Archive for November, 2008

More possible solutions to credit card scams..

.. which might not drive consumers crazy??Credit cards which generate one-time PINS.”The next-generation cards feature a numeric keypad on the back of a plastic card. Customers enter their PIN code to generate a one-time password. This code, displayed …

Eloquence for the end of the week

Andres (Technollama)on media bashing of WoW players and kneejerk legal demands for regulation”While I have low expectations of the British media, it seems to me that there is a deep Luddite vein that is exploited repeatedly whenever games and virtual w…

Security madness

Pangloss has just booked a ticket to Edinburgh on thetrainline.com and had the booking details sent to her mobile. I was sent an authorisation code which lets me pick up the tickets from an automated machine.Not a very difficult process you might think…

Case C-248/07, Trespa v Nova Haven- en Vervoerbedrijf

>> Court clarifies several concepts of Regulation 2454/93 This reference for a preliminary ruling concerned the interpretation of Arts 1a, 291 and 297 of Regulation 2454/93, which implemented Regulation 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code….

Case T‑69/04 Schunk and Schunk v Commission

For the facts of this case see this post. The applicants of the present case requested the Court to annul the decision of the Commission or, in the alternative, reduce the amount of the fine imposed. In support of their action, the applicants claimed, …

Case T‑68/04, SGL Carbon v Commission

>> Court confirms Commission’s decision carbon cartel (I)This case concerned a Commission decision imposing fines a number of companies for infringement of Article 81(1) EC and Article 53(1) EEA by taking part in a series of agreements and concerted…

Case C-141/07, Commission v Germany

>> German Law on Pharmacies infringing Art. 28 but justified on grounds of public healthBy its application the Commission sought a declaration from the Court that, by providing in Paragraph 14(5) and (6) of the German Law on Pharmacies that the conclu…

Case T‑345/05, Mote v European Parliament

>> Court of First Instance reiterates that it will only review review legality of acts of the European Parliament intended to produce legal effects vis-à-vis third partiesIn November 2003, criminal proceedings were brought against Ashley Neil Mote, a…