Senior American officials have expressed alarm at the draft law.
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A draft law would make it easier to build churches.
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The draft law will be sent to parliament for consideration.
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The draft law enraged civil society groups and the international community.
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However, the draft law needs to be approved by member states.
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GERMAN CABINET APPROVES DRAFT LAW ON EXITING COAL AS ENERGY SOURCE
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The draft law would establish a complaints procedure for foreign companies.
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Just get me a draft law, and we'll work on passing it.
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Now comes France's turn, with this week's new draft law on migration.
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The draft law needs approval from EU states and the European Parliament.
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The draft law would punish judges who speak out on judicial independence.
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The draft law from Finance Minister Olaf Scholz envisages incentives worth 625 million euros from the federal government and a further 625 million euros from the 16 regional state governments, according to the draft law seen by Reuters.
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Their business premises will be closed for a year, the draft law said.
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Read more about China's draft law on foreign investment in the Caixin report.
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Parliament is expected to vote on the draft law after the summer recess.
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"We have finalized the draft law in the light of negotiations," Sharif said.
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Finance Minister Anilaj Denaj said the draft law would comply with international standards.
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The draft law seeks to cast the earlier one-hour rule into formal legislation.
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The European Parliament as a whole will vote on the draft law next week.
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Brussels is hoping that global regulators provide answers before it presents the draft law.
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Russian lawmakers have backed this draft law in a preliminary vote, the bank said.
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If their draft law collects 100,000 signatures, Poland's parliament will have to consider it.
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The draft law must now be approved by the Bundestag lower house of parliament.
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Details of the draft law were first reported by the Financial Times on Monday.
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A ministry spokeswoman said it was unclear when a draft law would be completed.
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The industries named in the draft law include software, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, tobacco and alcohol.
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The draft law is similar to efforts that have been made in other European countries.
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The European Union has already proposed a draft law to implement these pieces of regulation.
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A draft law backing redenomination was submitted to parliament in 2013 under the previous government.
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He said, though, that the Kremlin had yet to familiarise itself with the draft law.
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The draft law does not deal with all the rigidities of the French labour code.
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On June 22nd Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine, unveiled a compromise draft law.
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The Senate is expected to vote on the Collins draft law this week or next.
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Parliament recently rejected a draft law to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.
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The government separately approved a draft law on Thursday that seeks to lift banking secrecy.
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The government separately approved a draft law on Thursday that seeks to lift banking secrecy.
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Hundreds of protesters marched peacefully outside the parliament demanding the draft law to be scrapped.
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The draft law, published by the finance ministry on the government regulation website http://regulation.gov.
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The Democratic Party's two proposals included a "no-fly, no-buy" draft law, which would bar anyone on terrorist watch-lists from buying a gun; the other draft law would expand background checks of gun buyers from shops to online sales and gun shows.
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"In its current form ... we would not be able to support the draft law," he said.
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SPAIN * The Spanish government approved a draft law modeled on what the European Commission had proposed.
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It is not clear whether the draft law submitted on Friday will be approved or amended.
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That is another reason why the draft law received the support of the International Monetary Fund.
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"In the months to come, it will be the draft law or something else," he added.
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The draft law made no specific reference about an amnesty for members of organized crime groups.
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A net importer of energy, Albania has written a draft law to create an energy market.
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The draft law comes into effect from the date it is published in Argentina's official Gazette.
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"We have serious concerns about the draft law," van Rooden said in the letter dated Jan. 11.
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Many fear being called to account for past crimes so the draft law does not mention justice.
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But Francis Weyzig, a tax expert at Oxfam, a charity, says the draft law has worrying loopholes.
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State-owned Anadolu agency said the AK Party had presented the draft law to the Turkish parliament.
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For all the controversy it has caused, the draft law being discussed in parliament is quite cautious.
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Huebner is now steering a draft law that includes such enhanced equivalence measures through the European Parliament.
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He will present a draft law to the cabinet on Wednesday before it is presented to parliament.
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The State Duma — Russia's parliament — approved the draft law on Tuesday, it said in a Twitter post.
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"We have finalised the draft law in the light of negotiations," she told Reuters in an interview.
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Scholz wrote to the other finance ministers asking them to back the draft law, the paper added.
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Scholz wrote to the other finance ministers asking them to back the draft law, the paper added.
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The draft law, called the Protecting Internet Freedom Act, has the backing of several major conservative groups.
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Earlier this year, he announced that he would introduce a draft law that would ban fake news online.
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"The government will study again the draft law before redrafting it in light of existing laws," Ghunaimat said.
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The draft law is anathema to Britain, which voted to leave the EU in a referendum last year.
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The draft law also proposes a one-year jail term for officials who leak findings to the press.
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A draft law would sack the entire diplomatic corps and let the foreign minister rehire whomever he wants.
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The European Commission has now proposed a limp draft law that allows co-ordination of national screening efforts.
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A draft law containing the proposals is expected to be debated by parliament at its session next week.
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The draft law is particularly worded to allow Akihito to abdicate and would not apply to future monarchs.
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The draft law is stuck in the European Parliament with bankers hoping it will wither on the vine.
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Facebook was not immediately available to comment on the draft law, elements of which had been signaled previously.
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The draft law makes it easier for transgender people in Iceland to legally change their name and gender.
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The ruling Liberals are sparring with the upper Senate chamber, where a draft law is currently under review.
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Austria sent the draft law detailing the proposals to political, technical, civil rights and legal experts on Monday.
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At present, relevant departments are perfecting the draft law and discussing "important issues" related to it, he added.
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Lawmakers watered down an earlier draft law that would have allowed the president to take over private businesses.
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The finance ministry has held several meetings with other ministries to discuss the draft law, said the official.
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IPF's Long-Term IDR could be removed from RWN and affirmed at 'BB+' if the Polish draft law is implemented with a less punitive cap, which would allow IPF to right-size its Polish cost base and maintain sound overall profitability, or if the draft law is not implemented at all.
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Her comments came as the EU's executive Commission prepares to publish a draft law next month on euro clearing.
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A draft law would abolish prison terms for first- and second-time offenders caught with cannabis for personal use.
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The draft law recognizes their customary and collective rights over land, as well as their right to self governance.
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The draft law, put forward on Tuesday, is meant to protect sex workers, according to a report from AFP.
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On Monday, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov called the draft law "destructive", boosting Yandex's New-York-listed shares.
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The draft law raises the retirement age by 5 years to 65 for men and to 60 for women.
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The rights group urged Vietnam to revise the draft law and bring it into compliance with international legal standards.
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Cunliffe said the draft law should stick to the legal principle of "no creditor worse off than in insolvency".
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The government will draw up a draft law with the proposal, it said, which must be approved by parliament.
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A final draft law to create the agency was released to the congress on Tuesday after months of discussion.
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The draft law has passed the parliamentary commission stage, and may go to a vote next week, legislators say.
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Both ride-sharing companies are lobbying the government to amend the draft law that is currently under legal review.
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GERMAN DRAFT LAW ENVISAGES MAXIMUM COMPENSATION PAYMENTS OF 165,000 EUR/MW IN 2020 FOR PHASING OUT HARD COAL - SPOKESMAN
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China also has kept its stamp duty on property rights transfers unchanged at 0.05 percent, the draft law stated.
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The European Union has already pushed ahead with a draft law on equipping regulators with tools to tackle failing clearers.
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Talks had become stuck over a proposed draft law, which would conscript more ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth into the military.
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The draft law adds 70 billion lira ($12.15 billion) to the Treasury's net borrowing limit for 2019, the text showed.
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Ironically, a draft law that would legalise cannabis production countrywide for medical and industrial uses has worried the region's growers.
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Tweaks to the draft law - which has been hotly disputed within the government - are likely as it goes through parliament.
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AS. The draft law will now be circulated for public comment before being revised and submitted to parliament for approval.
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He signaled that the draft law would answer a long-standing call from smaller lenders, especially savings banks in Germany.
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The draft law, known as the Copyright Directive, was intended as a simple update to copyright for the internet age.
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Putin submitted a draft law to parliament setting out under what conditions work under the plutonium accord could be resumed.
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EU lawmakers and member states have the final say on the draft law which Gualtieri wants approved by year end.
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In addition, Scholz is working on a draft law to support companies that are spending money on research and development.
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That will depend on the final version of the draft law which is now being debated in the U.S. Senate.
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The new transportation draft law would require all drivers who provide ride services to have appropriate licenses, the paper said.
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Backers of the draft law say racist language can violate human rights and is not compatible with the nation's values.
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Ru. A Yandex spokesperson said the company was aware of the proposed draft law and was monitoring the situation closely.
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A draft law that proposed limiting foreign shareholding in Russian internet firms at 20%, later revised to 50%, hit Mail.
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A draft law that proposed limiting foreign shareholding in Russian internet firms at 20%, later revised to 50%, hit Mail.
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Under the draft law, every former president automatically becomes a member of the upper house unless he waives that right.
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There may be a draft law too on making it easier to sell mutual and hedge funds products across borders.
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The draft law will force social media companies to proactively report potentially criminal content on their platforms to law enforcement.
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A draft law on foreign investment has been submitted to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, according to Xinhua.
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The draft law would declare separatist-controlled regions to be "occupied", allowing Kiev to use military troops in those territories.
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The draft law has also raised concerns among some other Russian executives and groups, including the Association of European Businesses.
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The draft law caps their share of the renewable energy target to 3.8 percent in 2030 from 7 percent in 2021.
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Merkel also welcomed Poroshenko's plan to submit a draft law to set up an independent anti-corruption court, the spokesman said.
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Last month, Russian internet giant Yandex expressed concerns over a draft law limiting foreign ownership in Russian IT companies to 50%.
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The draft law would also see individuals from companies facing fines of up to €5M for any criminal content removal failures.
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The draft law, reviewed by Reuters, would oblige operators of electronic marketplaces to record transactions that could be taxable in Germany.
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This draft law contained things of really serious concern, not just for international NGOs but also for those within the system.
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The draft law does not define "aggressive tax planning", because any definition would risk being overtaken by ever-evolving avoidance schemes.
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The government plans to present a draft law in the next few weeks setting out a new ethics code for politicians.
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The European Parliament voted 410 to 192 on Tuesday to back a draft law to abolish the twice-a-year switch.
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Analysts said Mr. Lieberman's principled stand on the military draft law was a vehicle for his more far-reaching political ambitions.
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The Law Association of Zambia has also taken the matter to the constitutional court seeking to have the draft law withdrawn.
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In July a draft law was submitted to Turkey's parliament introducing tax exemptions to loan restructurings and legal protection for bankers.
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The draft law, already approved by the lower house of parliament, would allow judges who question planned reforms to be disciplined.
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There will also be a draft law proposing an EU framework for covered bonds in the first quarter of next year.
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GERMAN DRAFT LAW ENVISAGES LOWERING OF HARD COAL COMPENSATION TO 49,000 EUR/MW IN 2026; NO MORE COMPENSATION AFTER 2026 - SPOKESMAN
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In April, Germany's lower house of parliament approved a draft law preventing civil servants from wearing face veils while at work.
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In response to international pressure to speed up the process, President Petro Poroshenko submitted a new draft law to parliament in December.
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The draft law, backed by Kremlin loyalists, has been approved at first reading in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.
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Campaigners and foreign donors who had cautiously welcomed the draft law were relieved when the national assembly put it back on ice.
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The draft law, which also proposed imposing a 1 percent social security tax on employees and a 2 percent tax on employers.
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That estimate would account for about 150,000 people, according to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, which first reported on the draft law.
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Its draft law covering a no-deal Brexit recalls the legal requirement for retirees and others to apply for long-stay visas.
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China is working on a draft law to govern PPPs, which the government says have been deterred by imperfect and inadequate legislation.
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The center-right leader said the government would present a draft law by May in which Berlin would address the commission's recommendations.
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Separately, the German cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law that would prevent child marriages conducted abroad from being recognized in Germany.
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Critics say the draft law is a blatant attempt to protect Netanyahu and keep the public in the dark about his investigation.
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It remains to be seen whether the draft law will eventually be implemented, and whether, even if implemented, it will be enforced.
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RATING SENSITIVITIES The RWN reflects our view that a downgrade is likely should the draft law be implemented in its current form.
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"The draft law has only just been announced and we are analyzing the details now," a YouTube spokesman said in a statement.
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"The Egyptian authorities must urgently scrap this draft law and put an end to this alarming wave of homophobic persecution," Bounaim added.
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The measure is part of a broader bioethics draft law under debate at the National Assembly, where Macron's party has a majority.
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Thousands of Indonesian students have clashed with police in protests against a new draft law that would change the country's criminal code.
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Since it was unveiled last month, the draft law has been amended to include new categories of content, such as child pornography.
