The road between Lubango and Namibe, for example, was completed recently with funding from the European Union, and is comparable to many European main routes.

When Austria became a member of the European Union, the Austrian variety of the German language — limited to 23 agricultural terms — was " protected " in Protocol No 10, regarding the use of specific Austrian terms of the German language in the framework of the European Union, which forms part of the Austrian EU accession treaty.

Azerbaijan also maintains good relations with the European Union, in the framework of its Eastern European Neighbourhood Policy ( See Azerbaijan and the European Union ).

With curtailment of the MCC funding, the European Union may replace the US as Armenia ’ s chief source of foreign aid for the first time since independence.

From 2011 to 2013, the European Union is expected to advance at least € 157. 3 million ($ 208 million ) in aid to Armenia.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with the European Union totaled $ 200 million.

During the first 11 months of 2006, the European Union remained Armenia's largest trading partner, accounting for 34. 4 percent of its $ 2. 85 billion commercial exchange during the 11-month period.

* 2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.

The International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen was awarded in the year 2000 to the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for his special personal contribution to cooperation with the states of Europe, for the preservation of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights in Europe, and for his support of the enlargement of the European Union.

This synthetic dye is also known as Red No. 2 in North America and E123 in the European Union.

* European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism ( European Union )

BWF ( Broadcast Wave Format ) is a standard audio format created by the European Broadcasting Union as a successor to WAV.

See European Broadcasting Union: Specification of the Broadcast Wave Format ( EBU Technical document 3285, July 1997 ).

The European / Australian PAL ( Phase Alternation Line rate ) and the French-Former Soviet Union SECAM ( Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire ) standard were developed later and attempt to cure certain defects of the NTSC system.

The construction boom has raised many environmental concerns and both the local autonomous government and city council are under scrutiny by the European Union.

Regulatory Arbitrage after the Basel ii framework and the 8th Company Law Directive of the European Union.

The areas of Lochnagar and Ballochbuie were designated in 1998 by the Secretary of State for Scotland as Special Protection Areas ( SPA ) under the European Union ( EU ) Birds Directive.

Health and environmental concerns associated with electronics assembly have gained increased attention in recent years, especially for products destined to the European Union, with its Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive ( RoHS ) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive ( WEEE ), which went into force in July 2006.

The European Company Regulation is complemented by an Employee Involvement Directive which sets rules for participation by employees on the company's board of directors.

Council Directive 2001 / 86 / EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees.

The regulation is complemented by the Council Directive supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees ( informally " Council Directive on Employee Participation "), adopted 8 October 2001.

Subject to notifying the Commissioner, who must be satisfied that they meet certain criteria in accordance with the relevant EU Directive, Gibraltar licensed or authorised financial institutions can provide services throughout the EU and European Economic Area without having to seek separate licences or authorisation in the host Member State.

However, with the implementation of the European Working Time Directive limiting UK surgical residents to a 48-hour working week there are concerns that upon completion of training UK surgeons will not be confident enough to work independently.

The 1991 Council Directive 91 / 477 / EEC started the process of creating a new common legal system for gun owners in the EU, and introduced the European Firearms Pass for owners carrying firearms from one member state to another.

The European Union Data Protection Directive ( EUDPD ) requires that all EU member must adopt national regulations to standardize the protection of data privacy for citizens throughout the EU.

In the European Union, the Third Non-Life Directive and the Third Life Directive, both passed in 1992 and effective 1994, created a single insurance market in Europe and allowed insurance companies to offer insurance anywhere in the EU ( subject to permission from authority in the head office ) and allowed insurance consumers to purchase insurance from any insurer in the EU.

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The European Working Time Directive limited the maximum length of a working week to 48 hours in 7 days, and a minimum rest period of 11 hours in each 24 hours.

* Market Abuse Directive, European company law on insider dealing and market manipulation

Member states of the European Union are not permitted to place a stamp in the passport of a person who is not subject to immigration control, such as a national of that country, a national of another EU member state or a non-EU national family member of an EU national who is seeking entry in conformity with EU Directive 2004 / 38 / EC.

