Change > to carry out an evaluation of performance > evaluate performance conduct an investigation into fraud > investigate fraud perform an audit of operations > audit operations give consideration to consumers’ concerns > consider consumers’ concerns secure the involvement … Read More
The punctuation in an English text must follow the rules and conventions for English, which often differ from those applying to other languages. Note in particular that: punctuation marks in English are always — apart from dashes (see 3.17) and … Read More
Change > to Article 1 of the present Regulation / hereof > Article 1 (of this Regulation) the matter / question / subject of state aid > state aid under the provisions / terms of the Directive > under the … Read More
A large number of differing gambling services are covered by the term “online gambling”. These include on-line provision of sports betting services (including horse racing), casino games, spread betting, media games, promotional games, gambling services operated by and for the … Read More
The notification procedure under Directive 98/48/EC (Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations, as amended by … Read More
General. Compounds may be written as two or more separate words, with hyphen(s), or as a single word. There is a tendency for compounds to develop into single words when they come to be used more frequently: data base, data-base, … Read More
English name Membership year Code Local name Capital Official language(s) Currency Austria 1995 AT Österreich Vienna German (de) euro (€) Belge 1957 BE Belgique, België, Belgien Bruxelles French (fr), Dutch (nl), German (de) euro (€) Bulgaria 2007 BG България … Read More
In France, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, sales promotional games are said to serve commercial or advertisement purposes. In Luxembourg and to some extent in Germany (depending on the type of game operated), sales promotional games are not legally … Read More
Here are some tips to help translators avoid copying structure and wording from other languages that would be awkward in English. They should be useful to non-native speakers, but may serve as handy reminders for native speakers too. English prefers … Read More
The judgment of the Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) of 13 May 2014 Google Spain SL and Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) and Mario Costeja González (C-131/12) sets a milestone for EU data … Read More
The digital revolution The internet has fundamentally changed the way consumers shop and businesses advertise and sell their goods and services. It has created innovative ways of organising, accessing, sharing and evaluating information, for example on prices, technical product characteristics … Read More
However, as a monopoly is an unusually restrictive measure, it must be ascertained that the national authorities really intend to ensure a particularly high level of consumer protection with regard to the objectives relied on, and whether, having regard to … Read More
