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2010

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Third Party Access And Refusal To Deal In European Energy Networks: How Sector Regulation And Competition Law Meet Each Other, Michael Diathesopoulos Dec 2010

Third Party Access And Refusal To Deal In European Energy Networks: How Sector Regulation And Competition Law Meet Each Other, Michael Diathesopoulos

Michael Diathesopoulos

In this paper, we will analyse the issue of concurrence between competition and sector rules and the relation between parallel concepts within the two different legal frameworks. We will firstly examine Third Party Access in relation to essential facilities doctrine and refusal of access and we will identify the common points and objectives of these concepts and the extent to which they provide a context to each other’s implementation. Second, we will focus on how Commission uses sector regulation and objectives as a context within the process of implementation of competition law in the energy sector and third, we will …

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Compliance Requirements For Chinese Automobile Market Players, Tao Liang Oct 2010

Compliance Requirements For Chinese Automobile Market Players, Tao Liang

Tao LIANG

Since November 2009, China has passed the United States to become the biggest automobile market in the world. At the same time, China has also surpassed Japan as the largest automobile manufacturer around the world with an annual manufacture capacity of 13.759 million automobiles. In consideration of the importance of the Chinese automobile market, several international automobile giants, including Volkswagen, Toyota, GM, Chrysler, Ford and so on, are injecting more and more capitals, technology and other kind of resources into Chinese market in order to seize a bigger market share within China to leverage their business performance on a global …

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Foreign Investment Catalogues And Investment Environment In China, Tao Liang Oct 2010

Foreign Investment Catalogues And Investment Environment In China, Tao Liang

Tao LIANG

On 23 December 2008, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) of People’s Republic of China jointly issued Catalogue of Foreign Investment Advantageous Industries in Central and Western China (“Central and Western Catalogue”), which became effective on 1 January 2009. This marks the second revision to the Central and Western Catalogue since its first promulgation in 2000 (the previous revision occurred in 2004). The Central and Western Catalogue was issued to supplement the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (“Guidance Catalogue”) which was jointly revised by NDRC and MOFCOM on 31 October 2007 and became effective …

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China's Approval Regime On Outbound Investment, Tao Liang May 2010

China's Approval Regime On Outbound Investment, Tao Liang

Tao LIANG

On February 26, 2010, the Ministry of Commerce of China (“MOFCOM”) issued the Guiding Opinions on 2010 Outbound Investment and Cooperation indicating that non-financial outbound direct investment amount increased by 6.5% from $40.7 billion in 2008 to $43.3 billion in 2009. Against the background of the severe international financial crisis and economic downturn in 2009, such growth of outbound investment is remarkable around the world. On March 28, 2010, after a drawn-out negotiation, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd (“Geely Group”) executed a definitive agreement with Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) in the presence of Li Yizhong, Minister of the Ministry …

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Setting Aside An Arbitration Award, Fernando Leila Dec 2009

Setting Aside An Arbitration Award, Fernando Leila

Fernando Leila

I - Facts Most arbitration rules stipulate that the arbitral awards that result from arbitration under those agreements or rules are ‘final.’ Yet there is almost always the possibility for a party to challenge the award, whether or not the parties have agreed. According to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”), a successful challenge will usually result in the award being ‘set aside,’ ‘vacated,’ or’ annulled,’ and therefore ceasing to exist, at least within the jurisdiction of the court setting it aside. To set aside an award means to 'declare the award to be disregarded in whole …

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The Missing Link Of Democracy, Fernando Leila Dec 2009

The Missing Link Of Democracy, Fernando Leila

Fernando Leila

The Missing Link of Democracy: The Federal Reserve Submission to the Democratic Government

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, (i.e., the "business cycle") the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

Thomas Jefferson

Abstract

This paper examines the shortcomings of the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) as an institution, its power and policy under a democratic system of government, and the consequences thereof.

America is in …

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