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KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is poised to release tenders for work in Kazakhstan, funded by a US$45 million loan, which will help pay for the modernisation of its electricity utility’s transmission management systems and communications networks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH government is being threatened with legal action at the European Court of Justice over its alleged failure to have implemented two air pollution directives.

It has been sent legal warning letters by the European Commission for failing to notify its officials about national regulations complying with to a general directive for assessing and managing air quality, something it should have done by last July.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GREEK renewable energy company has been ordered to repay the equivalent of Drachma 9.4 million, plus interest, of the Drachma 13.8 million it was given by the European Commission in 1985 to instal a 300 kW wind energy converter on an Aegean island; the idea was to demonstrate the system for two years and then hand it over to an operator.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FINDINGS of three EU funded research projects have concluded that water consumption could be reduced by as much as 90 per cent in certain economic sectors, namely tanneries, abandoned industrial sites and waste water management. The European Commission is now advising industry to further reduce their water consumption through internal recycling.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FINAL agreement has been secured on an updated European Union directive on employees’ safety from exposure to mechanical vibrations, with the deadline companies have to introduce technical changes reducing exposure being cut from 2011 to 2010. This was agreed by a European Parliament- EU Council of Ministers conciliation committee.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of the textile division of the Swiss company Sulzer by Italy’s Promatech SpA, a subsidiary of Radici, the Italian leader in the weaving machines sector. The Commission said the competition authorities of a number of EU countries had requested the probe on the grounds that the deal would create or strengthen a dominant position in the sector, (potentially harming choice) and could affect cross-border trade.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union is to grant Argentina some leeway over its dismantling of controls on the export of its bovine hides and the import of finished leather, as required by a World Trade Organisation disputes panel ruling, which went against Buenos Aires.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has taken little time to approve the proposals from the European Commission to confirm, (and therefore re-impose), the suspended tariffs on cotton-type bed linen from India. New Delhi has already restarted disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered a feasibility project studying the possible establishment in Brussels of an inter-institutional library for European Union organisations. This would house documents of relevance to the Commission, the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the EU Committee of the Regions.…

Keith Nuthall
TEXTILE imports from the United States will carry retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union because of the erection of controversial ‘safeguard’ duties by Washington to protect the American steel industry.

The European Commission is asking EU ministers to approve duties on a selected range of products.…