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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9136

22 February 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council/rome ii
Minister move towards excluding libel via press from Rome II proposed regulation, but reserve option to reintroduce this issue at later date

Brussels, 21/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the JHA Council of 21 February, the Justice and Home Affairs Ministers of the EU rallied to the modified proposed regulation on non-contractual obligations (Rome II), which was presented by Commissioner Franco Frattini. Given the many misgivings voiced by several of the Member States, particularly with relation to the removal of article 6 on defamation via the press, the Austrian Presidency has proposed to come back to this issue at a later date. The...

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