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… in Law Our pensionland is in a state of flux; especially when it comes to the regulation of cross-border pensions. On 17 January, the Lower House debated the Future Pensions Act (WTP). It is surprising that in the more than 100 hours of parliamentary debates and many hundreds of pages of parliamentary discussion, hardly any attention was paid to the cross-border aspects of our future pension or the impact on European pension legislation. This might give the impression that there are no border effects, but nothing could be further from the … immutability for the Netherlands. The Court ruled that two of the Dutch conditions for entitlement to value transfer of the accrued pension were an obstacle to the free movement of workers. The Netherlands cannot appeal these ECJ rulings. State Secretary of Finance Van Rij has indicated he will make the required adjustments to the Pensions Act and tax laws and regulations. If the state secretary delivers on his promise, it will be another small step towards freer movement of workers, where …
… Zoekresultaten 2 maart 2020 door: P. Nicolaides in Law About 100 British officials will arrive in Brussels today to start the mammoth negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and the UK. The two sides are poles apart. The UK wants regulatory detachment from the EU while the EU insists or regulatory alignment. Effective regulations are binding. … rules on free trade and undistorted competition. In order to have comparable data, the table below shows the statistics for those countries that were Member States in the period from January 1986 to December 2019. Member States are divided in three groups: large Member States, best performing Member States and the rest, respectively. With the exception of Denmark, the UK is the most compliant country, as indicated by the relative lack of cases against it. Germany, France and Italy have the … More blogs on Law Blogs Maastricht Labels: International and European law state aid Miscellaneous P. Nicolaides I am professor of European economic law. At the University of Maastricht, I teach, carry out research and publish on the Economic and Monetary Union and the euro. I also teach at the College of Europe, Bruges, and Luiss University, Rome, on EU state aid policy and at the University of Nicosia on EU competition policy. Together with Lexxion Training I organise seminars for public …
… to news articles and opinions on a daily basis that discuss the way forward and the decisions to be taken. Should the (partial) lockdown of the country continue? Should borders be open or closed? Should the schools open again? Or should we all start to wear face masks? But who is taking these decisions? Looking at the media and the wealth of information, it is easy to get the impression that it is mostly ‘experts’ who are leading the way. We are all looking at the daily news reports of the … virus. Minimise psychological risks. For the preventive measures to be accepted, an intrinsic motivation based on self-protection and solidarity is more important than the threat of sanctions. Help and support services must be made available for risk groups that suffer more from the consequences of the current restrictions, such as ageing citizens and those with chronic disease, children in difficult family situations or people exposed to domestic violence. Restart education. There should be a step-by-step reopening of the educational system, beginning with kindergarten, primary school and so on, respecting the measures of physical distancing and other preventive measures. Reopen public life to return to a …
… Summit in Johannesburg, the South African Government guaranteed all attending AU leaders, including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, immunity. Not too long after al-Bashir’s arrival, however, an NGO, the South African Litigation Centre (SALC), started court proceedings demanding that South Africa would comply with its obligations under the ICC Statute and enforce two warrants for Al-Bashir’s arrest issued by the ICC in 2009 and 2010 concerning the alleged commission of crimes against … Officials at each point of entry and exit to the country were instructed to enforce this interim order. Some turbulent 24 hours followed. While al-Bashir himself attended the opening session of the AU summit, and joined his colleague leaders for a group photograph, 95.000 people signed an on-line petition stating that the South African Government and its President Jacob Zuma should arrest al-Bashir and extradite him to the ICC. The EU, the USA, the UN and of course the ICC itself agreed and … was only meant to pit African leaders against each other in the name of international law. Monday morning, when the hearing before the High Court was (re-)opened, it was reported that al-Bashir had managed to escape South Africa by plane from a military airport near Pretoria. The plane was given permission to take off as the name of the Sudanese President was not on the passenger list. Later in the day, the news was confirmed: al-Bashir’s presidential plane had landed in Khartoum. The events of …
… and Alexander Hoogenboom At the outset of this blog there is reason to underline the value of an effective asylum policy. There is a tendency in some populist media, as well as among some populist politicians, to depict and cast the current humanitarian crisis as largely an abuse of the ‘asylum route’ for regular economic migration, [1] or as a ‘Muslim invasion of Europe’, [2] or even directly as a security threat as ISIS fighters are ‘shaving beards to sneak into the EU as migrants’. [3] … 368, available at: http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/368 . [2] See the words of Dutch politican Geert Wilders, available verbatim at: http://www.pvv.nl/index.php/36-fj-related/geert-wilders/8599-inbreng-geert-wilders-bij-asieldebat.html [3] L. Brown, ‘ISIS fighters shaving beards to sneak into the EU as migrants: Group also said to be making £60,000 a boat by taxing people smugglers’, Daily Mail of 17 May 2015, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3085694/IS-fighters-shave-beards-sneak-EU-migrants-Group-said-making-60-000-boat-taxing-people-smugglers.html …
