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EC urges Romania to transpose gas supply, industrial emissions, anti-money laundering directives
Feb 18, 2021 16:32 EEST
BUCHAREST (Romania), February 18 (SeeNews) - The European Commission said on Thursday it is calling on Romania to fully transpose gas supply security, industrial emissions management and anti-money laundering directives into its national legislation.
As part of its February infringement package, the Commission sent Romania one reasoned opinion and two letters of formal notice concerning pending issues that the country needs to tackle.
The Commission is calling on Romania to correctly comply with certain provisions of the Security of Gas Supply Regulation, in particular with respect to notification obligations and the application of the solidarity mechanism.
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Germany has a very diverse, active blockchain ecosystem of companies and enthusiasts, especially in the city of Berlin. And an important step in the development of this ecosystem has been taken by the federal government itself, which tries to preserve and promote the vibrant blockchain ecosystem to continue its growth and make Germany an attractive opportunity for investment in this field.
Comprehensive, sound regulation
To further this goal, the German government adopted a national blockchain strategy back in September 2019 to support its commitment to the use of the technology. The 44 individual measures contained therein are to be realized by the end of 2021 by a total of 10 federal ministries. Exactly one year later, in September 2020, 17 measures were already very far advanced, 20 were still in progress and nothing had happened yet with seven measures â according to an evaluation published by Bitkom, Germanyâs federal association for information t