e.u. legislation was supposed to prevent.well the companies truly are caught in a difficult position christophe as we just heard in this piece you've got the u.s. saying they've got a cease business in iran you've got the e.u. saying they're not allowed to stop their business in iran so they're really caught in the middle right now and the e.u. legislation says that companies that can show that they've been harmed by u.s. sanctions can actually go back and sue in national courts for those damages but this is a mechanism that's never been used before so it's easy to see why the companies are choosing to pull back or to at least hold off on making any new arrangements in iran before they see whether this is really going to be a feasible option and it doesn't sound very likely if you listen to the european companies business rationale for this so the begs the question how strong this is you legislation i mean it has been updated just a couple of weeks ago it's it's been updated but it's also untested this is never come to actual

e.u. companies are the ones that are really put on the hot seat. as the situation stands right now protected by this legislation is improbable how else do you want to handle the u.s. iran conundrum. that's a complicated question because the e.u. both has to look after its own companies and try to look after iran's bottom line in order to keep iran in the deal and so in addition to the blocking statutes the e.u. is looking at what's called a special purpose vehicle and this is something that was just reported out last week that it's looking at setting up a company as sort of a middleman. in order for payments to go into this this holding company and for iran to transfer money there and so the e.u. is hoping that in this way it would be able to circumvent u.s. sanctions but there are not a lot of details on the record at the moment it's just looking at how it could set up this sort of financial payment system and get around the u.s. sanctions but everyone agrees that the trumpet ministrations plans to make doing business in iran are definitely going to bite turtles in brussels thank you. china is planning to slas

e.u. legislation expressly prohibits the preference of individual companies in public. as well as the use of brand names and invitations to tender a lawyer specializing in i.t. and public procurement matures pops has been examining this practice for the past four years at the netherlands university of groningen so do framework agreements with microsoft violate e.u. law yeah yeah that's very clear it violates european law and when you ask organizations you know why are you doing this the people responsible for ten or they usually know that that file it's european law but they will say well even the european commission itself is doing it. how is it possible that top e.u. or thore are breaking their own rules my colleague maria majority from the journalist team investigate europe has been a long time correspondent in brussels and knows who to ask. ok who are we going to meet now and now we are going to meet. this month to month of the empty inside it with. my cousin i was already told they are going to sign a new contract with microsoft next year so good luck to those in.

e.u. legislators from four britons more center right allies from the european people's party coalition voted to endorse the create critique and debate the report's main sponsor told her colleagues that faced an important choice that she will quote will you let it happen that government violates the values on which this union was built without consensus or you and will you ensure that the values of the union are more than just words written on a piece of paper. and has the purchase of whole foods by amazon take a toll on other natural food retailers this might surprise you archie's rachel blevins gives us the latest. it has been a little over one year since the merger between amazon and whole foods was announced and the impact of it is having on grocery stores nationwide may not be what you would ex-pat amazon first announced that it was buying a whole foods for thirteen point seven billion dollars in june twenty seventh saying when amazon started slashing prices at the or again. grocery giant two months later the facts were apparent shares were down for sprouts farmers market is super value

e.u. legislation one is the upload failed has the other is the link tax so let's just start with the upload filter was briefly just explain to us again what they are and what you see the problem with them. so under this rule everyone who provides a forum where the public can make works available where you can upload code or photos or videos or text or you know even something as small as a tweet that's going to have to be filtered against a database of known copyrighted works and anyone can add anything to that database and have it censored across europe whether or not they have any proof that they own the copyright to it and these systems are going to just do exact matching they're going to do fuzzy matching so they're going to say well this looks kind of like a copyrighted work i know that's already a problem on platforms like facebook and you tube where they've already done this so we can kind of see how it's going to work out you have classical pianist for example who perform compositions by people like brahms and beethoven who've been dead for centuries and because any competent perform

e.u. companies are the ones that are really put on the hot seat. as the situation stands right now if production by this legislation is improbable how else do you want to handle the u.s. run conundrum. that's a complicated question because the e.u. both has to look after its own companies and try to look after iran's bottom line in order to keep iran in the deal and so in addition to the blocking statutes the e.u. is looking at what's called a special purpose vehicle and this is something that was just reported out last week that it's looking at setting up a company as sort of a middleman. in order for payments to go into this this holding company and for iran to transfer money there and so the e.u. is hoping that in this way it would be able to circumvent u.s. sanctions but there are not a lot of details on the record at the moment it's just looking at how it could set up this sort of financial payment system and get around the u.s. sanctions but everyone agrees that the trumpet ministrations plans to make doing business in iran are definitely going to bite us in brussels thank you. hackers have stolen sixty million dollars from a japanese virtual

e.u. has vowed to stick with the deal its updated legislation to protect european companies from future sanctions al-jazeera should have returned see joins us live from the u.n. headquarters in new york so they want to keep per the world trading with iran how exactly is the new mechanism supposed to work. ah the small print we haven't seen that yet all we have had there is a decision to move ahead with what they call the special purpose vehicle they've been discussing this for a month or two now but now tonight what we had was that discussion that ok we're definitely going to do this the gist is and this is how it's been explained to us in the past say italy wants to buy some iranian oil it will contact this into meijer e entity it will wire the money to that entity which will then buy the oil which will then which will then handle the rest of the transaction with iran likewise if iran wants to buy european goods it will contact this entity which will then handle the transaction and why the money to the entity which will then handle the transaction their idea is this will keep things out of the i

