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HORMONE TESTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REQUIREMENT that 20 per cent of fresh beef meat and offal imported into the European Union from the USA should be tested for the presence of banned hormones is to be lifted, after EU vets approved a proposal from the European Commission.…
EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NETHERLANDS Shipbuilding Industry Association (VNSI) has welcomed the oncoming agreement of the Euro 16.2 billion EU Sixth Framework Programme for research as giving the European industry a chance to compete effectively against far East suppliers, such as those from South Korea.…
FRANCE SOCIAL WORKERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FRENCH government will have to defend itself at the European Court of Justice against claims by the European Commission that it has broken European Union law over tough personnel regulations, restricting the employment of qualified social care workers from other EU Member States.…
BEEF QUOTAS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A RETURN of demand amongst consumers in the European Union for high quality beef following the decline of BSE has made the European Commission propose that the EU opens a special 1,000 tonne import quota for high quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef, with a low 20 per cent duty rate.…
SPANISH ATC
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SPANISH government will have to defend itself at the European Court of Justice against claims by the European Commission that it has broken European Union law over tough personnel regulations, restricting the employment of air traffic controllers from other EU Member States.…
INSURANCE MEDIATION
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Union’s Council of Ministers has just approved – in principle – a proposed directive on insurance mediation. Final agreement on the legislation could come by midsummer. The directive requires that all those carrying out insurance or reinsurance mediation be formally authorised by the statutory authorities of Member States on the basis of appropriate knowledge and ability, good repute, the possession of professional indemnity insurance and financial capacity where appropriate.…
FOOD SAFETY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOOD safety and quality need to be improved in all European countries because of the increase in food-borne diseases in the past decade, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have said.…
FRANCE SPECIAL NEEDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FRENCH government will have to defend itself at the European Court of Justice against claims by the European Commission that it has broken European Union law over tough personnel regulations, restricting the employment of special needs teachers from other EU Member States.…
IRELAND ECJ
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking Ireland to the European Court of Justice because of its alleged failure to adopt anti-pollution programmes designed to prevent pollution in marine areas yielding shellfish. Brussels claims that under the shellfish directive, programmes should prevent pollution in the first place, while Irish legislation only covers clean-ups after problems have arisen.…
SYNTHETIC ALCOHOL
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Parliament is resisting European Commission plans to introduce a “lightweight” common market regime for agricultural alcohol production, covering common definitions, improved statistical information, import and export licences and the creation of a sectoral EU committee. The parliament’s agricultural committee has asked the Commission to rewrite its proposal so that it also includes synthetic alcohol, which accounts for 50 per cent of EU alcohol consumption.…