In Mexico, the Companys wholly-owned subsidiary, Compaa de Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab, S.A. de C.V., was awarded a 30-year concession to operate certain railways owned by the government-owned rail company. Under the terms of the concession agreement, the federal railway company remains responsible for remediation of all contamination that occurred prior to the execution date of...
Regulation 5(2) (a) provides that the amount which the consumer is still liable for to the supplier up to the date of cancellation must be taken into account when calculating a reasonable cancellation penalty. The inclusion of this guideline is superfluous given that a consumer will remain liable for all amounts which have become...
Hafner-Burton, E. (2005). Trading human rights: how preferential trade agreements influence government repression. International Organization, 59(3), 593629. We propose a new method to predict the impact of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on trade and welfare, taking the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as a case study. Relying on a novel dataset of treaty texts covering...
The Fund, together with matching funding from the states and territories, will support up to 300,000 more apprentices, trainees and higher level skilled workers over the next four years. Priority will be given to apprenticeships and traineeships in: industries and sectors of future growth; occupations in high demand; occupations with a reliance on skilled...
During previous climate negotiations, countries agreed to outline actions they intended to take within a global agreement, by 1 October 2015. These commitments are known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions or INDCs. Together, the INDCs would reduce global warming from an estimated 45 C (by 2100) to 2.7 C, and reduce emissions per capita...
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Philip R Wood of Allen & Overy is rightly hailed as the doyen of capital markets lawyers for his seminal six-volume work Law and practice of international finance(Sweet & Maxwell, 1995). Alongside it on the bookshelf, though, I would slip a volume of no more than 180 pages, How to negotiate Eurocurrency loan agreements...
This webpage provides links to a variety of important documents, agreements and protective conditions, as well as a link to a searchable database of thousands of arbitration awards affecting the various crafts represented by SMART Transportation Division. Click below to view important documents such as the UTU Constitution, rates of pay, the Railway Labor...
Most countries have legislation or regulations covering the continued recognition of the trade union and whether any existing collective bargaining agreements would remain in force in case of closure or transfer of ownership. National practice may provide for some flexibility in application, taking into consideration the conditions surrounding transfer of ownership, such as bankruptcy....