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A second source said the legislation could be an amendment to a draft law approved in September that still needs parliament's blessing.
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A draft law criminalizing homophobic attacks was approved by Brazil's lower house of Congress, and in 2006 introduced to the upper house.
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And a European Union draft law would make YouTube and other video hosts responsible for ensuring that users never share violent speech.
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GERMANY COAL EXIT DRAFT LAW SEES ANNUAL 25% DECREASE OF MAXIMUM COMPENSATION FOR FOLLOWING YEARS, NO MORE COMPENSATION AFTER 2026 - THREE SOURCES
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In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson changed the draft law to allow married males to be drafted, if they didn't have children.
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A new draft law on public rallies excludes provisions requiring official approval, which have effectively served as a blanket ban on protests.
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A draft law would also allow foreigners to own land if they inherit it or have an investment plan approved by the government.
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No one expected the draft law on associations, which was dusted off in 2015 after several years in storage, to bring dramatic change.
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He added that, should the draft law become law, Yandex would "recognise the importance of ensuring that shareholders' economic interests are not diluted".
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Tomasz Sadlik from the "Pro Futuris" borrowers' lobby also said the president's office will present the draft law on Friday at 0800 GMT.
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A draft law on the plan is expected to be ready around June, although it could run into opposition from the European Union.
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The Lagos State government escalated the situation in February when it submitted a draft law which sought to criminalize the informal water sector.
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The draft law, first reported on by the Russian daily Vedomosti on Wednesday, was published on Tuesday and has been reviewed by Reuters.
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But the draft law also needs approval from EU states or "council", and some are wary of giving more power to EU bodies.
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BEIRUT, March 5 (Reuters) - Lebanon's cabinet has approved a draft law to lift banking secrecy, Justice Minister Marie Claude Najm said on Thursday.
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Dr. Tao said he doubted that the draft law, which was introduced by the State Council, China's cabinet, could be enforced evenly nationwide.
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Last month Poland's lower house of parliament approved a draft law that would allow judges who question the government's reforms to be disciplined.
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Poland's main judges' association says the draft law is intended to muzzle judges who question the legality of PiS changes to the judiciary.
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The election was called in December, ostensibly after the government gave up on efforts to get a new military draft law through Parliament.
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The cabinet said in separate statement that it approved the draft law of the FY 2020-21 budget with expected deficit of 6.3%.
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Finance Minister Mohamed Maait, also speaking after the meeting, said the cabinet had approved the draft law of the FY 2020-21 budget.
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The draft law, submitted to parliament on Monday, exempts at least 50% of the profits banks make on problem asset sales from corporate tax.
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They have been under pressure since reports emerged in July that a draft law could cap foreign voting power in the company at 20%.
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Abdus Setiawan, a board member at the Indonesia Tobacco Growers' Association, said he welcomed the draft law as it could help to protect farmers.
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An ACEP spokesperson said the group "has been working on a legislative strategy on surprise bills" well before the draft law was rolled out.
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"The perception is that this measure would create new territorial divides, and hence it will not be part of the draft law," she said.
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In the coming days, someone will be nominated to write these new rules and come up with a new draft law in three months.
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Minnesota lawmakers took action at the end of March: Their draft law, too, takes aim at local providers that aren't seeking consumers' affirmative consent.
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That draft law proposed a fine of between $55 USD and $270 USD, or up to six months in jail, for violating the ban.
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The draft law made it illegal for residents to sink wells, boreholes or even draw water from neighbors, stream, rivers or "any water bodies".
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Analysts at VTB Capital said there was a good chance, however, that the draft law would be softened, given mixed reaction from various quarters.
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The draft law bans humiliating or slanderous content, "propaganda against the state of Vietnam," and the incitement of riots or disturbance of public order.
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A separate draft law would create a new anticorruption agency with greater reach than the current one, which is run by the Communist Party.
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But Mr. Lieberman has said that the military draft law is just a "symptom" of a broader battle over the character of the country.
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The government of President Emmanuel Macron this week put forward a draft law that even some of his own supporters said was too harsh.
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The draft law is unlikely to meet much resistance in Parliament, which is stuffed with Mr. Sisi's supporters and influenced by the intelligence agencies.
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The Hungarian government has submitted to parliament constitutional amendments and a new draft law further tightening the country&aposs laws on refugees and asylum-seekers.
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After the Lisa case, Germany made fighting disinformation a priority: on April 5th it published a draft law obliging publishers to nix such stories speedily.
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"If at the beginning of next week I don't see progress, I'll independently prepare and submit the relevant draft law," he said in a statement.
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The draft law, the "Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorisation of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act", would close the VCF's current funding gap.
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There was no indication of when such a vote might be called, with the draft law due to be introduced to parliament later on Tuesday.
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India moved to scrap Section 377 outlawing same-sex relations last year and last month Taiwan proposed a draft law to allow same-sex marriage.
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An online petition calling on parliament to reject the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence has been signed by more than 165,000 people.
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China is "accelerating efforts" on a draft law on property tax, Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the National People's Congress, told a press briefing on Sunday.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The German cabinet has approved a draft law banning cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), government sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Conservative groups that have opposed same-sex marriage have accused the government of ignoring the referendum results and said the government's draft law was unacceptable.
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The draft law is in its public consultation phase, with suggestions accepted up until the end of 2016, a notice on the bureau's website said.
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The EU draft law skirts the issue by not mandating which powers must be used and in what circumstances, leaving the choice to the regulators.
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Their draft law, which was presented to Parliament last July and is awaiting consideration, did not include input from Haitian environmental and human rights organizations.
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In an apparent move to emphasize reciprocity, the draft law reserves the right to retaliate against countries that discriminate against Chinese investment with "corresponding measures".
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The draft law would require companies to "comply with social and business ethics" and "accept supervision by both government and the public," according to Xinhua.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Social Democrats (SPO) on Thursday scuppered a draft law that would have allowed police to monitor messaging services such as WhatsApp (FB.
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The draft law also gives the cabinet the ability to launch pilot programs that would allow for adjustments of rates and products subject to taxation.
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They risk life imprisonment if the workers they send abroad "suffers harm to his human rights, life, body or psychological makeup", the draft law said.
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Last week, the president's office laid out a draft law to make lenders bear the costs of converting once-popular Swiss franc mortgages into zlotys.
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Commission spokesman Christian Wigand told reporters that Commision Vice President Vera Jourova had written to Polish authorities on Thursday expressing concern about the draft law.
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Operators of drones that are more than 7kg have to be licensed, according to draft law issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in 2015.
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In a nod to the left, his draft law, for instance, cuts tax on employee share-ownership schemes to encourage firms to spread profits more widely.
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The court said the ECB did not have legal powers to implement such a "location" policy - a situation the new draft law and Brexit would alter.
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The government was drawing up a draft law to limit hate speech on social media that would limit extreme statements by all religious communities, he said.
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But the draft law will end a requirement on small lenders to defer part of a bonus, and pay the deferred element in the bank's shares.
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Digital minister Margot James MP revealed the draft law on Wednesday as part of the government's efforts to protect from cyberattacks millions of internet-connected devices.
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A draft law seen by Reuters was drawn up last month, stating that the amount would probably be in the high three-digit-million euros range.
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Despite some limitations on adoption and foreign spouses, Lu said the government's draft law would give same-sex couples similar legal protections for marriage as heterosexuals.
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It had previously required operators of drones that are more than 7kg (15 pounds) to license their drones, according to a draft law issued in 2015.
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Most lawmakers in the committee backed the draft law on Wednesday, but some from the opposition said it needed modifications to ensure savings were properly protected.
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Once ministers give their approval, EU member states will be able to start negotiations with the Parliament to find a final compromise on the draft law.
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Juncker also feared that the draft law would lead to less international cooperation on handling Moscow's occupation of Crimea following its annexation from Ukraine in 2014.
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Francois Bayrou, the new justice minister, is gathering ideas for a new draft law on ethics in public life before parliamentary elections due in mid-June.
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After opposition from conservatives, the original draft law was amended to allow individuals to "opt out" and continue to allocate inheritance according to the current rules.
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The draft law is intended to serve as a broad framework for the country's climate targets, with language on carbon emissions and reliance on nuclear energy.
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When the draft law developed by my team, entitled "Currency Law," is approved by parliament we can expect more and more success stories to come forward.
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A draft law to raise income taxes and International Monetary Fund-driven reforms that have pushed up prices have sparked the country's largest protests in years.
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The notice summarized the proceedings of a regular Wednesday meeting held by Premier Li Keqiang, which also passed a draft law on reining in unfair competition.
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Interfax, citing a source familiar with situation, also said on Monday that the draft law on foreign ownership, if passed, would not affect Google's news service.
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One example is a draft law to criminalize disrespect for the Chinese national anthem; another is the disappearance of people from Hong Kong into mainland custody.
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"The individual who is insulted has the right to select the type of weapon used in the duel: swords, pistols or sabers," the draft law says.
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Women's rights advocates said they feared Ma Ba Tha could pressure its allies in the government to block the draft law from coming to a vote.
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The draft law provides for big banks to put aside 8% of their balance sheet total as a buffer during a crisis, the finance ministry said.
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While the draft law proposes to exclude disputes specific to taxation, it offers to provide "credible commitment to investments" by deterring policy changes, the draft said.
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"This clause will significantly improve predictability of investment regime and hence will be a significant boost to investments," read the government document analyzing the draft law.
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A draft law seen by Reuters was drawn up last month, stating that the amount would probably be in the high three-digit-million euros ballpark.
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The draft law submitted to Congress in late July does not include the main elements that had caused what one banking source called "anxiety" in Beirut.
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Telecoms executives have told Reuters that they are satisfied with the draft law which was circulated in December and the power it ascribes to the regulator.
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Twitter is not commenting on the proposed draft law, but, independently, has made recent moves to try to address the problems of hate speech on its network.
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The protests, in which police have fired teargas and rubber bullets, began over a draft law that would have allowed the extradition of suspects to mainland courts.
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The draft law was praised by ratings agency Fitch although some critics have expressed concern that the government wants to tap pensions to help finance pet projects.
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It has also unveiled a draft law requiring foreigners living in Myanmar to get government approval to leave their city of residence for longer than 24 hours.
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Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has approved a draft law to help people affected by the quakes, including 35 million euros to compensate farmers for lost income.
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"We have sent to the national assembly a draft law for adoption ... to withdraw from the ICC," First Vice President Gaston Sindimwo said after a cabinet meeting.
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The draft law he unveiled says that, whatever the turnout, if those voting in favour outnumber those against, within 48 hours the Catalan parliament will declare independence.
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Hundreds of people stormed government offices in Vietnam to protest against a draft law that would let foreigners hold leases of up to 99 years on property.
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Sadlik added that representatives of the president's office said the office was open for suggestions regarding the law and would send the draft law to financial supervision.
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What both Saina's parents and Kokila have done, however, would be illegal under a new draft law, unveiled on August 24th, which would ban paid surrogacy entirely.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov on Monday called a draft law on limiting foreign ownership in major Russian information technology companies to 20% "destructive".
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A draft law on animal cruelty that would extend protection to pets, farm livestock and laboratory animals was proposed in 2009 but has yet to be adopted.
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Ethiopia's cabinet has approved a draft law aiming to lift the country's state of emergency that was imposed in February after months of widespread anti-government protests.
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Having long sparred over issues of religion and state, the sides are now wrestling over legislation to replace a military draft law that exempted ultra-Orthodox men.
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Merkel's conservatives had criticized a previous version of the draft law put forward by Family Minister Manuela Schwesig, a Social Democrat, as going beyond their coalition agreement.
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The draft law stipulates that any new policy or law changes that provide "less favorable" treatment should allow investors to continue enjoying benefits of the earlier policy.
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Another draft law calls for the retirement of all Supreme Court judges and new appointments to be made by the justice minister, and reorganization of its work.
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Germany's finance minister has drawn up a draft law that envisages introducing a financial transaction tax in 0.03 European Union countries, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday.
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The draft law faced opposition from politicians including members of a small centrist group which supports Gentiloni's Democratic Party's (PD) slim majority in the upper house Senate.
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Germany's interior ministry not only published an explanation of the draft law, Maas also published a fuller explanation of the law and gave a speech on the issue.
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The European Union is expected to publish a draft law next month that could be the prelude to forcing the clearing of euro-denominated securities out of Britain.
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He said the bill aims to deal with predatory lending, adding the Treasury would take into account the views of the central bank before finalizing the draft law.
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Erdogan made the comment after pro-government newspaper Sabah reported earlier on Saturday that AKP was in the process of drawing up a draft law facilitating the transfer.
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In an apparent move to emphasize reciprocity, the draft law said China would reserve the right to retaliate against countries that discriminate against Chinese investment with "corresponding measures".
