Search Results for: European Court of Justice

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has authorised the British government to grant Euro 9 million to eight coal production businesses, which can be used to offset operating losses in 2001 and January to July this year. The aid is intended to improve their economic viability by reducing production costs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHEESE sold in the European Union as Greek Feta will be only produced in certain areas of Greece and follow strict product specifications if a proposed registration of the product as a Protected Designation of Origin is approved by EU ministers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has introduced new uniform EU rules for olive oil labelling; for instance olive and other vegetable oil mixtures cannot be marketed referring to olives, unless their ingredients are at least 50 per cent olive oil.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
A RELAXATION of European Union rules governing British slaughterhouses and processing plants has been agreed by the EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and will enter into force after formal adoption by the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW European Union labelling rules have been set by the European Commission insisting that food and drink products sold in the EU containing caffeine or quinine must list these ingredients on their packaging. Labels would also have to declare any high caffeine content in products.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed the authorisation of two new intense sweeteners within the European Union: sucralose and an aspartame-acesulfame salt.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has predicted that European beef production is set to return to “more normal” levels in its report on “Prospects for Agricultural Markets: 2002-2009. Brussels says this will result from increased prices and the end of livestock destruction schemes in March 2002 (except in the UK).…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank is considering plans to lend up to Euro 135 million to Italy’s La Rinascente SpA retail group, to help it build and operate one shopping centre in the Campania region, (surrounding Naples), and four new hypermarkets, (two in Campania and two in Sicily).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a case at the European Court of Justice against the British government, which is claims has failed to abide by European Union laws on environmental impact assessments for studies carried out on water management and green-field development projects.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE RIGHTS and obligations flowing from international agreements entered into by the European Coal and Steel Community, which will cease to exist on July 23 when the ECSC treaty expires, are to be transferred to the main European Community, (usually known as the European Union).…