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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed Euro 15 million a year in subsidies are made to the fishing industries of the Azores and Madeira, (part of Portugal), Spain’s Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Reunion. Brussels says they need compensation because they are part of the EU but far from European markets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FISHING boat operators, and fish processing and marketing groups in of the Azores and Madeira, (part of Portugal), Spain’s Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Reunion (in the Indian Ocean) should be guaranteed Euro 60 million in subsidies over the next four years.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN Grand Prix in Montreal is likely to be cancelled in 2004 because of Canada’s upcoming anti-tobacco regulations that will ban the advertising of tobacco brands at sports events. The Canadian government said the law will not be changed to suit the Grand Prix and wants Formula 1 to agree to exceptions from its tobacco sponsorship practice mirroring those in the British and French races.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

Duke Energy Corp, a diversified US energy company based in Charlotte, is in discussions with “several potential buyers” for its European natural gas business, the company has announced. It gave no details of the possible buyers or price.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
France has launched a legal action at the European Court of Justice aimed at overturning the EU ban on animal testing for cosmetic products. Under the EU directive, agreed earlier this year after 13 years of negotiations, there will be a virtually total ban on the sale of animal-tested cosmetic products across the EU from 2009.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
COUNTERFEITING is considered by many to be a victimless crime, the only losses being suffered by large trademark holders who have plenty of money anyway. The reality, of course, is quite different. Keith Nuthall reviews the latest international developments.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A JOINT venture – involving Germany’s BASF and French group Glon Sanders – producing animal feed additives and premixes in France, has been approved by the European Commission. It said the initiative “does not raise any competition concerns” in relevant markets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s foreign ministers have warned in a tough joint statement that the EU’s relationship and cooperation with Iran would be “reviewed” if its government did not agree to an enhanced nuclear inspections protocol as required by the International Atomic Energy Agency.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed Euro 15 million a year in subsidies are made to the fishing industries of the Azores and Madeira, (part of Portugal), Spain’s Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Reunion. Brussels says they need compensation because they are part of the EU but far from European markets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A FORMAL state aid inquiry has been launched by the European Commission into a system of compulsory levies on the meat industry in France; Brussels fears it could illegally and unfairly favour the local sale of French-reared meat and livestock, disadvantaging both EU imports and exports from France.…