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People collecting or using personal information relating to minors on the internet should first obtain the consent of the individuals or their guardians, according to the draft law.
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" The company's statement added, "The draft law provides an incentive to delete content that is not clearly illegal when social networks face such a disproportionate threat of fines.
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A copy of the draft law seen by Reuters shows that the government expects the measure to cost the state around 235 million euros ($274.69 million) a year.
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The European Parliament's economic affairs committee votes on the draft law on Wednesday, and could make amendments which would raise the bar on the relocation of clearing operations.
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A draft law governing the commission appeared in November; three provinces, Beijing, Zhejiang and Shanxi, have been giving it a trial run as it undergoes a public review.
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The draft law does not contain specific provisions on hot-button issues such as "fake news" or requirements that international tech and social media firms store data locally.
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The draft law, which has caused concern and uncertainty among investors in Russian assets, is likely to be changed in subsequent readings before it is signed by Putin.
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That is more than it can afford, the finance ministry said last week, when it submitted a draft law that offers different incentives for setting up a business.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's largely rubber stamp parliament will this month again review its controversial draft law governing foreign non-government organizations, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
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Under an amended draft law, police officers would also be given the authority to arrest people without an order from a prosecutor or court, as is now required.
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The draft law currently proposes limiting foreign ownership in "significant" Russian IT companies to 20% and banning any non-compliant companies from advertising themselves or others inside Russia.
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But a list of red flags, or "hallmarks", will be drafted to spot arrangements that present "a strong indication of tax avoidance or abuse", the draft law says.
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A draft law currently making its way through the EU lawmaking process would force all internet platforms where you can upload media to install so-called upload filters.
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Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has approved a draft law to help people affected by the quakes, including 35 million euros ($37 million) to compensate farmers for lost income.
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The draft law is in line with principles agreed at a global level in the aftermath of the 2007-09 financial crisis and already implemented in many cases.
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The most recent is a draft law outlawing accusations of Polish participation in the Holocaust and other war crimes that took place during the German occupation of Poland.
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The major sticking point was a military draft law that divided two parts of Mr. Netanyahu's right-wing alliance: the secular ultranationalist faction and the ultra-Orthodox parties.
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The document, which could be amended before publication, says a draft law to propose a pan-European personal pension product will be published by the end of June.
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The draft law is meant to implement parts of a wider European Union package of banking rules, which was agreed by member states last year, into national law.
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DUBAI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Kuwait's parliament approved on Wednesday a draft law to establish a sharia board to oversee banking and islamic finance, state new agency KUNA reported.
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Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's cabinet is due to meet on Friday to discuss a draft law aimed at making credit recovery more efficient, according to a government source.
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Their goal: win more time to scrutinize the 110-page draft law that would execute the 585-page Brexit withdrawal agreement, instead of rushing it through this week.
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The European Commission has taken Hungary to the European Court of Justice over the NGO draft law, accusing the government of violating the right to freedom of association.
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Xinhua said the new draft law would tighten rules preventing insider trading, ban traders from using other people's accounts to make transactions, and better protect the interests of investors.
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As well as a draft law, the package includes a delayed national plan to combat climate change, which is due to be approved at a cabinet meeting on Feb.
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He said the ministry was also preparing a draft law to revive the National Oil Company, which was established in the 1960s but merged into the ministry in 1987.
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The European Union's executive European Commission is due to publish a draft law on Tuesday on how the clearing of euro denominated financial instruments should be handled after Brexit.
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The draft law aims to make it easier for people to join a legal test case, thereby avoiding high costs that might otherwise put them off bringing legal action.
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The European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee passed the draft law on Monday evening, which is now subject to approval in a vote in the Parliament's full chamber next week.
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If enacted, their draft law will expose the Gulf carriers to the same kind of competition investigations that have forced several European flag-carriers to repay illegal state aid.
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A draft law criminalizing homophobic actions was first presented to Brazil's Congress in 2001, but despite having wide popular support, the bill was never approved by the country's Senate.
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"Let's hope that, first of all, the draft law has not been passed yet; without the president's signature it cannot become law," he was quoted as saying by Interfax.
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Bernhard Schwartländer, the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in China, expressed disappointment in a statement this week at what he termed "problematic loopholes" for smokers in the draft law.
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Presenting the new draft law on conversion would not automatically mean it would be introduced in parliament soon, but it would mean that work on it has been resumed.
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Addressing parliament, Ng'andu said he was withdrawing the draft law and would re-introduce it in the next session in September, the ministry of finance said in a statement.
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The draft law proposes "on site" inspections of big foreign clearing houses handling transactions inside the bloc, instead of EU regulators going via the CFTC as they do now.
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Saturday's protest was prompted by a draft law expected to be ratified by parliament next week, which would bar police from publishing its findings in two investigations of Netanyahu.
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RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan lawmakers passed a draft law on Monday evening that would pave the way for strengthening the place of French in Moroccan schools, overturning decades of Arabisation.
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"The United States and Canada urge Vietnam to delay the vote on the draft law to ensure it aligns with international standards," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement.
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A draft law currently being debated in parliament removes some obstacles to dealing with the bad debt by introducing tax exemptions for loan restructuring and legal protection for bankers.
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The European Parliament's economic affairs committee voted by 45 to 4 in favour of the draft law with amendments to impose more detailed economic tests for relocating clearing operations.
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Altmaier has said the cabinet should pass the draft law in the first half of this year so parliament can start to debate the proposal before the summer holidays.
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Germany's cabinet backed a draft law on Wednesday to funnel billions of euros in financial support to regions affected by plans to phase out coal, including Saxony and Brandenburg.
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The draft law would require companies to "comply with social and business ethics" and "accept supervision by both government and the public," according to the state news agency Xinhua.
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The European Commission also presented a draft law in September to grant ESMA powers to check if delegation arrangements met certain conditions and to recommend their withdrawal, if needed.
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But the Senate is dominated by the opposition and could redraft or reject the draft law, though the Sejm would still have the power to overturn the Senate's decision.
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The Commission said its move was not linked to the new Polish draft law which has now cleared the lower chamber of parliament in which PiS has a majority.
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The duty will be adjusted by China's cabinet in "a flexible and proactive way to meet the actual needs", according to the draft law published on the ministry's website.
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The draft law envisages that by 2022, around 12 plants run by operators including RWE, EnBW and smaller competitors would be shut, leaving 30 with 15 gigawatts (GW) capacity.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German finance minister has drawn up a draft law that envisages introducing a financial transaction tax in 10 European Union countries, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German finance minister has drawn up a draft law that envisages introducing a financial transaction tax in 10 European Union countries, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday.
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The draft law envisages that by 2022, around 12 plants run by operators including RWE, EnBW and smaller competitors would be shut, leaving 30 with 15 gigawatts (GW) capacity.
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On Monday, in an effort to contain the protests, the government endorsed a draft law to increase the maximum sentence for fatal road accidents to five years from three.
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The National People's Congress said on Monday that it will debate the draft law on Friday and vote on it a week later at the close of the session.
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Spahn believes he has broad support for his draft law in the ruling coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, to which he belongs, and the left-leaning Social Democrats (SPD).
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The second draft law would give authorities the power to block websites if they fail to comply with requests to remove information that the state deems to be factually inaccurate.
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But changes are happening, with India moving to scrap Section 377 outlawing same-sex relations last year, and Taiwan this week proposing a draft law to allow same-sex marriage.
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The European Commission has been seeking agreement for nearly five years on a draft law to give security forces across the European Union access to the data of airline passengers.
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On Sunday, she apologised for the way the government had handled the draft law, which had been scheduled for debate last Wednesday, but gave no further insight into its fate.
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The presidential office has invited journalists to a news conference on Friday about a "presidential draft law on so-called foreign currency denominated loans" and declined to provide further information.
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The draft law will divide the work among member states of reducing emissions outside the sectors regulated by the Emissions Trading Scheme — in total 60 percent of all EU emissions.
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Committee Chair Roberto Gualtieri said the EU would endeavor to show it did not "intend to regulate American farmers and agricultural derivatives" which were not covered by the draft law.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahraini legislators approved a draft law on Sunday that would see value-added tax (VAT) imposed for the first time in the kingdom, state news agency BNA reported.
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Russian politician Mikhail Degtyaryov proposed a draft law in 2013 to give the Russian female labor force additional days, off on top of the customary paid sick and vacation leave.
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In a bid to tackle the problem, the Commission wants common EU rules to help troubled companies restructure their business and avoid bankruptcy, a draft law seen by Reuters said.
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The letter cited echoes one sent by the IMF to the president's office earlier in January which warned that the draft law did not guarantee the independence of the court.
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The EU executive will also propose a draft law to clarify that pension funds and asset managers must take sustainability factors into account in their legal duties when serving investors.
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The draft law from Finance Minister Olaf Scholz envisages incentives worth 625 million euros from the federal government and a further 625 million euros from the 16 regional state governments.
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Authorities hope to offer a draft law on PPP frameworks for public consultation and feedback within a week or so, before implementing a final version later this year, Hokail said.
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The three million figure is totemic, which is one reason that, in February, the Bangladesh Law Commission opened consultation on a draft law called the Liberation War Denial Crimes Act.
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Although Lam has suspended the draft law from consideration, she has also refused to permanently withdraw it, raising suspicions about her intentions and sparking calls for her to step down.
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The government approved a draft law that would tax large firms 3 percent of their digital turnover, adding an estimated 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to state coffers each year.
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On Friday Poroshenko said he would soon introduce a draft law to set up such a court, taking into account recommendations by the Venice Commission, a leading European rights watchdog.
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Declining to speak about the Ferrand case, new justice minister Bayrou unveiled ideas for a new draft law on ethics in public life to be presented to cabinet in June.
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A draft law posted by one of China's technology regulators said that websites in the country would have to register domain names with local service providers and with the authorities.
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" Shawn Shieh, a worker at a Hong Kong-based nongovernmental organization, said, "I was interested to hear Fu Ying say that they were still reviewing comments on the draft law.
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The EU has proposed a draft law that instructs its regulators to check on "systemic" foreign clearing houses that handle large amounts of euro-denominated assets like interest rate swaps.
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Once EU states have agreed their own position on the draft law after the summer, they will sit down with parliament to thrash out a final version that becomes law.
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LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry published a draft law on Thursday that would allow people from April 2017 to sell their pension annuity on a new secondary market.
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Merkel criticized a draft law on the issue submitted by the SPD as "too bureaucratic", but said she was open to starting discussions on the matter as early as Monday.
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It was Mr. Lieberman's refusal to compromise on a new military draft law with Mr. Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox coalition partners that thwarted Mr. Netanyahu's efforts to form a new government.
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Mr. Lieberman has said he supports Mr. Netanyahu's coalition except for the draft law, saying he was not prepared to be a partner in a government controlled by religious law.
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Diab indicated the controls could soon be standardised, saying a draft law would "regulate the relationship between the banks and their customers, for it to become more fair and just".
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian lawmaker behind a draft law which would limit foreign ownership of Russian technology companies at just under 50%, has reacted positively to internet giant Yandex's (YNDX.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission has proposed crowdfunding "passports" for the European Union in a draft law that forms part of efforts to boost growth in the financial technology sector.
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Late last year, the country's powerful parliament proposed a draft law covering production, distribution and excise taxes of tobacco, which it claimed would safeguard millions of jobs in the industry.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new business minister Alok Sharma was urged on Friday to come forward as soon as possible with a draft law to create a more powerful accounting watchdog.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new business minister Alok Sharma was urged on Friday to come forward as soon as possible with a draft law to create a more powerful accounting watchdog.
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The House of Representatives' Budget Committee approved a draft law submitted by the government that would impose stamp duty on stock exchange transactions, to be paid by buyers and sellers.
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On Sunday, she apologized for the way the government had handled the draft law, which had been scheduled for debate last Wednesday, but gave no further insight into its fate.
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Ukraine's dollar bonds fell across the curve after the International Monetary Fund expressed concern that a draft law to create an anti-corruption court would not guarantee the new body's independence.
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The measures are part of a larger draft law to allow parties to form electoral alliances, something the ruling AK Party and the nationalist opposition have said they plan to do.
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It's exhausting just reading all the requirements, but I encourage you read concise summary of the draft law here on the legal privacy blog of the law firm Alston and Bird.
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The draft law, which must be ratified by parliament, "paves the way for the entry of new players in the financial and banking sector to increase competition," the Finance Ministry said.
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The draft law says patients will only have the right to be treated with cannabis "in very limited exceptional cases" and patients will not be allowed to grow their own cannabis.
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The European Commission is due next month to propose a draft law on regulating foreign clearing houses, which stand between the two sides of a trade to ensure its orderly completion.
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The government has taken steps to help fledgling firms, approving a draft law last month to allow start-ups to claim tax breaks on losses even after a change in ownership.