e.u. is valid to stick with the deal and has updated legislation to protect european companies from future sanctions she have written c. has more from the un the europeans have been discussing setting up what they call a special purpose very cool to keep international financial channels open with iran for several weeks now what we're told is that an entity will be set up that will act as a clearing house a middleman so to speak between europeans and iranians as they try and do business that is say the italians want to buy some iranian oil they will while their money to this entity which will then handle the financial transaction from there likewise if the iranians want to do business with a european company they will go to this entity which will handle financial transactions from them no involvement of commercial banks or central banks both of whom are terrified of the prospect of u.s. retribution if they're seen to be going against u.s. sanctions we don't have more details yet but the e.u. says this will also be open this mechanism to normal european countries and companies as well. a yea

common pattern of all these alleged if changes is that the executive or legislative powers and all such of these authorities. the e.u. could suspend some of poland's rights within the organization. the government did not seem terribly impressed by this threat. but we just aren't enough was going to stop any sanctions against us would have to be adopted unanimously and we already know that hunger. he will not vote against us. the government offered some small concessions but they didn't go far enough. relations with the european union are now at an all time low how did we get to this point. at a demonstration in. person for the first time. he's pushing through his political program. political power derives from the fact that he is chairman of the governing law and justice party last year he organized monthly rallies to honor his twin brother who was killed in a plane crash in twenty ten. these events to promote his political agenda an agenda that has become increasingly radical. that big diminutive of outsiders will not be able to impose their will on us ever again. and if that means that we become isolated within eu

e.u. regulations. the new agency has been set up to implement those regulations but perata believes that the legislation doesn't go far enough. to make his point that many i.q. systems are open to attack he's written some software code for us. the fingerprint scanner is similar to the ones they're used by german authorities. products software captures a print. out in the capture and the fingerprint scan indicators starts flashing we put the print on it and it scanned into the systems as for. the images the print is transferred to a separate computer for processing. but there's a big. security risk here because the transfer isn't encrypted. parata has written a software program that exploits this flaw in the security system it's activision due for all activated with a keystroke and when i press capture video capture the program replaces the real data with any material that we choose. to will use an image of a skull and crossbones for this test this software can also create fake fingerprints that look absolutely real. life for the hacker who has access to the image data including fingerprints you can choo

e.u. has vowed to stick with the deal and updated legislation to protect european companies from future sanctions should have returns he has more from the u.n. . the europeans have been discussing setting up what they call a special purpose very cool to keep international financial channels open with iran for several weeks now what we're told is that an entity will be set up that will act as a clearing house a middleman so to speak between europeans and iranians as they try and do business that is say the italians want to buy some iranian oil they will while their money to this entity which will then handle the financial transaction from there likewise if the iranians want to do business with a european company they will go to this entity which will handle the financial transactions from there no involvement of commercial banks or central banks both of whom are terrified of the prospect of u.s. retribution if they're seen to be going against u.s. sanctions we don't have more details yet but the e.u. says this will also be open this mechanism to normal european countries and companies as well rodg

e.u. parliament as it moved to back new copyright rules which will have a major impact for anyone who uploads and shares material online if passed legislation could force tech giants to use filtering systems to block copyright protected content on it. don't let them take away what we love and our creativity this people know nothing about what they're doing the internet can move more people than this eat it scanned . article thirteen will be put into practice use an automated content filtering systems good about using copyright protected material for commentary. this is madness. this legislation is now better balanced answering many of the concerns of journalists publishers and musicians whose work has been shared freely online without stiffening innovation or fundamentally changing the nature of the internet . suite thank you. thank. her. for the superb screen. right legal terms here's what it boils down to they're called articles eleven and thirteen eleven tech giants will be forced to pay for hosting and sharing content including articles and scientific papers and it's being called a hyperlink tax article thirteen stipulates that online p

proposed legislation is also designed to stop big players from buying smaller rivals just to shut them down. as one of those who hope that london's loss could be frankfurt's again when britain leaves the e.u. in march next year because of the briggs it non e.u. banks and financial service providers will no longer be able to do business in u. countries from their bases in the british capital a number of bankers have already traded their apartments on the banks of the thames for the river mine the paris is also looking to lure those on the move. the eiffel tower the louvre gallery or the arctic trio globally recognized paris landmarks frankfurt can't hold a candle to them it's a room a city hall pales in comparison but frankfurt was germany's financial hub even before the european central bank was headquartered here that's why many in the city's banking district are especially optimistic about britain's exit from the e.u. . front foot isn't he a few known frankfurt's an important european financial center but it's also obvious that the city of london remains the european financial center in the take frank for quite some time to take the title nonetheless an increasing number of london banks

doing business in iran the european union has updated its own legislation to pressure companies to stay in saying it's going to be illegal for e.u companies to pull out of iran based on the u.s. sanctions threat so the companies are really put in the middle in and while brussels says it will back them up by allowing them to sue u.s. companies or even the u.s. government in national courts that doesn't seem to be convincing to companies right now who are risk of losing of course possibly millions or even billions of dollars if the u.s. puts them under this this pressure of sanctions let's look a little bit more into these measures by the e.u. they introduced a so-called blocking statute meant to protect you companies so they keep doing business with iran can you give us details on how does it work and most of all is it really effective. well it's never actually been put into practice and that's of course why e.u. companies are doubtful that it really can shield them from the u.s. wrath over doing business with tehran what it would do is allow them to take to court and entity which which causes financial harm to them but this is o