… Zoekresultaten 5 september 2023 door: A. Parise in Law Law students have to be global citizens and curious. Students have to be open-minded and eager to engage with otherness, going places. They have to start by visiting the library – it is free and takes readers to many places. Global citizens can benefit significantly from embarking in a study tour, or in Latin , a Peregrinatio Academica . During centuries, students have engaged in study tours, such … where he was Lecturer in Legal History during 2001-2005. He received his degree of LL.M. … Law students have to be global citizens and curious. Students have to be open-minded and eager to engage with otherness, going places. They have to start by visiting the library – it is free and takes readers to many places. Global citizens can benefit significantly from embarking in a study tour, or in Latin , a Peregrinatio Academica . … A Short Reflection on the Value of a Peregrinatio Academica …
… Zoekresultaten 4 juni 2018 Van Vliet emphasises: looted art is legally very complex. “The cases are terribly complicated. To begin with, how do you find out what happened back then? It starts for example with research into the heirs: you have to ensure that you have access to all the wills and division of joint property (in the case of divorce) to prove that the plaintiff is the actual heir. You take something from me without my … restoration of rights worked and how it was implemented by the restoration court from 1944. Van Vliet emphasises: looted art is legally very complex. “The cases are terribly complicated. To begin with, how do you find out what happened back then? It starts for example with research into the heirs: you have to ensure that you have access to all the wills and division of joint property (in the case of divorce) to prove that the plaintiff is the actual heir. You have to reconstruct everything step by … a tough nut to crack, most plaintiffs come away empty-handed in Europe because of the period of limitation. That is why most looted art procedures take place in the United States. “According to present-day Dutch law, the period is twenty years, starting on the day of the theft.” There is a lot to be said in favour of a period of limitation, Van Vliet reckons. “There has to be an end at some time or other. It is important to obtain legal certainty when things have dragged on for so long. On the …
… Zoekresultaten 7 september 2020 door: M. Stremler in Law (1798-1872). Dutch liberal statesman. Drafted the 1848 revision of the Dutch Constitution that established the parliamentary system. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke was born in 1798 in Zwolle to a poor family of German origin. He studied humanities in Leiden, after which he became a private lecturer in Germany. In 1825, he was appointed extraordinary professor of political … Ghent. After leaving that post in 1830 because of the Belgian Revolution, he became professor of diplomacy and modern history at the Faculty of Law of Leiden University. In 1839, his Note on the Constitution was published, an article-by-article commentary on the Dutch Constitution as it had been introduced in 1815. A few years earlier, Thorbecke had already started giving lectures on the Constitution, interpreting it historically and comparing it with other constitutions. Until then, constitutional discussions used to be strongly based on natural law. By concentrating on the text of the Constitution, …
… Zoekresultaten 27 november 2018 door: A. Parise in Law Dowsing is the ability to detect the source of things. Dowsing for a source of legal ideas must start at an early stage in academic life, when students write their first legal papers. This ability is mastered if students and tutors interact in the process of developing academic legal research skills. Teamwork is indeed an enriching and fundamental … doctor en derecho ) at Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), where he was Lecturer in Legal History during 2001-2005. He received his degree of LL.M. … Dowsing is the ability to detect the source of things. Dowsing for a source of legal ideas must start at an early stage in academic life, when students write their first legal papers. This ability is mastered if students and tutors interact in the process of developing academic legal research skills. Teamwork is indeed an enriching and fundamental …
… simply divvy it up or find a special use for it? The Executive Board and the deans did not have to think long when the question arose recently. Setting it off was a message from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science “that in the supplementary budget 2014 a substantial adjustment in the resource allocation 2014 and subsequent years is to be expected based on the number of students”. In short: there are more students in higher education than were previously estimated and thus higher education institutions will receive more money. In UM’s case around 4 million euros for 2014. Relief for the staff It was never a question whether extra funds were to be transferred to the faculties. Signals of increasing work stress on the staff, in time affecting the quality of our education, are being taken seriously by the UM leadership. But it hasn’t always been possible to act on them. If the means exist to provide relief for the staff while strengthening the quality of education, then they must be used! The Executive Board and deans have therefore agreed that the faculties will use the extra funds specifically on extra personnel and investments in education. Growth Investing is currently a hot topic within UM management circles. Thanks to our achievements in the past and due to our partners’ willingness to …