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NATURAL PHASE-OUT The package includes the draft law, a national climate proposal all European countries have to send to Brussels, and a strategy for offsetting job losses in polluting industries.
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The draft law, expected to be published in June, dictates "effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties" for non-compliance, but leaves EU states free to decide sanctions or fines at national level.
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"The board notes that the draft law remains in draft form and is yet to be promulgated," Yuhua's chairman Li Guangyu said in a statement, adding the firm would monitor developments.
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This week, South Africa released a draft law that would criminalize racism by referring future hate speech cases to criminal courts instead of the civil courts where they are currently heard.
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"This removes the fig leaf of a divide between the party and the state," Carl Minzner, a Fordham University professor who studies Chinese law and politics, said of the draft law.
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The draft law enshrines the EU plan to achieve "climate neutrality by 2050," Elisa Ferreira, who is the commissioner in charge of supporting poorer regions of the bloc, said on Twitter.
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Berlin's city government plans to cap rents at 7.97 euros per square metre per month as part of a rent freeze agreed earlier this year, Tagesspiegel reported, citing a draft law.
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Parliament has been discussing a draft law put forward by the French government that restricts the rights of asylum seekers, a measure that has drawn fierce criticism from human rights groups.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's finance ministry published a draft law on consumption taxes on Tuesday that would give China's cabinet the power to adjust the rates applied to various goods when necessary.
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Germany's Parliament this year approved a draft law banning women working in the judiciary, the civil service or the military from wearing face-covering veils, and will come into effect soon.
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Lavrov said a Kiev-backed draft law aiming at "reintegration" of Ukraine's Donbass region, which is controlled by Russian-backed separatists, contradicts the Minsk peace agreements aimed at resolving the conflict.
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Proposals that could be included in a 2018 draft law include criminalizing street harassment and extending the statute of limitation for the rape of minors to 30 years from 20 years.
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It is unacceptable to pass the draft law in its current form, Andrey Kostin, the head of VTB, Russia's second biggest lender, was quoted as saying by the RIA news agency.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia&aposs cabinet has approved a draft law aiming to lift the country&aposs state of emergency that was imposed in February after months of widespread anti-government protests.
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HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam wants to give its coast guard more flexibility to open fire at sea, amid tension in the busy South China Sea waterway, a draft law released on Wednesday showed.
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Mexico's lower house of Congress is about to vote on a draft law by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) that would give pension funds further flexibility.
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A draft law due to be published by the European Commission on Wednesday will set stricter rules on capacity mechanisms as the EU pushes to implement 2030 goals on reducing greenhouse gases.
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France has published a draft law that would grant the government emergency powers to implement measures that could minimise the disruption in the event of no deal: it makes for sobering reading.
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Most MPs think that some form of amnesty will help the economy, but—as with much of his agenda—Mr Chahed has not yet mustered the votes to pass the draft law.
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"The draft law as it stands does not give business the tools it needs to get growth and employment back on track," said Medef chief Pierre Gattaz at his monthly news conference.
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Albania wants to join the EU. "One of the goals of the draft law is to avoid as much as possible such actions (rescues) by the state," Ahmetaj told parliament's economy commission.
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Bangladesh&aposs Cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft law that would increase the maximum punishment for an accident leading to death to five years in jail, up from the current three years.
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In September the ministry plans to submit a draft law to parliament which will remove the right of notaries to change the ownership of businesses that are not in their local area.
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The central bank supported a draft law that envisages giving the central bank the right to block so-called phishing websites and false call centres in order to reduce payment card fraud.
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On Monday, Bangladesh&aposs Cabinet endorsed a draft law that would increase the maximum punishment for an accident leading to death to five years in jail, up from the current three years.
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It added it passed another draft law which will lead to the scrapping of exit permits for all workers, adding work was also underway to enable employees to change employers more easily.
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In Moscow alone, some 1.6 million people live in the mostly five-storey peeling apartment blocks which face demolition if the Russian parliament approves a draft law on urban renovation and resettlement.
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The draft law is meant to provide a broad framework on climate goals, laying the ground for subsequent, more precise commitments, including on how France will cut its reliance on nuclear energy.
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As part of the draft law, Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi must divest from their existing credit card units — IsraCard and LeumiCard — although they will still be allowed to issue credit cards.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's president has submitted a draft law to parliament criminalizing illicit enrichment by officials, a condition for receiving support from the International Monetary Fund, the parliament website showed on Wednesday.
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A draft law to increase the use of securitized or pooled-debt to raise funds for companies to grow is core to Hill's capital markets union plan to boost funding for growth.
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"We need concrete legislative measures," said Hamburg's Justice Minister Till Steffen and pressed Maas to start work on a draft law so that measures could be passed before federal elections next year.
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The Senate is set to review and pass Liberia's draft law, which was approved by the House of Representatives in August after years of delay, before the president signs it into law.
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A draft law to establish special social and cultural zones for indigenous groups could resolve conflicts over land and sea with shared rights, said Thanyaporn Chankrajang, an assistant professor at Chulalongkorn University.
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The draft law is part of what the government calls counter-terrorism amendments to bolster state security, but for telecom companies would mean new bureaucratic hurdles and increased spending on new hardware.
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Already, Mr Valls has postponed the presentation of his draft law to the cabinet, thanks to an uproar within his own party and the threat of street protests by unions and students.
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French students are campaigning not against harder exams or higher university fees, but against a draft law that would ease the negotiation of longer working hours and limit payouts for unfair dismissals.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday said he believed a draft law to create an anti-corruption court would be approved in its final reading by parliament in the spring.
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A draft law on income tax, which would see taxes on employees raised by at least 5 percent and on businesses between 20 and 40 percent, is currently awaiting approval in parliament.
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The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR urged Hungary to scrap the draft law restricting non-governmental organizations, saying it would deprive refugees and asylum-seekers of vital services and encourage "rising xenophobic attitudes".
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The draft law, which will enter into force once it is published in the official bulletin, will set out exemptions and the rights and responsibilities of military service participants, the statement said.
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SKOPJE (Reuters) - The Macedonian government adopted on Monday a draft law on changing the country's name as agreed with Greece and passed it to parliament for adoption, with the outcome still uncertain.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament agreed to a draft law on Thursday that will prevent civil servants, judges and soldiers in Germany from wearing full-face veils at work.
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"For the first time after so many attempts ... a draft law that aims to legislate on gay people's rights is finally being discussed," gay rights group Arcigay's national secretary, Gabriele Piazzoni, said.
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At issue: A military draft law that would have conscripted some ultra-Orthodox Jews divided two parts of Mr. Netanyahu's right-wing alliance — the secular ultranationalist faction and the ultra-Orthodox parties.
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It added it passed another draft law which will lead to the scrapping of exit permits for all workers, adding work was also underway to enable employees to change employers more easily.
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Separately, the EU executive has already announced it will publish a draft law next month to tighten its grip on the clearing of euro-denominated securities, an activity which London currently dominates.
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A draft law due from the European Commission on Wednesday is expected to set stricter rules on capacity mechanisms which would limit the use of coal-fired plants as backup for renewables.
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The German cabinet is expected to pass a draft law next week which aims to support corporate research and development with new incentives worth 1.25 billion euros ($1.4 billion) annually from 2020.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian business lobby groups voiced opposition on Wednesday to a draft law that would make it a crime to comply with sanctions imposed by the United States or other countries.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A draft law submitted to Turkey's parliament introduces tax exemptions to loan restructurings and legal protection for bankers as Ankara tries to make it easier for banks to restructure bad debt.
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The draft law seen by Reuters contains some of the demands banks put to the government during the talks, such as tax exemptions on restructurings and amendments to protect bankers involved in restructuring.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet passed a draft law on Wednesday to increase investment in school building renovation, doubling its contribution to a municipal fund to a total of 7 billion euros ($7.5 billion).
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ISTANBUL, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A draft law on Turkey's tax regulations does not include changes to corporate tax rates, contrary to earlier reports, according to a draft text seen by Reuters on Thursday.
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Under a draft law drawn up by Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, some 2011.1% of taxpayers will from 2021 no longer be subject to the 5.5% levy, which has been added to income tax.
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DUBAI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Bahrain's upper house gave final approval to a draft law on Monday that will see value-added tax (VAT) imposed for the first time, state news agency BNA reported.
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A draft law in Germany is proposing to tackle exactly this issue — using the threat of large fines for social media platforms that fail to quickly take down illegal content after a complaint.
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The Spanish government this month approved a draft law that would tax large companies 3 percent of their digital turnover, bringing an estimated 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to state coffers each year.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian parliament on Wednesday gave its overwhelming backing to a draft law that would ease some penalties for domestic violence, alarming women's rights campaigners who fear it will encourage abuse.
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The government council for economic affairs is expected to discuss the development bank's structure later this month, the official said, and the government aims to submit a draft law to parliament in September.
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A German government spokeswoman made clear that the draft law on a transition phase, the result of an EU agreement from March, would only come into force if an exit deal was reached.
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Greece has reached an agreement with the Commission on the issue, which has been at the top of the agenda of talks with its creditors, and will prepare a draft law, he said.
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The draft law on conversion of loans in Swiss francs, a product of talks between government and borrowers, will now be sent to the parliament for adoption by the end of the week.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's centrist coalition government on Tuesday agreed on a draft law which would allow authorities to stop providing accommodation and food to rejected asylum seekers who refuse to leave the country.
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The commission will propose a draft law in the second quarter to begin compiling an EU "taxonomy" or checklist of investments and financing activities that are deemed "green", or promote sustainable economic growth.
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Details of the affected areas and the integration of increasing offshore wind power volumes will be agreed when the draft law goes through the Bundestag lower house of parliament for approval, she said.
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But although Kuwait is preparing a draft law to allow maturities of up to 30 years, an existing law limits its borrowing to maturities of up to 10 years, an IMF document showed.
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In February this year, China State Council issued a draft law to revise its Maritime Traffic Safety Law, which if approved, would seek to prevent foreign ships from passing through Chinese territorial waters.
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The draft law also prohibits any type of trading forum that sells to overseas clients - even if they do not offer binary options - without receiving a licence from the country where clients reside.
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MOSCOW, July 29 (Reuters) - Shares in Yandex, Russia's answer to Google, fell by more than 3% on Monday after a draft law proposed limiting foreign ownership in "significant" Russian IT companies to 20%.
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The draft law, a key component of Germany's plan to phase out coal by 2038, will be put for a vote in the Bundestag lower house should the cabinet approve it on Monday.
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Those migrants who are required to attend the classes but fail to turn up will see their state benefits cut to a minimum level "that ensures their livelihood", according to the draft law.
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RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's ministerial council on Monday approved a draft law reinstating compulsory military service for young men and women for the first time since 2006, the Royal Cabinet said in a statement.
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Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said late on Tuesday that Ferrand would stay in the government and that it would lay clear rules on ethics for politicians in a draft law on June 14.
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" As it stands, the draft law contains a certain amount of ambiguity, Smilde said, making it sound like it is going to absolve any military person who participates with the "restoration of democracy.
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Shares in Yandex were up 3.6% in New York after declining more than 3% on Friday, when the draft law proposing to limit foreign ownership in "significant" IT companies to 20% was submitted.
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Gibraltar's government and Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) said lawmakers will discuss a draft law in coming weeks to regulate the promotion, sale and distribution of tokens connected with the British overseas territory.
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This is all despite a clause in the constitution defending religious freedom, which could shortly be revoked if a draft law is passed, potentially making the situation a lot worse for Thailand's bhikkhunis.
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Denying a non-EU clearing house the ability to serve customers in the bloc should remain in the draft law as an "insurance mechanism" in case supervisory cooperation does not work, Huebner said.
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A draft law that punishes disrespect for the Chinese national anthem has raised concerns about free speech in a place where soccer fans have been known to boo when the song is played.
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The Commission's draft law introduces an optional, pan-EU regime whereby a crowdfunding platform that wants to operate across the bloc could obtain a "passport" license from the European Securities and Markets Authority.
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Rather than a fully-fledged reform plan, the draft law presented by the government in mid-March provides little more than a framework and a timeline for the overhaul of the rail operator.
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PARIS (Reuters) - An estimated 42,000 protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday, peacefully demonstrating against a draft law allowing lesbians and single women to conceive children with medical assistance, police said.
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The draft law, which went to parliament on September 24th, will for the first time give gay female couples and single women the right to use IVF and other forms of assisted reproduction.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's lower house of parliament on Friday approved a draft law declaring Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia as safe countries to ease deportation of failed asylum seekers from those North African states.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Monday it would closely examine whether a new Polish draft law undermines the independence of the judiciary, amid tensions between Brussels and Warsaw over democratic standards.
