Traduction de «Revue de droit des affaires internationales » (Français → Anglais) :

annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 19 May 2014 in Case R 1911/2013-4, because it is unlawful and infringes the legal provisions in force concerning the Community trade mark; deliver a judgment in accordance with the claims set out in the application, whether on the basis of the intrinsic distinctiveness of the three-dimensional mark applied for or the distinctiveness acquired by use, upholding the present action and ordering the registration of the application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark No 1 1 7 47 987, for goods in class ...[+++]30 of the International Classification, on the grounds that it is lawful and admissible;

Recognises attempts by the Council and the Commission to organise a second round of the European Union-Uzbekistan dialogue on human rights in May 2008 and commends the Commission on its efforts to organise a civil society seminar on media expression in the margins of the dialogue, possibly in Tashkent; points out once again that the holding of a dialogue on human rights and experts' meetings on the 2005 Andijan massacre do not in themselves constitute progress and cannot be used as a reason for the lifting of sanctions; notes that the absence of an independent international inquiry into the Andijan massacre and the lack of any improvem ...[+++]ent in the human rights situation in Uzbekistan — these being the conditions laid down by the European Union for the lifting of sanctions — have logically led to the sanctions against Uzbekistan being extended; welcomes the fact that the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 15-16 October 2007 have introduced specific conditions which have to be met within a period of six months in order for the visa restriction suspension to be maintained; invites the Council and the Commission to carry out a serious assessment of the impact of the decision to suspend for six months some of the visa restrictions that form part of the European Union sanctions against Uzbekistan, and to review the overall human rights situation in the country; deplores the fact that Uzbekistan has so far failed to deliver any progress in any of these respects; pays tribute to the work done by its Subcommittee on Human Rights in closely monitoring the human rights situation every six months so as to provide the Council with regular parliamentary assessments and recommendations as regards the EU policy to be adopted in this matter; is appalled by the presidential election held on 23 December 2007 in Uzbekistan, which according to the ODIHR was ‘held in a strictly controlled political environment, leaving no room for real opposition, a ...

Born 1957; Law studies (Universities of Bonn and Geneva); Law degree (Washington University); Doctor in Laws (Heidelberg University, 1985; Harvard University,1990); visiting professor at the University of Berkeley (1991); Professor of German and foreign public law, international law and European law at the University of Düsseldorf (1994); deputy judge at the International Conciliation and Arbitration Court of the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); Deputy Chair of the Federal Government's Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU, 1996); Professor of International Law, International Business Law and Eur ...[+++]opean Law in the Law Faculty at the University of St Gallen (1999); Director of the Institute for European and International Business Law at the University of St Gallen (2000); Deputy Director of the Master of Business Law programme at the University of St Gallen (2001); Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2003.

Chapter III reviews various possibilities for strengthening cooperation between national administrations and the Commission, both at Community level and in the context of justice and internal affairs (systematic exchange of information, comparative analysis of national legislation, definition of a common framework for self-regulation, recommendations for cooperation in the areas of justice and internal affairs, common guidelines for international cooperati ...[+++]on).

Witnesses: John Klassen, Director General, General Trade Policy Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Charles Craddock, Director, Eastern Hemisphere Division, Agri-Food Canada; James Stringham, Counsel, Trade Law Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Peter Pauker, Manager, International Liaison and Science Policy, Health Canada, Blair Coomber, Associate Director, Policy and Int ...[+++]ernational Affairs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Michele Brenning, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Eastern Hemisphere Division, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Ray Trottman, Meat and Poultry Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The priority issues to be discussed in human rights dialogues are: the implementation of international human rights instruments; combating the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment, and all forms of discrimination; children’s rights (particularly in armed conflict); women’s rights; freedom of expression; the role of civil society and the protection of human rights defenders; international cooperation in the field of international justice (especially with the International Criminal Court); the promotion of democratisation and good governa ...[+++]nce; and conflict prevention and the rule of law.