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On the post: European Commission Admits Defeat In Trying To Improve Corporate Sovereignty Chapter In CETA

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2015 @ 04:21am

Re: Where is your due diligence?

The first paragraph of the Politico article reads:

"EU trade chief Cecilia Malmström said Tuesday the bloc’s pending trade pact with Canada could be done by the end of July, but acknowledged the more controversial EU-U.S. agreement will get pushed to next year."

So she is saying that CETA could be done by the end of July this year, but that TAFTA/TTIP will get pushed to 2016. Later on in the article she says:

"On the EU-U.S. trade deal, which is far less advanced, Malmström acknowledged that it would not be finalized this year, but repeated a goal to get it done by the end of the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama."

Again, that makes it clear that it is TTIP that she hopes will be completed in 2016, unlike CETA, which she still evidently believed could be finished by July 2015.

Finally, a paragraph near the end says:

"The Canadian agreement needs to be translated into all 24 official working languages of the EU before the ratification process in the European parliament could start, which would be in spring 2016 if there are no further delays."

So ratification of CETA was to have taken place in spring 2016, if it had been completed in July 2015, as she hoped it would be.

On the post: Alleged Dallas Buyers Club Pirates To Be Asked For Employment, Income And Health Details

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2015 @ 08:20am

Re: correction

Thanks, fixed.

On the post: Monsanto And Syngenta About To Receive Dozens Of Patents On Unpatentable Plants

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 24 May, 2015 @ 02:04am

Re: Epo

There are many Monsanto patents here:

https://register.epo.org/smartSearch?searchMode=smart&query=monsanto

I don't which are the ones in question, I'm afraid.

On the post: Bulgaria's Constitutional Court Rules Bulk Data Retention Unconstitutional; EU Says No New Snooping Directive Coming

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2015 @ 02:13am

Re:

Interesting - do you have a link for that please?

On the post: Germany's Spies Store 11 Billion Pieces Of Phone Metadata A Year — And Pass On 6 Billion To The NSA

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2015 @ 07:34am

Re: Math?

11 billion figure from here:

http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2015-02/bnd-nsa-mass-surveillance/seite-2

I've clarified in the headline - thanks.

On the post: TAFTA/TTIP In Trouble? EU Suggests Settling For Less-Ambitious 'Interim Agreement'

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2014 @ 02:00am

Re: So what does that leave ?

There are a few areas where standard harmonisation/mutual recognition might be relatively easy - car production is the one that they always cite (in fact, more or less the only one they can ever come up with....) Similarly, removing remaining tariff barriers would be straightforward. But it would be a pretty meagre result.

On the post: Denmark Repeals Data Retention Law's Logging Rules, Will Begin Discussions On What Should Replace Them

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2014 @ 02:08am

Re: Misleading

Thanks, I've made changes to reflect those points.

On the post: Latin American Revolution: Chile's New Government Wants To Open Up TPP

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2014 @ 08:08am

Re: I don't think Colombia is currently a TPP member.

Thanks, you're right. Foolishly, I took that information from the article, which is wrong....

On the post: US-EU Relations After Two Important Votes In European Parliament: It's (More) Complicated

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2014 @ 04:58am

Re: European Council != Council of the European Union

I think you're right; ridiculous the names of these three bodies are so similar. Thanks.

On the post: European Court Of Human Rights Fast-tracks Case Against GCHQ; More Organizations Launch Legal Challenges To UK Spying

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2014 @ 03:07am

Re:

Thanks, fixed.

On the post: Another Problem with UK's 'Nudge Censorship': No Clear Accountability

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2013 @ 03:20am

Re: Syntax ?

thanks, fixed.

On the post: VLC Multimedia Player Shows Changing Open Source License Is Hard, But Possible

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2013 @ 05:36am

Re: OpenStreetMap changed its license

Thanks; yes, I remember it.

On the post: Proposed Changes To UK Copyright Law Sensible But Require Gov't Request If You Want To Circumvent DRM

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2012 @ 01:51am

Re:

Thanks for the info. So which countries have more flexible interpretations of the EUCD on TPMs?

On the post: UK Government Censors Copyright Consultation Submission About How Awful Collection Societies Are

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2012 @ 08:35am

Re: you missed out the best part

I didn't want to steal all your thunder...

On the post: James Watson, Co-Discoverer Of DNA's Structure, Says 'Patenting Human Genes Was Lunacy'

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2012 @ 12:40am

Re: James Watson, Co-Discoverer of DNA Structure...

indeed - thanks for pointing it out, fixed

On the post: The Battle For Net Neutrality Flares Up Again: But Which Countries Still Have It?

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2012 @ 06:12am

Re: Wikileaks? WCITLeaks?

Thanks, you're right - I've corrected this.

On the post: Debunking The EU Commission's 'Myths About ACTA'

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2012 @ 12:49pm

Re:

sorry about that - fixed. thanks.

On the post: If Politicians Pushing SOPA/PIPA Want To Create Jobs, They Should Support The Internet — And Stop Treating Copyright Companies As Special

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 10:13am

Re: I'm confused...

Yes, you're right; unfortunately McKinsey don't break down their figures. I've used some other numbers from the IIPA report: see if they make sense now.

On the post: Will Academics' Boycott Of Elsevier Be The Tipping Point For Open Access — Or Another Embarrassing Flop?

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2012 @ 01:07pm

Thanks; I made a slight change to capture that.

On the post: No, Belarus Is Not Cut Off From The Internet, But New Restrictions Are Still Pretty Bad

Glyn Moody ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2012 @ 12:38pm

Re: More thoughts

I agree it's not at all clear; I suppose we'll only really know once the Belarus government starts enforcing it and we see the practical effects.

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