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The draft law would, if adopted, mean the Russian central bank no longer has to publish a list of banks dealing with the arms industry, which included eight lenders as of Oct. 1.
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The lower house said it would hold talks next week with businesses before proceeding further with discussion of the draft law, a day after business lobby groups on Wednesday publicly voiced opposition to it.
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The German cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law to broaden video surveillance in public and commercial areas, a measure agreed by political parties last month after violent attacks and sexual assaults on women.
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The German cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday that paves the way for class action against the carmaker, which in 2015 admitted it had used illegal software to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests.
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Under the French draft law, social media groups would have to put in place tools to allow users to alert them to "clearly illicit" content related to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
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According to a draft law planned for June, state-owned utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN), which distributes all of the country's power, will pay solar projects between 20303 and 9.80 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
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LONDON (Reuters) - A European Union draft law to curb risky trading at banks could be scrapped unless there is consensus on it among the main parties, a senior European Parliament member said on Tuesday.
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If presented, the new draft law could weigh on bank shares and the zloty because Polish media had reported that plans for the conversion, which may cost banks billions of euros, had been suspended.
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The draft law, expected to be published by the European Commission next week and seen by Reuters, gives regulators the extra power to intervene preventively to assess whether there is a risk of failure.
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LOME, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Togo's opposition leader on Wednesday called for the immediate departure of long-ruling President Faure Gnassingbe, saying that a government draft law to reintroduce presidential term limits came too late.
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As the EU prepares for Brexit, Spain - which ceded Gibraltar to Britain after an 18th century war - insisted that the UK territory be described that way in the draft law, which has upset London.
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There were also concerns that specific measures targeted against U.S. goods might prompt Washington to enact more sanctions on Moscow and it is unclear whether the current draft law may yet undergo further dilution.
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Peskov made his comments when asked by reporters on a conference call if a draft law proposing jail time for people who enforce U.S. sanctions against Russia would hurt the investment climate if implemented.
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The Association of Financial Markets in Europe, which counts investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank among its members, said it was very unclear what the outcome of the draft law would be.
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They added that Quang use Facebook to urge people to turn out for street demonstrations against a controversial draft law to develop economic zones against which thousands had protested in several cities in June.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has published a draft law covering partnerships between the government and private sector in a step toward launching billions of dollars worth of infrastructure projects and attracting fresh foreign investment.
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The only time a member state would need to notify the Commission of a draft law to criminally punish a service like UberPop, is if it is looking to regulate that particular service specifically.
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Valdis Dombrovskis, the European commissioner who proposed the draft law, said Brexit meant that "certain adjustments to our rules" are needed and that no business would be shifted just for the sake of it.
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Two unnamed people told Bloomberg that Putin's decision to give Trump another chance explains why Russian legislators abandoned a draft law this week that would have slapped wide-ranging counter-sanctions on American companies.
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At the core of the latest political crisis was a sharp disagreement between Mr. Lieberman and Mr. Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox allies over legislation to replace a military draft law that exempted ultra-Orthodox men.
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This week a draft law was submitted to parliament to expand the powers of the radio and television watchdog to include overseeing online content providers, a move the main opposition described as digital censorship.
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Reports in the Chinese news media this week said that lawmakers would accept public comments on the draft law through early February but gave no indication of when it might be put into practice.
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The draft law has outraged many Greeks, who have seen living conditions and incomes plummet since the country first sought international aid to stave off bankruptcy in 2010, and required another two bailouts thereafter.
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's parliament is set to lift a six-month state of emergency two months early, after the cabinet approved a draft law that said calm has been restored, an official said.
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The draft law unveiled by cabinet on Thursday would give same-sex couples similar legal protections for marriage as heterosexuals, but marriage in civil law would remain defined as between a man and woman.
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In a summary of the draft law, the Ministry of Treasury said it would help reduce Argentina's default risk and smooth the path for whoever wins the country's presidential election set for Oct. 27.
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BRUSSELS, July 4 (Reuters) - Member states may criminally punish illegal transport activities such as UberPOP without seeking the EU's opinion on the draft law, an adviser to the top European Union court said on Tuesday.
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The draft law, which the European Commission is expected to publish next month, is part of a set of proposals to implement 2030 goals on cutting emissions, increasing renewable energy use and preventing energy waste.
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Under the draft law, animals like Sheep and poultry will have to be stunned electrically before being killed, which most animal rights campaigners say is more humane than the Islamic halal and Jewish kosher rituals.
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Facebook issued a statement when the law was proposed and said: "The draft law provides an incentive to delete content that is not clearly illegal when social networks face such a disproportionate threat of fines."
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Berlin's city government plans to cap rents at 7.97 euros ($8.88) per square meter per month as part of a rent freeze agreed earlier this year, newspaper Tagesspiegel reported, citing a draft law.
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition party will support a government bid to lift the immunity from prosecution currently enjoyed by all members of parliament, a draft law that Kurdish lawmakers say is targeted against them.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday shelved a draft law that critics say would have undermined the independence of anti-corruption institutions, which Ukraine's foreign backers this week said were under attack from vested interests.
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Under the draft law, individuals or groups who help migrants not entitled to protection to submit requests for asylum or who help illegal migrants gain status to stay in Hungary will be liable to jail.
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A draft law to recognize and protect indigenous peoples' rights - the result of years of lobbying by AMAN and other organizations - was listed last year by the House of Representatives as a priority for 2017.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to extend a price brake for drugs covered by statutory health insurance for five years beyond 2017, stretching out the measure introduced in 2009, a draft law seen by Reuters shows.
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Under the draft law, the government in Germany, Europe's biggest market for medicines, also wants to lower prices of newly launched drugs within the first 12 months if sales are greater than 250 million euros.
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"We are beginning today a process of strengthening the bourse and restoring it to its place as the engine of the Israeli economy," Kahlon said, in reference to a draft law issued by his ministry.
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HRW's findings come as Mauritania awaits the results of legislative elections, which activists say offer parliament a fresh chance to pass a draft law on gender-based violence that would increase support for rape victims.
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LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - The European Union's executive will propose a draft law on crowdfunding and forge common blockchain technology standards to help a European financial technology sector grow, an EU document showed on Monday.
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The EU has published a draft law that would require clearing of euro-denominated transactions in some cases to be shifted from London to cities in the bloc after Brexit, a proposal resisted by Britain.
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Altiparmak said the draft law left unclear how the watchdog could regulate international outlets, such as Netflix, and what kind of punishment it could impose if they reject or fail to adhere to RTUK's warnings.
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Discussions continue, said Karl-Heinz Grundböck, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Vienna, but a draft law is expected to go to Parliament by summer while a commission of experts considers the building's fate.
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The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund wrote to Poroshenko's office this month to express concern over a draft law they said did not meet the recommendations of a European rights and legal watchdog.
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The draft law on renovation envisages moving some Muscovites into modern flats but has fueled concerns about property rights, a year after city authorities provoked an outcry among small businesses by bulldozing many street kiosks.
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The European Parliament approved a draft law on shareholders' rights last July, requiring the country-by-country disclosure of companies' tax data wherever they operate, but it is currently being blocked by EU member states.
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To counter the slowdown, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz plans to support corporate research and development with incentives worth 1.27 billion euros ($1.43 billion) annually from 2020, a draft law seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday.
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His office added that the government would prepare a draft law based on the joint declaration by Mr. Tsipras and the archbishop, and would share it with the synod committee before sending it to Parliament.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's draft law on regulating cryptocurrencies envisages limits on investments in initial coin offerings (ICOs), RIA news agency cited the head of the Russian regional banking association, Anatoly Aksakov, as saying on Thursday.
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Two other investors who attended the meetings said they had got the impression that a new draft law that would increase the Treasury's borrowing limit could be introduced in parliament after the programme is announced.
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The Commission said in its June proposal that it would clarify criteria to assess the systemic importance of clearing houses in further regulations, expected six months after the draft law is adopted by the European Parliament.
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Ayan Mahamoud, Somaliland's representative in Britain, said the draft law had been awaiting parliamentary approval for years - and that President Musa Bihi Abdi's government, which was elected in November, saw curbing sex crimes as a priority.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy will renew for up to 36 months a state guarantee scheme to help banks shed bad loans, tightening rules to increase protection for some investors, a draft law decree seen by Reuters showed.
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"Lowering the mining levy by 15 percent ... will make additional funds available to KGHM, which will significantly translate into long-term stability and development of the company," lawmakers said in draft law published on parliament's website.
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The committee's debate on Wednesday showed broad backing for the draft law, subject to stricter criteria for deciding when euro clearing should move and clarity on the role of the European Central Bank in the decision.
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The draft law, according to a text seen by Reuters, is aimed at protecting Russia's interests and security in the face of "unfriendly and unlawful acts by the United States of America and other foreign states".
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet backed a draft law on Wednesday with annual incentives worth 1.25 billion euros aimed at supporting corporate research and development and boosting investments in cutting-edge technologies, officials said.
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The draft law on renovation envisages moving some Muscovites into modern flats but has also fueled concerns about property rights, a year after city authorities provoked an outcry among small businesses by bulldozing many street kiosks.
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Amendments to the MPRDA bill were passed by parliament four years ago but the draft law was sent back to lawmakers by former president Jacob Zuma in 2015 due to concerns over whether they were constitutional.
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BERLIN, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The German government will not force hard coal power plants to close over the next seven years, a draft law expected to be approved by the cabinet next week showed on Tuesday.
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DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday approved a draft law prescribing the death penalty for drug offences, despite widespread criticism over a narcotics crackdown in which police have shot dead more than 200 people since May.
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A European Parliament committee last week voted in favor of a draft law that instructs EU regulators to check on "systemic" foreign clearing houses that handle large amounts of euro-denominated assets like interest rate swaps.
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KIEV (Reuters) - The World Bank is encouraged by signs from the Ukrainian president that a draft law to create an anti-corruption court could be revised following international criticism, the lender's Ukraine director Satu Kahkonen said.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR urged Hungary on Tuesday to scrap a draft law restricting non-governmental organizations, saying it would deprive refugees and asylum-seekers of vital services and abet "rising xenophobic attitudes".
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Egypt's investment ministry said last year that a draft law regulating web-based transport services would provide a legal framework for companies like Uber, but did not say when that bill was likely to be passed.
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"The draft law (on ending visa requirements for Turks) is being debated in the European Parliament right now," Oettinger, commissioner for digital economy and society, told several regional German newspapers in an interview published on Tuesday.
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Scholz is currently working on a draft law that aims to support companies investing in research and development with 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) in tax incentives over four years, coalition sources told Reuters on Thursday.
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ATHENS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Workers at Greece's Public Power Corp (PPC) launched a two-day strike on Wednesday to protest a draft law aimed at reforming the troubled utility, its largest labour union GENOP/DEH said.
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A draft law approved by the cabinet to phase out hard coal-fired power stations envisages maximum phase-out compensation of 165,000 euros ($13,051) per megawatt in 2020, falling to 155,000 euros in 2021 and 2022.
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Macron, who beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen on May 7 to become president, pledged during the campaign to put forward a draft law on ethics in public life before the mid-June parliamentary elections.
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BERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Germany will force the closure of power plants fired by hard coal starting in 2027 if utilities do not take up compensation tenders, a draft law seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament on Thursday approved in the first reading a draft law to create an anti-corruption court, a step towards fulfilling requirements for a long-delayed loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund.
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"It's not exactly what we proposed ... but I'm pretty happy with it," Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said, referring to the draft law which had sliced the bloc into nine separate regions to pool resources.
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Last month, the German government backed a draft law which includes proposals to fine social media firms up to €50 million if they fail to remove illegal hate speech within 24 hours after a complaint is made.
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The draft law also goes a step farther, prohibiting any type of trading forum that sells to overseas clients - even if they do not offer binary options - without receiving a licence from the country where clients reside.
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In February, the German Interior Ministry presented a draft law that would allow migration officers to seize smartphone and laptop data to help determine asylum seekers' identities, in a move that raised concerns among some privacy advocates.
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As a minister he spent nearly 200 hours in parliamentary commissions and debates trying to convince deputies of the merits of his draft law to deregulate Sunday trading, the notary profession, coach transport and other protected industries.
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A draft law approved at a cabinet meeting will allow permanent residence to the children of Qatari women married to non-Qataris, as well as expatriates who provide outstanding services to Qatar, the Wednesday evening report said.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli parliament voted on Monday in favor of a draft law barring police from publicizing its conclusions in criminal probes — legislation seen as shielding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under investigation for corruption.
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Gun Owners of America (GOA), a Washington-based lobby group, has asked lawmakers to add a provision to a draft law rewriting bank rules that it says would prevent "gun-hating banks" from "discriminating" against firearms makers.