In the year 2009 the water board will initiate an Integrated River Basin Management Plan in compliance with the European Union ( EU ) Water Framework Directive, 2000 / 60 / EC.

On July 25, 1985, the European Economic Community adopted the Product Liability Directive 85 / 374 / EEC.

The European Union requires all member states to legislate to ensure that citizens have a right to privacy, through directives such as the 1995 Directive 95 / 46 / EC on the protection of personal data.

One example is in consumer protection, with the Product Liability Directive in the European Union, where businesses making defective products that harm people must pay for any damage resulting.

European Union Directives which largely cover the subject matter of the treaty are: Directive 91 / 250 / EC creating copyright protection for software, Directive 96 / 9 / EC on copyright protection for databases and Directive 2001 / 29 / EC prohibiting devices for circumventing " technical protection measures " such as digital rights management.

The movement toward European unity has been expressed in two currents: federalism and functionalism, one looking to the constitution of a United States of Europe, the other building on wartime precedents of practical cooperation for the solution of specific problems.

Then, too, European drivers have reputations for being somewhat crazy on the road and some Americans are not particularly keen on getting mixed up with them.

Now, with virtually every writer, not only was the European origin of public law acknowledged as a historical phenomenon, but the rules thus established by the advanced civilizations of Europe were to be imposed on others.

The European customs on which international law was based were to become, by force and fiat, the customs that others were to accept as law if they were to join this community as sovereign states.

Hall, for example, was quite explicit on this point when he said states outside European civilization must formally enter into the circle of law-governed countries.

One effect of the proposal, which puts a premium on population instead of economic strength, as in the past, would be to take jobs from European nations and give more to such countries as India.

This is similar to the notion of chivalry, but unlike that European concept, in i ' thar attention is focused on everything in existence.

While Durkheim and others examined the state of modern societies, Mauss and his collaborators ( such as Henri Hubert and Robert Hertz ) drew on ethnography and philology to analyze societies that were not as ' differentiated ' as European nation states.

It is a popular belief that alchemists made contributions to the " chemical " industries of the day — ore testing and refining, metalworking, production of gunpowder, ink, dyes, paints, cosmetics, leather tanning, ceramics, glass manufacture, preparation of extracts, liquors, and so on ( it seems that the preparation of aqua vitae, the " water of life ", was a fairly popular " experiment " among European alchemists ).

* In the year 1000, the Icelander Leif Ericson was the first European to set foot on North American soil, corresponding to today's Eastern coast of Canada, i. e. the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, including the area of land named " Vinland " by Ericson.

The Atari 7800 version was a launch title and featured co-operative play, it was the built in game on the European Atari 7800 release.

The Sea of Marmara forms a connection between the Black and Aegean Seas through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, and separates Anatolia from Thrace on the European mainland.

Later on, when he became king in 1509, Henry VIII is supposed to have commissioned an English translation of a Life of Henry V so that he could emulate him, on the grounds that he thought that launching a campaign against France would help him to impose himself on the European stage.

* CSIC, Spain A Government of Spain website for European publications on tree nuts including almonds

abate ), as commonly used in the Catholic Church on the European continent, is the equivalent of the English " Father " ( parallel etymology ), being loosely applied to all who have received the tonsure.

European Ideologies: A Survey of 20th Century Political Ideas ( 1948 ) pp 391 – 481 online edition, on Russia and Bulgaria

A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC in later centuries on the rest of the then known European continent.

Cabot is believed the first Western European on the mainland.

His work in Early Modern European History focuses on the history of education, the history of the book and the history of reading.

Across Abydos lies Sestus on the European side, marking one of the narrowest points of the Dardanelles, slightly more than a nautical mile broad ( the narrrowest point is at Çanakkale ).

Most recently in 2011, the Charlemagne Award was conferred on Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank.

Modern-day Arab telephone keypad with two forms of Arabic numerals: Western Arabic / European numerals on the left and Eastern Arabic numerals on the right