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GALILEO SHOULD BE PUBLICLY FINANCED SAYS EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has suggested the European Union’s (EU) global positioning satellite network Galileo be built and put into orbit under public sector funding alone, abandoning its current private-public partnership scheme. Protracted disputes between contractors within the prospective consortium chosen to develop Galileo have made it highly likely the project will miss its 2012 launch deadline and the Commission is losing patience.…
WTO FOOD TALKS CHAIRMAN SAYS US MUST CUT FOOD SUBSIDIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round has said the USA will have to reduce its overall food production subsidies to secure agreement in the global commerce talks. In his first formal report since the round was temporarily suspended last July, chairman Crawford Falconer said, quite bluntly: “It is frankly inconceivable that the US will come out of this negotiation with an entitlement to spend more on overall trade distorting domestic support than it had when it came in.”…
FAO DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE PROJECTS TO BOOST THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MANY international organisations have an impact on the seafood sector, although they tend to have quite a narrow remit, drawing up specialist health and environmental standards for the industry. However, the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has a broader role, with freedom to pursue a wide variety of imaginative schemes promoting the seafood industry.…
ISO OFFERS POWER INDUSTRY GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE POWER generation industry has always been a globalised business, especially regarding the manufacture of equipment, but with the opening of national electricity markets, especially in Europe, it has become increasingly international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming more and more important.…
CODEX PLANS FOOD CONTAMINATION RULES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL food standards body Codex Alimentarius has drafted global rules setting maximum levels for tin contamination in canned food and drinks beverages. Final consultation is now under way for the guidelines, with concerned governments being asked to make comments to the Rome-based United Nations body by May 30, ahead of them being debated by the organisation’s ruling commission between July 2-7 session.…
ISO OFFERS DETAILED GUIDELINES AND ADVICE TO GLOBAL COSMETICS SECTOR
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE COSMETICS, perfume and personal hygiene sector is becoming increasingly globalised and so as a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.
The International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) (NOTE: ISO USES AMERICAN SPELLING FOR ITS NAME) is the global body coordinating and publishing this kind of professional advice.…
GLOBAL DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGY NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION CONTROLS BECOME EVER MORE COMPREHENSIVE
BY DEIRDRE MASON
FIFTY years ago, the signing of the Euratom Treaty ushered in a system of European non-proliferation controls designed to prevent nuclear-associated technology being exploited for the illicit production of nuclear weaponry. And today, after the anniversary of the three agreements signed on March 25, 1957 that gave the European Communities – later the European Union (EU) – their legal basis, that ‘dual-use technology’ system continues to be refined.…
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE HAS POTENTIAL TO BE MAJOR GLOBAL EMISSIONS MARKET PLAYER
BY ANDREW CAVE
THE THOUGHT of burying millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide underground is not for the risk-averse. If carbon dioxide is injected into pores in the earth’s crust that previously held oil and gas for thousands of years, will it stay there as long?…
PLASTIC BAG BANS SPREAD ACROSS THE WORLD
BY MONICA DOBIE
WITH Sainsbury removing all plastic carrier bags from its checkouts for last Friday (April 27), handing out reusable paper bags made from 100% recyclable material, another nail is being hammered into the global reputation of this ubiquitous packaging.…
GALILEO NAVIGATION SERVICES THREATENED BY CONTRACTOR SQUABBLES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot has acted to shore up the shaky future of EU global positioning satellite network Galileo, which has been designed to offer hauliers reliable high-tech navigation services from 2010. Squabbles amongst the consortium chosen to build Galileo’s network and satellites over allocation of work have been highlighted in a report to the EU Council of Ministers from Barrot, who voiced “concern” over “the status of concession negotiations.”…