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KIEV (Reuters) - President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday that Ukraine had taken into account most international recommendations in the latest draft law to create an anti-corruption court, which may be voted on by parliament this week.
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Miguel Guimaraes, the head of the Doctor's Association, told Reuters that he advocated legalizing marijuana-derived medicines based on scientific evidence, but criticized the part of the draft law that would permit domestic growing of the plant.
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The August 2017 draft law proposed lowering the foreign ownership threshold at which the capital gains tax on listed securities transactions took effect to 5 percent from the current 25 percent of outstanding shares in the issuer.
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There is general agreement in Germany that the country should ban GMOs but disagreement whether the bans should be imposed by federal or state authorities caused a long delay in agreeing the draft law on the ban.
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Kurz, of the Christian Conservative People's Party (OVP), is working on a draft law with Muna Duzdar, a junior minister from the OVP's senior Social Democrat coalition partner who has an Arab family background and is Muslim.
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"Therefore, the draft law should be amended to ensure that Banka Slovenije does not assume any liability of the State, including, in particular, in cases where both Banka Slovenije and the State are severally liable," Draghi said.
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In 2014, the European Central Bank told politicians in Budapest that a draft law that would apply sanctions to members of its central bank that failed to submit a wealth declaration was not compliant with EU law.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's parliament approved a tweaked draft law against funding terrorism on Wednesday which officials hope will bring Tehran closer to global standards and help remove it from investment blacklists as it faces renewed U.S. sanctions.
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Le Monde said too that his support for a draft law on the functioning of health insurance funds, while he himself was working for one of them, showed a "troubling mix" of private interest and public life.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The future health of Iceland's intersex children has been put at risk with the removal of protections from a draft law that promotes transgender rights, the country's leading intersex activist said on Tuesday.
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In response to criticism of the draft law, the government softened the legislation by excluding email and messenger providers and opening up the option of creating joint monitoring facilities to make decisions about what content to remove.
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The bloc is scrutinising a draft law governing the closing down of a struggling clearing house, a third party that comes between both sides of a stock, bond or derivatives trade to ensure completion of the transaction.
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A spokesman for Facebook, which has 29 million active users in Germany - more than a third of the total population - said the company was working hard to remove illegal content, but expressed concern at the draft law.
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Another crucial coalition partner, Avidgor Lieberman's ultranationalist and secularist Israel Beiteinu Party, which won five seats, insists on passing a relatively soft version of the Haredi draft law by July, a deadline set by the Supreme Court.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's ruling coalition parties agreed on Thursday to rework a draft law on greater fairness in wages between the sexes, in a bid to ensure greater transparency by obliging employers to disclose their pay structures.
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Government officials have proposed a ministerial decree as an alternative to the draft law, Oke Nurwan, director-general of foreign trade at the trade ministry, told Reuters, although he did not specify when the proposal was made.
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Koen Lenaerts, President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), made his comments in Warsaw, weeks after Poland's lower house of parliament approved a draft law that would allow judges who question planned reforms to be disciplined.
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The draft law aims to prevent judges from questioning the independence of peers nominated by a council controlled by the governing party — appointments that, up until about two years ago, used to be made by other judges.
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The plan includes a 2020 budget targeting a deficit of 0.6% of GDP, halving the salaries of lawmakers and ministers, eliminating some public bodies, a draft law to restore looted state money and, importantly, no new taxes.
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A separate internal government document which analyses the draft law noted that taxation issues were of "great interest" to investors and excluding it from the law's purview could reduce the proposal's intent to boost their comfort level.
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Russia's finance ministry, in a draft law published late on Friday, said it planned to use money from the National Wealth Fund to issue sovereign loans to countries that can use them to pay for Russian exports.
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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Thursday proposed a draft law to allow same-sex marriage in Asia's first such bill, but the legislation was criticized by rights activists and conservative groups amid a heated debate over marriage equality.
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Under the sweeping draft law, which begins its path through the legislature on February 295, anyone who imports, makes, sells or promotes new smoking products could face six months in jail or a HK$50,000 ($6,370) fine.
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The Bank of Italy has calculated that a draft law allowing creditors to recover bad debts without involving the court system could drastically reduce the length of time the process requires, a source familiar with the matter said.
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The German Justice Ministry has introduced a draft law that would impose fines of up to €93 million ($53.2 million) on social media companies that fail to quickly remove hate speech and other illegal content from their platforms.
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A draft law announced by the interior ministry last month would allow German authorities to seize data from the smartphones, laptops, and tablets of people seeking asylum in the country, in order to determine their identities and nationalities.
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"In order to at least partially offset these additional costs, the draft law provides for 95 percent of the central bank's profits to be paid to the federal government instead of 90 percent currently," the central bank said.
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Companies doing basic research or industrial development can apply for a bonus of up to 500,000 euros per year, with the incentives not limited to small- and medium-sized firms as originally planned, according to the draft law.
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The draft law caps their share of fuels used in transport to 3.8 percent in 2030 - halved from 2020's target - envisaging instead electrification of transport and advanced biofuels from agriculture or forestry industry waste reaching 6.8 percent.
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The draft law, to be published by the European Commission on Wednesday, would create a new category of "non-preferred" debt instruments that would be bailed-in -- suffer losses -- only during a bank resolution, the draft text said.
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A letter to the European Commission, signed by environment spokesman in the Parliament from seven groups, calls on the EU executive to make sure a draft law, expected in July, ensures "real world delivery" of the Paris Agreement.
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"We have heard noise from the other side of the Atlantic," Pearson told a debate about the draft law in the European Parliament's economic affairs committee, adding that discussions about the EU plans would help "calm" the situation.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top cyber authority on Tuesday released a draft law that would require firms exporting data to undergo an annual security assessment, in the latest of several recent safeguards against threats such as hacking and terrorism.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's lower house of parliament agreed late on Thursday to a draft law to boost video surveillance in public places like shopping centers and stadiums, amid widespread concerns in Germany after several violent attacks by militants.
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Brussels is due next month to publish a draft law on supervision of clearing euro-denominated transactions after calls from EU policymakers for this activity, which London dominates, to be moved to the euro zone due to Brexit.
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Germany has expressed doubts about a separate draft law introducing a common bank deposit insurance scheme in the euro zone, the final leg of creating a banking union to put the single currency area on a stabler footing.
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At the time of this writing, the French government is virtually on the verge of collapse, with street demonstrations and more than a million signatures secured to protest a draft law aimed at cutting non-wage labor costs.
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The draft law calls for all import pipelines to meet EU rules by not being directly owned by gas suppliers, applying non-discriminatory tariffs and transparent reporting and opening at least 10 percent of capacity to third parties.
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The draft law could slow but not stop the project, led by Russian state energy firm Gazprom in partnership with five Western firms - Germany's Uniper and BASF's Wintershall unit, Anglo-Dutch firm Shell, Austria's OMV and France's Engie.
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"This (draft law) sets out binding standards for the way operators of social networks deal with complaints and obliges them to delete criminal content," Justice Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement announcing the planned legislation on Tuesday.
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DHAKA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday approved a draft law prescribing the death penalty for drug offences, despite widespread criticism over a drugs crackdown in which police have shot dead more than 200 people since May.
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will expand the powers of its radio and television watchdog to include overseeing online content providers, under a draft law submitted to parliament on Thursday which the main opposition party said amounted to digital censorship.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Bavarian allies signaled on Thursday that they wanted to limit pay for top managers ahead of a September election after the Social Democrats (SPD) presented a draft law on the issue.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is seeking opinions for a draft law to govern public-private partnerships (PPP), as it seeks to shore up private investment in infrastructure projects to alleviate local authorities' debt burden, state media reported on Friday.
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Under the draft law, if the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) decides that a non-EU clearer is handling "systemically" important volumes of euro-denominated business, a system of "enhanced supervision" would be introduced, the source said.
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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government said on Wednesday that it would propose a draft law to allow same-sex marriage in Asia's first such bill amid a heated debate over marriage equality that has divided the self-ruled island.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Tax advisers in the European Union will be penalized for helping companies to set up schemes to cut their tax bills excessively by shifting profits to low-tax countries, under a draft law seen by Reuters.
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Presentation of a new draft law on the conversion could weigh on bank shares and the zloty as local media have earlier reported that works on the conversion, which may cost banks billions of euros, have been suspended.
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And while the law reserving seats for women in village councils has resulted in over one million women being elected, a similar draft law for state and federal parliament has been sidelined by successive governments for two decades.
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Companies doing basic research or industrial development can apply for a bonus of up to 6.43,000 euros per year, with the incentives not limited to small- and medium-sized firms as originally planned, according to the draft law.
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Lawmakers propose limiting foreign ownership in online news aggregators to no more than 20 percent for security reasons, making them subject to restrictions similar to those faced by Russian media, according to the text of the draft law.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will fine polluters as much as 2 million yuan ($293,000) for dumping untreated contaminants into the soil, according to a new draft law submitted to the country's parliament, the official China Daily reported on Friday.
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BERLIN, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Germany is working on a draft law on reducing risks in the banking sector which foresees the participation of creditors and shareholders in the event of a bankruptcy, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.
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The German class action was made possible after the cabinet approved a draft law last year allowing consumer protection organisations to litigate on behalf of consumers, avoiding the high legal costs that might put people off legal action.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has delayed signing a draft law that would allow parliament to crack down on criticism aimed at its members or the legislature, suggesting it could undermine the quality of the country's democracy.
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UNICEF acknowledged the country's progress in protecting children including higher funding for immunization and a draft law, which among other things seeks to ban violence against children and is expected to be submitted to parliament later this year.
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William Anh Nguyen, born in 1985, was one of thousands of people who protested on Sunday against a draft law to develop economic zones under which land leases of up to 99 years will be offered to investors.
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The EU's executive European Commission proposed a draft law in June that sketches out a system of joint supervision of "systemic" clearing houses outside the bloc that handle large amounts of derivatives and other contracts traded in euros.
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Under the draft law being debated in parliament, all 711 judges at two of the highest courts - the Council of State, which hears cases lodged by citizens against the government, and the Supreme Court of Appeals - will be removed.
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Klaus Mueller, head of the federal association of consumer protection bodies, said the Volkswagen scandal was "only the tip of the iceberg" and the draft law could help consumers to make use of their rights in many other areas.
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The commission accepted a proposal from President Tayyip Erdogan to trim a planned hike in motor vehicle tax to 23.6298-25 percent for most cars, depending on engine size, from the 40 percent put forward in a draft law.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament has proposed a draft law that could lead to a sharp increase in tobacco output in a country that is already a top producer with one of the heaviest rates of smoking in the world.
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Under the draft law, manufacturers of tobacco products have to use locally sourced tobacco for at least 80 percent of their production, while imports of ready-to-use cigarettes may be subject to an excise tax of 200 percent.
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MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament passed an amended draft law on the second reading on Wednesday that would raise the retirement age to 65 from 60 for men and to 60 from 55 for women.
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"The government has practically prepared a draft law on Agrokor which will be activated in case the situation in the economy suddenly worsens because of problems in Agrokor," the Jutarnji List daily said, citing sources close to top officials.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government has supported a draft law on limiting foreign ownership in major IT companies to just under 50 percent, according to a parliamentary website, a move which may further tighten state control over the internet.
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WARSAW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Poland's Finance Ministry said on Wednesday it was not working on a draft law that would allow banks' clients to convert their Swiss-franc loans into zlotys, which would be alternative to the president's project.
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President Andrzej Duda laid out a draft law on Friday to saddle lenders with the costs of converting Swiss franc loans into zlotys, which according to analysts could cost banks up to 25 billion zlotys ($6.1 bln) in total.
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On May 5th it released for consultation a draft law that would grant the federal government a role in addressing systemic risks in capital markets and criminal enforcement—both areas which the Supreme Court conceded were under federal jurisdiction.
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Under the SVP's draft law, foreigners would be automatically deported after completing their sentences for serious crimes like murder, rape and armed robbery, or for two lesser offences committed within a 10-year span such as speeding or burglary.
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MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A draft law proposing to limit foreign ownership in 'significant' Russian technology firms to 20% is not aimed at making its top search engine Yandex state-owned, the lawmaker behind the idea, Anton Gorelkin, said.
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The draft law, submitted to Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, in late July, proposes limiting foreign ownership in internet firms to 20% if they are considered by a special commission to be a "significant source of information".
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Under the draft law, each of the 28 countries in the bloc (although Britain may have left by then) will have to choose before 2021 whether it will follow daylight saving time throughout the year or maintain standard time.
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Instead, Mr. Netanyahu has found himself at the mercy of smaller parties engaged in a power struggle over the military draft law, which critics said was in any case a mild compromise unlikely to significantly change the status quo.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hungarian charities on Thursday criticized a draft law that would require them to declare foreign funding, saying it would clamp down on freedom of speech and undermine their work with migrants and other vulnerable groups.
