Translation of "Derzeitige rechtslage" in English

The current legislative situation concerning buses towing trailers is unclear.

The use of banking income would appear more conclusive and logical than the current legal situation.

In Germany the present legal situation could be summarized as follows:

I ask for a report to be brought forward to show the state of law in each member country and the state of legal practice.

The main argument of the Commission is that the current legal situation would block electronic purchases on a cross-border basis.

I understand that some Members may disagree with this but, nevertheless, the treaties make this absolutely clear, and the judgment by the Luxembourg Court is equally clear as the law stands at the moment.

The current legal situation allows action to be taken against such violations, although this depends on the case.

Whereas, moreover, the technical requirements shown in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 391/68 should be adapted to the present state of the law;

The ESC takes the view that the current legislative diversity may result in obstacles to the free movement of goods and services and distort competition in the internal market.

The present legal situation, existing in part as a result of the specific nature of the seafaring profession, gives rise to unequal treatment of the same category of workers by different Member States, according to whether or not they apply the exclusions and optional exclusions allowed by the legislation in force.

The Code of Practice for retailers could be expanded to cover employees within the sector, over and above current legal legislation.

This may be general information about current legislation (Austria) or information about one’s individual pension situation (Finland, Denmark, Portugal).

The current legal situation therefore makes it more difficult to obtain further market access commitments from trading partners since the EU is not in a position to reciprocate, especially on services that have become relevant for the internal market and cross-border trade.

The current competition regime does not provide sufficient level playing field either to the industry or to Member States since internal EU air traffic and international traffic to and from the Community are subject to different enforcement regimes, even though companies and alliances treat them as a single business.

The legislation would add as a possible basis ‘the act of directing and organising the activity of others in the personal interest of the person exercising such control’ [174], which would make quite a profound change to the present legal position, especially as the liability would henceforth be strict: it would not be ‘subject to proof of a fault on the part of the person responsible, but rather to proof of an act that might have rendered the direct author personally liable if he had not acted under the control of others’ [175].

This chapter incorporates the principal provisions of Directive 86/378/EEC as amended by Directive 96/97/EC and furthermore clarifies the implementation of the equal treatment principle in occupational social security schemes without changing the current legal position.

If some of this information is basic and obvious, some of it, on the contrary, goes well beyond current laws and practices.

The current legislative situation of the member states of the Union is presented in the following table based on the information given by the competent authorities duringthe first six month of year 2000.

The Committee also regrets, e.g. with regard to Directive 90/539/EEC, that it is extremely difficult and time-consuming to gain an overview of the current legal situation including the proposed modifications as a consequence of earlier corrections.

The Section also regrets, e.g. with regard to Directive 90/539/EEC, that it is extremely difficult and time-consuming to gain an overview of the current legal situation including the proposed modifications as a consequence of earlier corrections.

Current European regulation in the area of merger and acquisitions does not hamper hostile takeover bids, the sole purpose of which is to increase short term share prices, to the detriment of long term added value for shareholders and stakeholders.

A comparative law analysis of the rules of conflict of laws reveals that the present situation does not meet economic operators' need for foreseeability and that the differences are markedly wider than was the case for contracts before the harmonisation achieved by the Rome Convention.

With the reservations mentioned above, the Committee takes the view that the current legislative diversity may result in obstacles to the free movement of goods and services and undermine the proper working of the internal market.

As regards additives, the companies remark that the existing legislative situations (i.e. of 15 different sets of national rules) is adequate, and that effective controls are in place.

It is true that the free movement of workers between Turkey and the EU has not at all been achieved, and that it is therefore not possible to describe the current legal situation as an extension of the internal market with respect to free movement of persons (as is the case for the EEA and Switzerland).