Translation of "Nationale regelung" in English

There are even two countries which, like Belgium, have no national regulations.

National evaluations of tobacco advertising and sponsorship regulation reach a similar conclusion.

That argument cannot justify the Italian legislation at issue.

On the one hand, the national legislation referred only to practitioners established in Luxembourg.

Adoption of a model for national regulations was not supported

The Italian authorities claim that the national rules in question can be justified on the basis of environmental considerations.

As a preliminary point, it must be borne in mind that, according to settled case-law, the concept of pay, as defined in Article 119 of the Treaty, does not encompass social security schemes or benefits, in particular retirement pensions, which are directly governed by legislation (Case C262/88 Barber [1990], paragraph 22, Beune, cited above, paragraph 44, and Case C-50/99 Podestà [2000], paragraph 24).

Lastly, the Court ruled that the national legislation in question did not constitute arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade within the Community.

It is in the light of those considerations that national legislation such as that at issue in the main proceedings must be examined.

We cannot only ignore the national norm because until now it is not applied.

The national provision simply repeats the wording of the Directive, and does not elaborate on it.

If a national regulation concerning child labour provides for stricter measures, these shall have precedence.

However, we must remind ourselves that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - a declaration that is often cited and one that is presumably adopted by all - recognises the right of any person to protect themselves against persecution and to enjoy asylum in any country. We must also bear in mind that the Geneva Convention, without restrictive interpretations, must be the frame of reference for all national or Community regulations on the right to asylum and refugee status.

The Commission notes that in another judgment [6] the Court endorsed the Commission’s appraisal that a national tax measure, although formally general, constituted aid because it was more advantageous to certain national industrial sectors.

That article very clearly states that when a Member State introduces national legislation covering the case in question here, that is the loss of the status, the loss of the position of member of the European Parliament, termination of the European parliamentary mandate in that country is subject to national law.

The national system of collection of the co-responsibility levy set up by the former German Democratic Republic must be maintained during the said marketing year.

Even before Directive 96/71/EC was adopted, several Member States had already established their own national legislation concerning the posting of workers in connection with the transnational provision of services.

Consequently, the fact that a national measure does not implement a technical standard which may itself constitute a barrier to the free movement of goods or was adopted in order to protect the environment does not mean that the measure cannot be a technical regulation.

In order for a national scheme providing for a difference in treatment to be compatible with the Treaty freedoms, it must concern situations which are not objectively comparable or it must be justified by an overriding reason in the general interest.

On the basis of the information above, the Commission will carry out a legal assessment of whether the national measure is a proportionate response to a legitimate public interest in protecting consumers and coherent notably with other Community consumer protection measures.

Accordingly the Commission, in its decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure, decided to widen the assessment to include the national scheme.