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The European Commission proposed in a draft law reforming the EU energy market to cap crop-based or so-called first generation biofuels' share of fuels used in transport to 3.8 percent in 2030 from 7 percent in 2021.
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In a win for LGBT rights in the region, Tunisia now has a draft law decriminalizing same-sex relationships, and a top court in Lebanon has ruled that same-sex consensual sex was not a criminal offense, Amnesty noted.
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KIEV (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has told the Ukrainian authorities that it does not support a draft law to create an anti-corruption court because the bill does not guarantee its independence, the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported on Monday.
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DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Kuwait's parliament approved a draft law on Tuesday allowing the government to make an advance payment of 13 million dinars ($500 million) as part of a Eurofighter jets deal agreed last year, state news agency KUNA reported.
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The class action was made possible after the German cabinet approved a draft law in May that to make it easier for people to join a legal test case, avoiding high costs that might otherwise put them off bringing legal action.
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At a European Parliament debate on Hungary, Orban clashed with deputy Commission head Frans Timmermans, who said Brussels was also worried with his stance on asylum-seekers, a draft law on non-governmental groups (NGOs) and the rights of the Roma.
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The initial draft law said land in the zones could be leased for up to 99 years, but Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told local media last week the term would be reduced, although he did not say by how much.
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ANKARA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A Turkish parliamentary commission on Friday accepted a proposal by ruling AK Party deputies to reduce a planned hike in motor vehicle tax to 15-25 percent from an initial 40 percent proposed in a draft law.
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The Polish president's office laid out a draft law in January to saddle lenders with the costs of converting Swiss franc mortgages, aiming to help more than half a million Poles with such loans after the value of the franc rose.
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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo plans to set up a special fund to manage all aid donations under a new draft law, its cabinet said on Tuesday, a week after it failed to show up at an international donors conference.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Several commissions in Mexico's Senate on Friday approved a draft law that would ratify the trade deal with the United States and Canada meant to replace the North America Free Trade Agreement, the Senate said in a statement.
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The third draft law was only the initiative of a small group of MPs, and it called for significant constrictions on the practice of in vitro fertilization in Poland, which could make it almost impossible for infertile couples to conceive.
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According to the draft law, regional data protection authorities will still have to review decisions made by venues such as by shopping centers to use video surveillance but the authorities will in future have to consider security concerns more strongly.
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"The draft law gives the president of the republic the responsibility to determine the policy of the nation and the right to appoint the prime minister and to terminate his functions without the need for him to resign," it said.
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China's legislature this week is also reviewing a draft law that would require film industry workers to maintain excellent "moral integrity", after recent cases in which celebrities had been arrested for drug offences and prostitution, Xinhua said in a separate report.
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KIEV (Reuters) - The World Bank has joined the International Monetary Fund in criticizing a Ukrainian draft law to create an anti-corruption court, the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported on Monday, citing a letter from the lender to the presidential administration.
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MOSCOW, May 11 (Reuters) - The Russian Finance Ministry expects the budget for 2018 to run a surplus, not a deficit, for the first time since 2011 thanks to rising oil prices, a draft law on the budget showed late on Thursday.
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A draft law, published in a main Kuwaiti newspaper, al-Qabas, called for the zone to have administrative, legal and financial independence in a model similar to the Dubai International Financial Centre, which offers tax exemptions and its own judicial system.
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The next American president will meet the steely-eyed anti-status quo leader of a nuclear power with a long list of complaints, most recently articulated in a draft law Putin sent to the newly elected Duma this past week.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The finance committee of Mexico's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a draft law by the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) that it says will give pension funds more flexibility in how to invest their portfolios.
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The president's office laid out a draft law in January to saddle lenders with the costs of converting Swiss franc mortgages, aiming to help more than half a million Poles with such loans after the value of the franc rose.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will rework a draft law on limiting foreign ownership in major IT companies to take into account the opinions of market players including Yandex, Interfax said on Tuesday, citing the lawmaker who drew up the proposal, Anton Gorelkin.
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The European Parliament's economic affairs committee approved a draft law giving the EU's securities, banking and insurance watchdogs more powers to build a European capital market and to scrutinise firms from outside the bloc that want to serve EU customers.
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Passing the law is a priority for Ukraine to receive more money under a $17.5 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund, but critics say the draft law as it stands falls short of recommendations made by the Venice Commission.
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The draft law due to be published later on Tuesday would, as a last resort, force euro-denominated clearing business to shift from London to the bloc if the volume was deemed by Brussels to be systemically important, the source said.
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At the New York event, held in the Roosevelt Hotel, Noyer read a message from Macron in which he said as soon as this summer, the government will send a draft law to parliament to make labor laws more flexible.
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WARSAW, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Poland's presidential office is to present on Friday a new draft law to allow borrowers to convert their Swiss franc mortgages into zlotys, two major borrowers' lobbies who said they had received invitations from the office said.
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A draft law to extend the state of emergency for three months will be submitted on Tuesday in the Council of Ministers so that "parliament could review it on Wednesday and Thursday", in the words of Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A draft law allowing Moscow to designate foreign media as "foreign agents" gives Russia a tool to reciprocate to restrictions Washington has imposed on Russian media operating in the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will pass a draft law on Wednesday to support corporate research and development with annual incentives of 1.25 billion euros ($1.39 billion), officials said on Tuesday, in an effort to boost cutting-edge technologies in Europe's largest economy.
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KIEV, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ordered his government to submit a draft law for land market reform by the start of October and to prepare large scale privatizations of state companies, which would start in April next year.
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ISTANBUL, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party is drawing up a draft law on transferring to the treasury the main opposition party's shares in Isbank , Turkey's largest listed lender, the pro-government Sabah newspaper said on Saturday.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz aims for German tax law to treat Britain like a member state of the European Union after it leaves the bloc until the end of 2020, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported, citing a draft law.
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PARIS, Feb 29 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the government would push its contested pension reform through parliament by decree, avoiding the need for a vote after the opposition filed more than 40,000 amendments to the draft law.
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Ukraine's government said on Tuesday it would submit a draft law to parliament for the country's tax deadline to be extended to July 15, and waive fines for companies who missed the previous June 13 cutoff because of the attack.
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According to the draft law published on parliament's website, which the government has softened compared with an original version leaked on Friday, a new National Cultural Council will be responsible for the "unified strategic direction of various segments of culture".
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ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A senior United Nations official urged Ethiopia on Monday to stop shutting off the internet without legal basis and revise a draft law meant to curb hate speech to ensure it protects freedom of speech.
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The president's office presented a draft law in January to saddle lenders with the costs of converting Swiss franc mortgages into zlotys, a move critics said could undermine the health of what was until recently one of Europe's healthiest banking sectors.
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Hundreds of cows have been flown in to scale up dairy farms that traditionally competed with Saudi Arabia, trade ties have increased with Turkey and Iran, and a draft law was passed that would grant greater trade protection to local producers.
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The Russian government, concerned that user data could fall into foreign hands, wants to limit foreign ownership of Russian internet firms to just under 50% and has proposed a draft law due to come into force from Jan 1, 2020.
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose draft law has provoked legal action by the European Union, made clear he would be glad to see the back of the foundation after saying it promotes mass immigration against the will of the Hungarian people.
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To keep this possibility open, it published a draft law on Thursday to allow it to impose 25 percent tariffs on a range of U.S. imports from June 20 and tariffs of up to 50 percent on imports from March 23, 2021.
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BERLIN, May 21 (Reuters) - Germany will pass a draft law on Wednesday to support corporate research and development with annual incentives of 1.25 billion euros ($1.39 billion), officials said on Tuesday, in an effort to boost cutting-edge technologies in Europe's largest economy.
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VW, which in 2015 admitted it had used illegal software to cheat U.S. emissions tests, said after the draft law was approved that it believes the claims against it in Germany are unjustified, and it expects the majority of them to be rejected.
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The draft law calls on Russian internet service providers to create the "technical means" to disconnect the Russian internet (Runet) from the global internet and, in the case of a cyberattack, to reroute all Russian internet traffic through servers based inside the country.
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The draft law will likely require a change in business model for the project, led by Russian state energy firm Gazprom in partnership with five Western firms - Germany's Uniper and BASF's Wintershall unit, Anglo-Dutch firm Shell, Austria's OMV and France's Engie.
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In March, a draft law to raise the legal marriage age to 18, written by a coalition of local NGOs, was submitted to the head of the Lebanese parliament but it has yet to be passed on to the relevant committee for approval.
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They decided to close the church in protest against an attempt by city hall to tax commercial property owned by the churches, and a draft law in the Knesset that would allow the government to expropriate land sold by churches to private buyers.
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"We have been invited ... to come tomorrow at 0800 GMT to the presidential palace, where we are to receive a presidential draft law to solve the problem of toxic financial instruments sold as mortgages," said Maciej Pawlicki from the "Stop Banking Lawlessness" lobby.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government said on Wednesday it is preparing for all Brexit scenarios, including a no-deal, after its cabinet approved a draft law on a transition phase for Britain after it leaves the European Union next year.
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Russia has since been considering how to respond and the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, is due to start voting on specific counter sanctions legislation on Tuesday next week, a day after a draft law is brought to parliament.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The finance committee of Mexico's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a draft law by the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) that it says will give pension funds more flexibility in how to invest their portfolios.
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The State Duma adopted the final reading of the draft law that bans military personnel from posting about themselves or colleagues online, the use of devices that can distribute audio, photo, video and geolocation data via the Internet is also restricted for them.
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They had blocked a previous draft law last year that would have increased excise taxes on fuel to pay for road-building, demanding more transparency in the allocation of monies raised so that the government could not channel them into general budget spending.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Defense Ministry has drawn up a draft law allowing it to ban soldiers from posting certain personal data on social networks, something that reporters and researchers have used in the past to monitor Russia's activities in Syria and Ukraine.
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the draft law to be renamed the Rights of Transgender and Intersex Persons Bill and to include explicit protections for intersex people, who are not mentioned beyond the definitions section at the top of the bill.
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The draft law "proposes the death sentence as maximum punishment for producing, smuggling, distributing and using more than 5 grams of 'yaba'," Alam said, adding possession of less than 5 grams (0.18 oz) would attract a maximum jail term of five years.
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LONDON, Nov 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Germany's health minister submitted a draft law to ban so-called conversion therapy for minors on Monday, as a global movement to end discredited practices aiming to change a person's gender identity or sexual orientation gathers pace.
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"Member states may prohibit and punish the illegal exercise of a transport activity such as UberPop without having to notify the Commission of the draft law in advance," Maciej Szpunar, advocate general at the ECJ, said in a press release on Thursday.
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But the European Commission has announced it will publish a draft law to tighten its grip on clearing next month, and Mersch said on Thursday the Eurosystem of the euro zone's 19 national central banks and the ECB should also consider action.
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Germany is readying stimulus measures requiring about 156 billion euros ($166.83 billion) in net new borrowing and additional debt authorization of up to 200 billion euros to fight the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a draft law and senior officials.
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"We will take out more debt than what is normally allowed under the constitution," Scholz said, adding that austerity in previous years had prepared the ground for such a move and that a debt-repayment schedule would be part of the draft law.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has sent a draft law to Congress that aims to grant amnesty to people serving jail time for lesser offenses, including abortion and possession of small amounts of drugs, the government said on Sunday.
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It is expected to raise 87 million euros in the first year toward a new marketing fund overseen by the agriculture ministry to promote Slovak food producers and compensate them for losses caused by bad weather and climate change, the draft law said.
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The draft law also allows authorities to establish "priority protection" areas and ban grazing or the growing of certain crops in heavily polluted regions, as well as encourage crop rotation, reforestation and the creation of wetlands, according to the official People's Daily.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China is reviewing a draft law to protect the reputation and honor of "heroes and martyrs" and punish those who "glorify wars of invasion", state media said on Wednesday, amid public anger at people dressing up in Japanese army uniforms.
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" Those efforts at public outreach seem to be the target of a draft law proposed by Law and Justice in December that seeks to punish judges who criticize the government's campaign to overhaul the judiciary and who engage in unspecified "political activities.
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The Commission will propose a draft law to ease capital requirements on investment firms in the fourth quarter of 2017, and assess the case for granting licences and "passporting" rights to financial technology firms to operate across the EU, the document said.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to ensure that its plan to cancel emissions certificates issued for coal power stations that are due to be shuttered doesn't undermine the EU's emissions trading system, the government said in a draft law seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
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ROME, April 28 (Reuters) - The Bank of Italy has calculated that a draft law allowing creditors to recover bad debts without involving the court system could drastically reduce the length of time the process requires, a source familiar with the matter said.
