Recast of the so-called “Seveso II directive”

Other

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Directive No. 2012/18/EU of July 4, 2012 Directive 2012/18/EU of July 4, 2012 concerning the control of major accident hazards involving hazardous substances has been published. This directive replaces directive no. 96/82/EC of 9...

Conventional obligations and the offense of obstruction

Contract law, Contract law, Non classifié(e)

Estimated reading time (in minutes) If the non-respect of a contractual obligation can be the subject of an action for the offense of obstruction, it is on the condition that the breach of the legal obligation of the same nature entails such a sanction. The collective...

Indirect Discrimination

Labour law, Labour law, Non classifié(e)

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Indirect Discrimination: Impact on People of the Same Sex Indirect discrimination can occur when a measure disproportionately affects a significantly higher proportion of people of the same sex. A judgment by the Court of Cassation...

Google’s Street View program: reaction from the CNIL

Other

Estimated reading time (in minutes) The Cnil asked, on July 31, 2012, to examine the data kept by the Google engine group, as part of its Street View program. It will be recalled that during checks carried out in 2009 and 2010, the Commission had noted that the...

Protected employees: limits of the employer’s disciplinary power

Labour law

Temps de lecture estimé (en minutes) Disciplinary sanctions and union delegates: judgment of the Court of Cassation The Court of Cassation criticized the decision of an appeal court which upheld a warning addressed to a union delegate for having fomented a conflict...