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• Smoke-free Switzerland: as other European countries act to protect the public against tobacco smoke in restaurants and bars, Swiss parliament is pondering its options. And a cantonal crackdown, as well as surveys of the public and politicians on federal health committees, suggest it could happen--as soon as this year.

It's an axiom of Swiss politics that change occurs here only when grass-roots pressure demands it. Members of the healthcare committees in both parlia...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2006, Janvier 2006

• Biofuels and Wto Disciplines

Given the sharp rise in crude oil prices and growing awareness of climate change, the potential of biofuels, particularly of bioethanol, has become an ubiquitous topic of public debate and has induced ambitious policy initiatives. The latter are mostly paired with protectionist measures as the examples of the European Union and the United States show, where domestic producers of energy crops are put at an advantage thanks to subsidisation, direct payments and/or favourable tax schemes. Moreover, the EU is working out a mandatory certification scheme for ethanol imports, imposing social and environmental standards which constitute another hurdle for more efficiently produced ethanol originating in the Southern hemisphere. A similar path is taken by Switzerland's revised mineral oil tax l...

...While the European Parliament has only stated in its resolution that the mandato...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 1, Mars 2008

• Brussels sends its man to Bern ... finally: the European Commission has opened the doors of its delegation in the federal capital, Bern, and appointed its very first ambassador to Switzerland, Michael Reiterer. Swiss News went to meet him in his new offices located opposite the national corridors of power, the federal parliament building.

We're not even half way through 2007 and it is already proving to be a momentous period in relations between the European Union and Switzerland. The...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2007, Avril 2007

• Public Takeovers in Switzerland - Review 2008 (Part 2)

... implementing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemption...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Switzerland Law Articles in English

• A love-hate relationship: Switzerland's relationship with the European Union (EU) could be described as mutually beneficial at best, but downright difficult at worst. Both accept the necessity of one another, but once in a while tensions bubble to the surface. We provide a closer look at some of the dynamics.

... the Federal Council and the national parliament are regarded with lots of scepticism in Schwyz. . ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

• Botschaft über die Beteiligung der Schweiz an den Programmen der EU in den Bereichen Forschung, technologische Entwicklung und Demonstration in den Jahren 2007-2013

... für die Grundlagenforschung (European Research Council, ERC), der in der Spitzenforschun... hat: Draft Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the seventh framewor...

• Bundesblatt num. 40, 10 octobre 2006
• Seccion Unica

• Homes of the 'future'--move in today.

... targets set by the Kyoto Protocol, the European parliament voted in support of new legislation req...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

• Messaggio concernente l'approvazione e l'attuazione dell'accordo tra la Confederazione Svizzera e la Comunità europea sulle agevolazioni doganali e sulla sicurezza doganale

... pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate prot...

• Foglio Federale num. 52, 30 décembre 2009
• Seccion Unica

• Building Bridges, Building Business

By fostering economic competitiveness, the Arab International Womens Forum (AIWF) supports sustainable human development and the empowerment of women. Founded in 2001 to serve as a voice for Arab women the organization showcases their development promotes cross-cultural diversity and creates greater public awareness of women's success and prospects. By building bridges of understanding and business opportunities between governments, corporations and civil society, the AIWF helps to enhance the leadership capacity of Arab women in all aspects of society. AIWF has collaborated with leading universities in the Arab world, Europe and the US to promote the education of women as an economic imperative. AIWF believes that Arab women can prove to be real engines of change and development, that ...

... as the League of Arab States, the European Commission and European Parliament, the United Nat...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 3-4/2008, Juillet 2008

• Message concernant l'approbation et la mise en uvre de l'accord entre la Confédération suisse et la Communauté européenne sur la facilitation et la sécurité douanières

... pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate prot...

• Feuille Fédérale num. 52, 30 décembre 2009
• Seccion Unica