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Officials from the bloc's member states meet next week to begin the approval process for the draft law, and the two biggest states, Germany and France want tougher measures than what's been proposed so far, EU sources with knowledge of the meeting said.
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"Member states may prohibit and punish, as a matter of criminal law, the illegal exercise of transport activities in the context of the UberPop service, without notifying the Commission of the draft law in advance," the advocate general said in statement by the Court.
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NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's draft law aimed at protecting the rights of the transgender community must be strengthened to allow people to be legally recognised by self identification rather than based on the opinions of experts, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
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Under a draft law submitted to parliament on Wednesday, security force members will be allowed into polling stations when invited by a voter, a measure the government says will stamp out intimidation by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the mainly Kurdish southeast.
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The draft law would give social networks 24 hours to delete or block obviously criminal content and seven days to deal with less clear-cut cases, with an obligation to report back to the person who filed the complaint about how they handled the case.
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In the first debate in the European Parliament on Tuesday, lawmakers from the two biggest parties, the center right European People's Party and the center-left Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, gave broad backing to the draft law, but called for some changes.
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EU sources say the bloc's three legislators - the European Parliament, EU member governments and the European Commission - are close to reaching a compromise on the draft law when they meet on Thursday, but remain divided over how much market surveillance power to give Brussels.
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After Brexit, it is unclear whether market participants in the EU will still be able to use LCH in London, because the bloc has proposed a draft law that would require clearing of euro-denominated swaps to take place in the EU under certain circumstances.
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"Today's vote gives a crystal clear signal to Donald Trump: Europe acts on its commitments under the Paris agreement and seizes the opportunities of green growth, with or without you," said Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, a Dutch deputy who shepherded the draft law through the chamber.
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ISTANBUL, May 5 (Reuters) - Turkey is considering a draft law to transfer a 58.5 percent stake in VakifBank to unlisted Islamic lender Vakif Katilim, Vakif Katilim's chairman told Reuters on Friday, a move that may coincide with Ankara's push to ramp up Islamic finance.
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The protests, by thousands of people in several cities, were fueled by concerns that a draft law to develop economic zones offering land leases of up to 99 years would be dominated by investors from China, a neighbor with which Vietnam has a rocky history.
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HONG KONG, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Chinese schools operator Wisdom Education International Holdings said on Tuesday it did not expect a draft law related to the private education sector to have an impact on it, as it seeks to reassure investors after its shares plunged.
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The European Commission proposed a draft law on Thursday to continue shielding pension funds - a sector it sees as critical for investment in infrastructure - from having to clear their derivatives trades for a further three years, saving them billions of euros in collateral requirements.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is readying stimulus measures requiring about 156 billion euros ($166.83 billion) in net new borrowing and additional debt authorization of up to 200 billion euros to fight the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a draft law and senior officials.
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ADDIS ABABA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Ethiopia will not open up its banking and insurance firms to foreign ownership even as it clears the way for overseas investors to buy into other sectors of its economy, a draft law seen by Reuters on Monday showed.
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia plans to cut an excise tax on sugar to 20% from 33%, according to a draft law in parliament, proposing the move ahead of plans to privatize the sugar industry as part of a government drive to open up the economy.
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ADDIS ABABA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Ethiopia plans to cut an excise tax on sugar to 20% from 33% ahead of its privatization of the sugar industry, according to a draft law in parliament, part of efforts to open up one of Africa's most closed economies.
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ADDIS ABABA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Ethiopia plans to cut an excise tax on sugar to 20% from 33% ahead of its privatisation of the sugar industry, according to a draft law in parliament, part of efforts to open up one of Africa's most closed economies.
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The ruling coalition of the leftist Smer, nationalist Slovak National Party and ethnic Hungarian Most party defended the financing caps, saying in the draft law "they will bring more transparency into financing of political parties and prevent parties from taking excessive loans before elections".
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is close to drawing up a draft law to raise the pension age, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday, but wants to do so carefully and in a way that avoids disrupting the existing pension system or causing social tensions.
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The draft law, which still needs to be approved by member states and the European Parliament, sets a binding target to cut energy use by 30 percent by 2030 and for renewable energy to make up at least 27 percent of the bloc's power mix by 2030.
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But subsequent news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is preparing for all Brexit scenarios, including a no-deal, after its cabinet approved a draft law on a transition phase for Britain after it leaves the European Union next year prompted investors to take some profits.
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The announcement was made as the National People's Congress Standing Committee is reviewing a draft law on the film industry to ensure that those who that work in it will strive for "excellence in both professional skills and moral integrity" while maintaining a positive public image.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia wants the United States to cancel all sanctions and pay compensation for the damage they have caused if Moscow is to resume an agreement on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium, according to a draft law submitted by President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
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Tweed was a complex figure, because despite his criminality, he improved the lives of the poor in New York City; he funded schools and hospitals and helped the disadvantaged navigate President Abraham Lincoln's draft law, which allowed the rich to buy their way out of service.
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The draft law acknowledges that state employees may need to be transferred out of projects and that some companies may be exempted from meeting minimum requirements for the ratio of Saudi citizens in their workforces - key concerns for potential investors keen on minimizing their labor costs.
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The draft law, which passed a second reading in the lower house of parliament and is being publicly debated ahead of a final reading and vote, would regulate NGOs' funding, activities and foreign affiliation in the name of national security, and have control over NGOs' assets.
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Legislation will be needed to implement some of the Kingman and CMA reforms, and Clark is due to be quizzed by lawmakers on Wednesday on when he proposes bringing a draft law before a parliament clogged with business related to Britain's departure from the European Union.
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The EU is in the process of approving a draft law that will mean direct EU oversight of LCH in London after Brexit if it wants to continue clearing euro transactions for customers in the bloc, otherwise clearing would have to relocate to the euro zone.
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The European Commission proposed a draft law on Thursday to continue shielding pension funds - a sector it sees as critical for investment in infrastructure - from having to clear their derivatives trades for a further three years, a move to save them billions of euros in collateral payments.
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"A targeted amendment is therefore proposed to cater for the problems encountered in the application of the rules on deferral and pay-out in instruments in small and non-complex institutions and toward staff members with low variable remuneration," said the draft law, which has been seen by Reuters.
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"Communication happens not only via language but also via looks, facial expressions and gestures," Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said after the regional government agreed a draft law to ban the full-face veil for civil servants and in public places where there are concerns for public safety.
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In response to international pressure to speed up the process, President Petro Poroshenko submitted a new draft law to parliament in December, but the IMF and now the World Bank say the legislation is not in line with recommendations from the Venice Commission, a European rights and legal watchdog.
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The draft law, which has triggered a storm of criticism from countries such as the United States, Canada and the European Union, requires foreign non-profit bodies to find official sponsors, typically a government-backed agency, and gives broad latitude to the police to regulate activities and funding.
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"We are seeing a very worrying pattern in China that has serious implications for civil society and the important work they do across the country," Zeid said in a statement, voicing fears that a Chinese draft law on non-governmental organizations would curb freedoms of expression and assembly.
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BERLIN, May 30 (Reuters) - The German cabinet plans to approve a draft law on August 3 that will require its utilities to pay billions of euros into a state fund to help cover the cost of nuclear storage, according to an Economy Ministry timetable seen by Reuters on Monday.
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"We are seeing a very worrying pattern in China that has serious implications for civil society and the important work they do across the country," Zeid said in a statement, voicing fears that a Chinese draft law on non-governmental organisations would curb freedoms of expression and assembly.
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"Given the urgent deadlines in the Senate calendar and the difficulties that have emerged in some parts of the majority, I don't think the conditions are right to approve the draft law on citizenship for foreign minors born in Italy before the summer break," Gentiloni said in a statement.
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Ahead of a vote on the draft Law on Religious Freedoms, expected later on Thursday or on Friday, Serbian Orthodox clergy and believers held a service on a packed bridge near parliament, watched by police who had sealed off city center roads and approaches to the government building.
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A notice of a cabinet meeting held earlier in the day in Gitega, some 100 km (60 miles) from the capital Bujumbura, said among the items to be discussed were a draft law revising a 2003 law that Burundi ratified to be a signatory of the Rome Statute of the ICC.
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"The foreseen withdrawal of Britain from the EU will have a significant impact on the regulation and supervision of clearing in Europe," the source said, quoting from a "communication" the EU executive is due to publish perhaps as soon as Thursday to explain the rationale for next month's draft law.
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Huebner said parts of the draft law were too complex, creating uncertainty over how exactly EU regulators and the European Central Bank would decide when euro clearing conducted outside the bloc must move to the EU. "We have to do everything to avoid potential inconsistency in decision-making," Huebner said.
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"We believe that the draft law requires the following revisions to bring it into alignment with the recommendations of the Venice Commission and satisfy the requirements of the World Bank's estimated $800 million Policy-Based Guarantee to support key reforms in Ukraine," she said, in a letter dated Jan. 15.
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On the extremist content front, pressure has certainly been growing across Europe for tech platforms to do more — including proposals such as a draft law in Germany which does suggest fines of up to €50 million for social media firms that fail to promptly takedown illegal hate speech, for example.
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"If you want to do business in euros you have to accept that there will be a referee from the European Union, a real referee who has the power to send you off the pitch," said Danuta Huebner, the centre-right lawmaker who is steering the draft law through parliament.
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" Yaakov Litzman of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party called Mr. Lieberman's use of the military draft law to prevent the formation of the coalition a cynical ploy "meant to confuse the public, with the purpose of inciting against the ultra-Orthodox community and gaining political profit at its expense.
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Tuong Vu, a political scientist at the University of Oregon, said Mr. Trong would probably be more receptive to hard-line party apparatchiks who argue against opening the country's state-dominated agricultural and service sectors to foreign competitors and against a draft law that would codify rights for nongovernmental associations in Vietnam.
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The draft law proposed by Spahn would have allowed authorities to collect organs of people who die if two conditions were met: they did not state during their adult life that they did not wish to be donors and their families did not object to their organs being collected after their death.
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The draft law proposing a so-called intermediate parent undertaking (IPU), whereby foreign banks would have to bring their EU operations under a single holding company, is widely seen as a tit-for-tat response to rules issued by the U.S. Federal Reserve requiring large foreign banks in the United States to form holding companies.
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The draft law, part of a set of proposals to implement goals for 2030 on cutting emissions, sticks to an outline target to increase the share of renewables as part of energy consumption in the EU to at least 27 percent by 2030 - up from the 20 percent goal for green energy for 2020.
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The draft law gives a nod to the MCC criteria, providing that the DFC "should use the constraints analysis and other relevant data of the Millennium Challenge Corporation to be[sic] better inform the decisions of the [DFC]," but this non-binding sense of Congress fails to provide meaningful guidance for DFC investment decisions.
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A draft law that seeks to provide greater protection for women by modernizing Myanmar's statutes has wide support among local advocacy groups and legislators from the governing National League for Democracy, which came to power last year on the heels of an election victory that ended more than half a century of military rule.
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Each member state was asked to give their views on the draft law, and France has said it wants the ability of the ECB to impose extra requirements on non-EU clearing houses to be given to the European Commission and to the bloc's European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as well, the sources said.
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According to senior officials and a draft law seen by Reuters, the package will include a supplementary government budget of 156 billion euros, 100 billion euros for an economic stability fund that can take direct equity stakes in companies, and 100 billion euros in credit to public-sector development bank KfW for loans to struggling businesses.
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The draft law gives intersex people, eunuchs, transgender men and women and anyone whose gender identity or expression "differs from the social norms and cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at the time of their birth" the right to identify as a transgender person and enjoy the same rights as other men and women in Pakistan.
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A European Commission draft law would give Brussels the power to deny recognition to a clearing house if it poses excessive risks or to require it to move to the EU. "I believe that such an approach will be justified in case EU authorities are unable to adequately control risks and fulfill their mandates through other means," Coeure said in a speech.
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If a foreign clearing house's home regulator - the Bank of England in the case of Britain after Brexit - failed to cooperate with EU supervisors, the bloc would require clearing for EU customers to relocate to the EU. The draft law is seen by Britain as an attack on the City of London financial district where an arm of the London Stock Exchange clears the bulk of euro denominated assets.
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"When assessing whether online content constitutes terrorist content, the authorities responsible as well as hosting service providers should take into account factors such as the nature and wording of the statements, the context in which the statements were made, including whether it is disseminated for educational, journalistic or research purposes, and the potential to lead to harmful consequences," runs a Commission Q&A on the draft law from September.
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Warsaw, July 21st 2017 President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda Mr President, As entrepreneurs, but first an foremost as citizens of the Republic of Poland we are concerned about the changes to the laws on the National Council of Judiciary and the Supreme Court included in the bills on the Amendment of the Law on The National Council of the Judiciary and other bills, the MP draft law on the Supreme Court and the amendments to the law of the system of general courts and some other legal acts.
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