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Population-based screening for early detection and treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) and precursor lesions, using evidence-based methods, can be effective in populations with a significant burden of the disease provided the services are of high quality. Multidisciplinary, evidence-based guidelines for quality assurance in CRC screening and diagnosis have been developed by experts in a project co-financed by the European Union. The 450-page guidelines were published in book format by the European Commission in 2010. They include 10 chapters and over 250 recommendations, individually graded according to the strength of the recommendation and the supporting evidence. Adoption of the recommendations can improve and maintain the quality and effectiveness of an entire screening process, including identification and invitation of the target population, diagnosis and management of the disease and appropriate surveillance in people with detected lesions. To make the principles, recommendations and standards in the guidelines known to a wider professional and scientific community and to facilitate their use in the scientific literature, the original content is presented in journal format in an open-access Supplement of Endoscopy. The editors have prepared the present overview to inform readers of the comprehensive scope and content of the guidelines. ; peer-reviewed

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Shift Happens -- 2.1 Digital Technologies Allow New Forms of Social Interaction -- 2.2 Enhanced Interaction Opens New Collaboration Possibilities -- 2.3 A New Collaboration Model Presents New Economic Opportunities -- 2.3.1 Sharing Economy and Disruptive Innovation -- References -- 3 Why Does Law Even Care? -- 3.1 The Scale of the Economic Repercussion of the Creation Industry -- 3.2 Technology Itself Can Play a Regulatory Role -- 3.3 Legal Interests at Stake and the Mantra of Balance -- References -- 4 Collective Rights Management -- 4.1 Collecting in the Name of the Artist -- 4.2 Controversial Issues in the Context of Collective Rights Management -- 4.2.1 Competition Issues -- 4.2.2 Transparency and Accountability -- 4.2.3 Multi-territorial Licensing -- 4.3 The Legal Framework of the Collective Rights Management (CRM) Directive -- 4.3.1 Competition Issues -- 4.3.2 Transparency and Accountability -- 4.3.3 Multi-territorial Licensing -- 4.4 Creators X Creative Industry---Are We Speaking the Same Language? -- References -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Bibliography.

It is universally accepted that there has been a huge growth in EU lobbying over the past few decades. There is now a dense EU interest group system. This entirely new volume, inspired by Mazey & Richardson's 1993 book Lobbying in the European Community, seeks to understand the role of interest groups in the policy process from agenda-setting to implementation. Specifically, the book is interested in observing how interest groups organise to influence the EUinstitutions and how they select different coalitions along the policy process and in different policy domains. In looking at 20 years of.

"This revised and updated Research Handbook on European State Aid Law brings together established academics and practitioners to provide a wide-ranging coverage of the field. Incorporating political science, economics and the law in its analysis, it provides a strong overview of the salient issues in State aid law and policy. Chapters address the significance of State aid to various aspects of the political and legal systems of the Member States, including taxation, the financial sector, and the interplay between EU rules on State aid, free movement and public procurement. The Research Handbook further examines the application of the State aid rules to major sectors of the EU economy and introduces brand new themes for State aid analysis, such as arbitration, social services and the impact of Brexit. Featuring theoretical explorations and empirical studies, this Research Handbook will be crucial reading for scholars and researchers of EU State aid law, especially those searching for new avenues of research. It will also be a useful reference point for officials in national governments and the European Commission who are engaged in the State aid approval process. Judges hoping to expand their knowledge of EU State aid law and policy will also benefit from this insightful Research Handbook"--

This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in 14 member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue neutral and ?nanced by an overall and uniform increase in marginal tax rates on earnings. The ?rst reform distributes the additional tax revenue uniformly to everybody (traditional welfare) while the second reform distributes tax proceeds uniformly to workers only (in-work bene?t). We build a simple model of labor supply encompassing responses to taxes and transfers along both the intensive and extensive margin. We then use EUROMOD to describe current welfare and tax systems in all European Union countries (except Sweden) and use calibrated labor supply elasticities along the intensive and extensive margins to analyze the e?ects of the two welfare reforms. We quantify the equity-e?ciency trade-o? for a range of elasticity parameters. In most countries, because of the large existing welfare programs with high phase-out rates, the uniform redistribution policy is, in general, undesirable unless the redistributive tastes of the government are extreme. The in-work bene?t reform, on the other hand, is desirable in a very wide set of cases. We discuss the practical policy implications for European welfare policy.

In fifty years, European private international law has undergone significant changes. Increased globalization and the emergence of e-commerce has led to a greater need for and more widespread reliance on private international law. As a result, most legal practitioners can no longer avoid it in their day-to-day practices. Each year, the Jura Falconis conference is held to discuss prior developments, draw lessons from the past and offer perspectives for the future of European private international law. The 50th anniversary of the Brussels Convention (1968) presented itself as the perfect discussion point for the 2018 conference. European Private International Law at 50 is the written result of the 2018 conference. It brings together legal experts and provides the reader with a thorough examination of the most important aspects of the field, considering possible future developments and the impact of Brexit