EU Law - Global Reach Flashcards
Regulation 1236/2009 requirements
No exporting of death penalty drugs
How does WTO sometimes facilitate BE?
Limited ability of EU trading partners to respond with unilateral retaliation
What does the OTC Derivatives Regulation introduce?
Clearing house of derivatives to increase transparency and reduce financial risk
How is the EU weak in terms of power
Military
Capital Requirements Directive 4 triggr
Banker’s bonus
Com(2013)71 Financial Transaction Tax Proposal novel jurisdictional trigger
Issuance principle
Rosen
Data Protection Directive is the ‘biggest threat to freedom of speech on the Internet in the coming decade’
Country-level territorial extension
Account for conduct/circumstances in 3rd
How many consumers in EU?
500,000,000
When is Firm-level territorial extension common?
Financial services
Example of geo-filtering being sufficient
UEJF v Yahoo!
Directive 2008/106 requirements
Minimum level of training for seafarers to match EU standard
Two external constraints on BE
Market, international institutions and other states
California Waste Recycling Act 2003 general
Same bans as under RoHSD AND include any amendments
Financial Transaction Tax Proposal
Com(2013)71
Who identifies the conditions for de facto BE?
Bradford
Example of legal non-divisibility
Honeywell-GE merger
Two examples of technical non-divisibility
GMOs and Data Protection Directive
Who called Data Protection Directive the ‘biggest threat to freedom of speech on the Internet in the coming decade’?
Rosen
Three possible ways of implementing Google Spain v Agencia Espanola
Domain-based, global implementation or geo-filtering
Capital Requirements Directive 4 requirements
Non-EU subsidiaries to EU parent need to comply
What country challenged Capital Requirements Directive 4?
UK
What is transaction level territorial extension?
Concerns a particular batch
Nazi
UEJF v Yahoo!
Three ways EU incentivises compliance by 3rd?
Dilutes intensity of regulatory demands, flexibility in conditions and one-stop-shop access to EU market
Data Protection Directive
Directive 95/46
What country fear ‘false positive’ regulations?
US
What can the brussels effect be contrasted with
California effect
Directive 2008/101/EC TRIGGER
Taking off or landing in EU
UEJF v Yahoo! judgment
Take all necessary measures to prevent French access
OTC Derivatives
Regulation 468/2012
What shows US finally following EU lead in privacy protection?
Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World, Report from White House to Congress
Who explored the distinction between territorial extension and extraterritoriality?
Scott
Name at least two advantages of MDH
Low cost, easily implemented, no need for states to agree on global standards and efficient
What is the issuance principle?
As long as transaction involves EU-issed financial instrument, Directive applies
Name at least two advantages of policy-driven harmonisation
No need for BE conditions, if BE doesn’t create level playing field, internal objective compromised by leniency elsewhere and to ‘lock-in’ EU standards
Who highlighted how regulatory influence works both ways - EU to 3rd and 3rd to EU?
Scott
What is an example of a divisible market?
Labour markets
Why does the EU criticise US territorial extension?
Seems to pursue US-only interests
What do strict regulatory standards show?
Aversion to risk and commitment to social market
SB 509 content
EU data main source feeding into it
When was the injunction imposed in UEJF v Yahoo!?
Once court satisfied technically feasible for Yahoo! to determine origin of page request
Importing Animal Products
Regulation 1099/2009
What percentage of GDP is EU budget?
1%
What is an example of EU giving US producers a forum to challenge competitors?
United Technologies in GE-Honeywell merger
Example of transaction-level territorial extension
EU Aviation Directive - worldwide volume of emissions from single flight
Example of oversight mechanism under Privacy Shield Agreement
US Ombudsman
Three ways REACH extends beyond EU borders
Extend internal processes to 3rd, allow 3rd to use data generated and motivate similar regulations through learning, emulation and competition
Regulation 1099/2009
Importing Animal Products
Directive 2008/106 trigger
Seafarer on EU shop
Four types of non-divisibility
Technical, legal, informational and economic
What Directive enforces international standard?
Seafarer Directive
Example of globe-level TE
EU Aviation Directive on possible future international agreement
Three general examples of territorial extension
Animal pain and suffering, capital punishment drugs and Aviation Directive
Case on Directive 2008/101/EC
Air Transport v SoS for Energy & Climate Change
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive was copied in what Act?
California Waste Recycling Act 2003
Who argued EU’s internal motivation for BE is to ensure a level playing field?
Bradford
REACH obligations and content
Burden of proof on manufacturer, not regulator, and low regulatory threshold (precautionary principles)
Commission Decision 2000/520/EC
Safe harbour privacy principles adequate