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Motivation And Values Of European Commission Staff

April 1, 2009 12:00am PDT

The concept of public service motivation has been central to the discussion of motivation in the field of public management but has never been studied in international organizations. This paper...

Provided by: Catholic University of Leuven

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Opting For Opting In? An Evaluation Of The European Commission's Proposals For Reforming VAT On Financial Services

February 5, 2010 12:00am PST

This paper provides a legal and economic analysis of the European Commission's recent proposals for reforming the application of VAT to financial services, with particular focus on their "Third...

Provided by: University of Warwick

Blog Posts

Microsoft's OOXML becomes an ISO standard

April 2, 2008 4:23am PDT

Microsoft seems to have won its bid to have OOXML declared an official standard alongside ODF. But what has it won? And is it possible that it has truly lost the war? The European Commission is...

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Images: Learning from a school of robofish

April 3, 2009 12:00pm PDT

Carp-shaped robots equipped with chemical sensors will swim a Spanish port detecting pollutants as part of a European Commission research project.

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EU-RSS 1.2 (Mobile)

January 5, 2011 12:00am PST

The EU government releases tonnes of information everyday via RSS feeds. We've collected over 150 of these feeds into one simple easy to use app. View feeds from: The European Central Bank The EU...

Provided by: Michael Wasserman

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EU RSS 1.3 (Mobile)

January 3, 2011 12:00am PST

The EU government releases tonnes of information everyday via RSS feeds. We've collected over 150 of these feeds into one simple easy to use app. View feeds from: The European Central BankThe EU...

Provided by: Michael Wasserman

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EUScope 1 (Mobile)

September 26, 2010 12:00am PDT

European information free of charge, live on iPhone and iPad. ------------------------- Only this type of service EUScope, continually updated by the experts at the Robert Schuman Foundation can...

Provided by: Qualia Systemes

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Innovative Approaches To EU Blending Mechanisms For Development Finance

May 18, 2011 12:00am PDT

The European Union is strongly committed to fulfilling the Aid Effectiveness goals of the Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action, as well as the European Code of Conduct on Division of...

Provided by: Centre for European Policy Studies

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Access Of Experts: Information And EU Decision Making

April 25, 2009 12:00am PDT

This paper examines patterns of participation in the large expert group system under the European Commission. The authors explore competing propositions about the character of the Commission's...

Provided by: University of Oslo

Case Studies

Flexible Services Solution Makes a World of Difference

July 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Originating in 1951, the European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union. Within the Commission, the role of the Directorate General for External Relations (DG RELEX) is to...

Provided by: Fujitsu

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Has The Financial Crisis Shattered Citizens' Trust In National And European Governmental Institutions?

February 1, 2011 12:00am PST

The financial crisis has differently affected trust in national and European governmental institutions. The authors' paper analyzes the determinants of trust in national and European institutions...

Provided by: Centre for European Policy Studies

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Why A Tougher Stability And Growth Pact Is A Bad Idea

January 1, 2011 12:00am PST

The European Commission has just presented its proposals to strengthen the Stability and Growth Pact. This column argues it is a very bad idea as it is based on a wrong diagnosis of the causes of...

Provided by: VoxEU.org

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Bank State Aid In The Financial Crisis: Fragmentation Or Level Playing Field?

October 1, 2010 12:00am PDT

The financial crisis has posed an enormous challenge for the EU's state aid regime. Conceived to ensure a level playing field in the single market, the scheme also had to show that it could be...

Provided by: Centre for European Policy Studies

Case Studies

SIBS Wins New Sources of Revenue Outside Portugal With IBM WebSphere Solution

February 19, 2010 12:00am PST

SIBS needed to develop a set of transformation rules so that it could keep its existing data formats and transform them into the new XML formats that the European Commission required for the...

Provided by: IBM

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EUtreaty 001 (Mobile)

January 28, 2009 12:00am PST

The "EUtreaty" iPhone application allows you to comfortable read and search and access to any article in the latest (February, 2009) amended consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union...

Provided by: Valeriy Petrenko

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Corporate Governance: Is It Time for Global Standards?

February 1, 2008 12:00am PST

Financial markets depend on the integrity of the financial information generated by management. In order for that integrity to be ensured, an effective corporate governance system must be in place...

Provided by: Auburn University

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EU VAT Validator Pro 1.0 (Mobile)

July 20, 2011 12:00am PDT

European VAT Validator Pro allows you to validate any European VAT number and, if supported by the member state, verify the companies name and address. If you are a VAT registered company then you...

Provided by: Paul Chatwin

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EU VAT Validator Pro 1.0 (Mobile)

July 20, 2011 12:00am PDT

European VAT Validator Pro allows you to validate any European VAT number and, if supported by the member state, verify the companies name and address. If you are a VAT registered company then you...

Provided by: Paul Chatwin

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The Role Of EU Institutions In Implementing Its Monetary Policy

June 1, 2011 12:00am PDT

The main goal of the current paper is to illustrate in detail the powers of the EU institutions to implement its monetary policy. The methods used to explore the topic and to draw the conclusions...

Provided by: University of National and World Economy

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JAR-FCL 3 1.0.1 (Mobile)

March 9, 2011 12:00am PST

The JAR-FCL 3 application is your opportunity to always have the answer at hand. It includes a complete copy of the medical requirements for pilots in Europe. It is developed at the direct request...

Provided by: Profil Ett Development