcast
signals, since this was an indirect provision of state aid to the
broadcasters.
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Report (Post): The United States Postal Service announces plans to
end next-day priority mail service and requests legislative
approval for other service cuts |
| Friday 9 December 2011, by Alex Raiffe, Junior
Editor |
On December 5, 2011, the United States Postal Service, an
agency of the federal government, announced that it would close 252
of its mail processing centers by March 2012, thereby ending the
expectation for next-day delivery of intra-zone first-class mail
and increasing all delivery times by one day, as well as seek
legislative approval for a plethora of other service cuts.
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Report (Internet): France’s Internet Piracy Regulator (HADOPI) can
legally issue sanctions in order to ensure interoperability on the
Internet |
| Wednesday 7 December 2011, by Claude Chevalier, Academic
Assistant |
The "Conseil d’Etat" (French Council of State) handed down a
ruling (n°339154) on October 19, 2011 in the French Data Network,
Apple, and iTunes case. In this ruling, it refused to annul the
decree giving the "Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et
la protection des droits sur Internet" (HADOPI — France’s Internet
Piracy Regulator) the power to issue injunctions to force the
accessibility of essential information on the Internet in order to
guarantee interoperability, using either penalties or fines
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Transmission unbundling as ex ante instrument of structural
Regulation of the energy market |
| Monday 5 December 2011, by Tatiana Jovanic, Member of the
Editorial Committee, MA, LLM, PhD, Assistant Professor, University
of Belgrade Faculty of Law |
In order to establish a competitive energy market, the
distribution infrastructure, as a monopolistic segment of energy
networks, should be demonopolized. Instruments of economic
regulation, which are often attributed ex ante character, are put
in place to open the market and enable competitive forces.
Unbundling is specific for it may also represent an ex post measure
of a structural nature, exerted by competition protection
authorities.
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Report (Finance): Twelve German banks downgraded by
Moody’s |
| Wednesday 30 November 2011, by Margot Sève, Junior Editor
and Member of the Editorial Committee |
On 16 November 2011, Moody’s downgraded twelve public-sector
German banks, after regulatory changes in Germany and the EU.
Agency Bank Credit rating Europe European Commission European
regulation Financial discipline Future support Germany Legal
environment Methodology Moody’s Predictability Public sector bank
Regulatory change State aid Taxe payer
In The Journal of Regulation, these keywords are done by the Editor
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