Neka pitanja iz rada i socijalna pitanja u lučkom sektoru Europske unije

In the nineteen nineties the port sector experienced considerable transformation. The common point of this transformation is liberalisation of access to the market of port services. This event has touched all stakeholders in ports, one of them are also dock workers. O�ne of the main questions which accompanied the liberalisation of access to the market of port services was whether different organising of dock workers with the intent to protect their labour and social rights is not contrary to the European Treaty and other EU competition laws. The answer to this question is negative due to the fact they do not constitute an undertaking in conformity to the provisions of EC Treaty, and therefore, they cannot be a subject of its competition provisions. Although the labour and social status of dock workers is quite complex matter there is no special legislation to regulate it. In this respect the EC Treaty and general EU legislation regarding labour and social area shall be respected. There were some attempts to adopt special legislation for the market of port services which contained also provisions regarding the labour and social status of dock workers, however, all these attempts failed. The last EU’s document in the area of the market of port services is Communication on the European Ports Policy. It contains also some topics regarding the labour and social status of dock workers, for which is recommendable to be respected by EU member states and joining states in their creation of labour and social policy for dock workers.Devedesetih godina prošlog stoljeća lučki sektor je doživio značajne promjene. Dodirna je točka ovih promjena liberalizacija u pristupu tržištu lučkih usluga. Ova je pojava utjecala na sve zainteresirane strane koje imaju veze s lukama, između ostalog i na lučke radnike. Nije li različito organiziranje lučkih radnika kako bi zaštitili svoja radna i socijalna prava u suprotnosti s Ugovorom o Europskoj zajednici i drugim EU propisima o tržišnom natjecanju bilo je jedno od glavnih pitanja koje je pratilo liberalizaciju pristupa tržištu lučkih usluga. Odgovor na ovo pitanje je negativan budući da ne spadaju u poduzetništvo prema odredbama Ugovora o Europskoj zajednici te se na njih ne mogu primjenjivati niti odredbe o tržišnom natjecanju tog Ugovora. Iako je radni i socijalni status lučkih radnika uistinu složen ne postoji posebno zakonodavstvo koje bi ga reguliralo. U tom se pogledu trebaju primijeniti odredbe Ugovora o Europskoj zajednici i opće zakonodavstvo Europske unije iz područja rada i socijalnih pitanja. Postojali su neki pokušaji usvajanja posebnog zakonodavstva za tržište lučkih usluga koje je također sadržavalo odredbe o radnom i socijalnom statusu lučkih radnika, no svi su ti pokušaji propali. Posljednji EU dokument iz područja tržišta lučkih usluga je Priopćenje o europskoj lučkoj politici. U sebi sadrži neke teme koje se odnose na radni i socijalni status lučkih radnika. Tako je državama članicama i državama u postupku pridruživanja predloženo da vode računa o radnom i socijalnom statusu lučkih radnika prilikom kreiranja svojih radnih i socijalnih politika

The evolution of financial standards for small and medium-sized entities

According to the growing need for more comparable accounting standards, the beginnings of International Financial Reporting Standards for small and medium sized entities (IFRS for SMEs) can be found in the year 2004. IFRS for SMEs represents for the first time an accounting standard for small and medium-sized companies that can be used globally. The paper aims to examine the historical development of IFRS, the principal institutions linked to their adoption and the harmonization process of standards within the European Union. The main contribution of the paper refers to the evolution of IFRS for SMEs and the main differences between the full IFRS in use and the IFRS for SMEs. The results of the comparative analysis demonstrate that several differences exist between them. Although the aim of the new standard is to assure comparable financial statements for small and medium-sized entities, the presented disadvantages demonstrate that not necessarily its implementation will assure more benefits than the cost that will occur

Anglo-saxon institutes in International tran sport conventions referring to the carriers’ liability and the position of continental lawyers

The institutes of Anglo-Saxon legal system regarding the liability of the carrier are demonstrably particular, which is the main reason why it is difficult to find their correlative institutes in the Continental legal system. In the 20th century there was a significant progress toward unifying the law. A number of international conventions were adopted that facilitate solutions regarding the relationships of international elements, but on the other hand created some problems when they contained institutes from one legal system unknown to the lawyers of other legal systems. The institutes of recklessness, willful misconduct and actual fault or privity, which take part in many international conventions dealing with the carriers liability are institutes of that kind. The main mistake which is made by Continental lawyers is that they very often try at every cost to correlate institutes from the Anglo-Saxon legal system to those of the Continental legal system although there exist differences which can not be ignored. From the point of view, the best way to understand this institutes, is to study and understand them as they are perceived in the Anglo-Saxon legal system. Up to present, any another comprehension has not appeared on the international level, and there are no prospects that this may happen. The main reason for that, is in the last century the Anglo-Saxon law has had much greater influence on the Continental law than inversely, what is particularly evident in the field of the transport

Sex Education: The Parent's Perspective

Presents summary findings from the first in-depth statewide poll of California parents on school-based comprehensive sex education

Intelligent Design and Intelligent Failure

Good Evening, my name is Greg Jerman and for nearly a quarter century I have been performing failure analysis on NASA's aerospace hardware. During that time I had the distinct privilege of keeping the Space Shuttle flying for two thirds of its history. I have analyzed a wide variety of failed hardware from simple electrical cables to cryogenic fuel tanks to high temperature turbine blades. During this time I have found that for all the time we spend intelligently designing things, we need to be equally intelligent about understanding why things fail. The NASA Flight Director for Apollo 13, Gene Kranz, is best known for the expression "Failure is not an option." However, NASA history is filled with failures both large and small, so it might be more accurate to say failure is inevitable. It is how we react and learn from our failures that makes the difference