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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has accepted a Greek government request that local small dealers in recyclable waste such as glass, paper, board, scrap iron and steel and suppliers of any size in non-ferrous metals, should be exempted from paying VAT in Greece, because of tax evasion concerns.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PORT of Durrës, in Albania – one of Europe’s poorest countries – is to receive a much needed financial shot in the arm of Euro 17 million from the European Investment Bank, which will pay for the rehabilitation and upgrading of cargo handling facilities and quays.…

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CERAMICS designs are to receive uniform legal protection across the European Union in the future because of the agreement by the EU Council of Ministers of a new Regulation on the subject; it accords designers legal protection from the theft of their ideas, short of patent or copyright protection, but significant enough to deter plagiarists.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SERIES of good practice recommendations on the prevention and detection of e-coli outbreaks has been issued by the European Commission, following a study of how six EU Member States deal with the pathogen.

Officials looked at the monitoring and control systems for red meat and milk in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal and Sweden and concluded that although all were alert to the risks of e-coli contamination, there was a wide range of different public and private control measures.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONCILIATION committee has been established to try and bridge the differences between the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament over the proposed directive on the management and assessment of ambient noise. Members have six weeks to find a solution, or the proposal will fail to become a European law.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released a report on “Investment in the Community (EU) coal and steel industries” that tracks the sector’s performance in the European Union during 1999. The report predicts that “all the coal-consuming sectors except the steel industry see their requirements declining over the coming years,” faced with the competition of natural gas.…

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed the expansion of EU regulations protecting air passengers against being refused a seat on a flight because of over-booking, so that this legal protection covers all flights; present rules do not cover charters, for instance.…

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered the repayment of part of an investment tax premium worth Euro 2 million, made out by the German government to sawmill company Klausner Nordic Timber GmbH, claiming that the subsidy broke EU state aid rules.…

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that airport slots unused by airlines because of the drop in traffic following September 11 should be earmarked for their use in the coming summer and winter, (2002-3), to allow operators sufficient flexibility to deal with the ongoing slump in demand.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has fined Britain’s Britannia Alloys & Chemicals Ltd, James Brown Ltd and Trident Alloys Ltd, plus Germany’s Heubach GmbH & Co. KG, France’s Société Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques S.A., and Norway’s Waardals Kjemiske Fabrikker A/S a total of Euro 11.95 million for participating in a price-fixing and market-sharing cartel in zinc phosphate.…