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NUCLEAR RISK
BY ALAN
International insurance cover for nuclear risk is to be extended in the EU following a decision by the European Commission to approve a new protocol amending the Paris Convention. This will allow the concept of nuclear damage to cover damage to the environment, non-material damage and the cost of safeguard measures and will extend geographical scope to cover third countries that are not parties to the Convention such as Ireland and Luxembourg.…
PASSENGER FERRY LIABILITY
Keith Nuthall
THE PURCHASE of adequate accident coverage for all passenger ships operating in European Union waters should become mandatory under proposed EU legislation from the European Commission; it implements last year’s updating of the International Maritime Organisation’s Athens convention on passenger ferries, which limits the liability of a carrier for death or injury involving a traveller to around US$325,000 per passenger.…
RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has declared itself well satisfied with the results of the World Radiocommunication Conference, staged by the International Telecommunications Union, which it says has allocated enough spectrum to allow the efficient roll-out of new wireless and broadband comms systems.…
WORKING TIME - ECJ
Keith Nuthall
LEGAL proceedings are being brought by the European Commission against the governments of Ireland and Luxembourg over their alleged failure to implement the European Union’s seafarers’ working time directive. Brussels claims that neither Member State has notified it of any legislation writing the 1999 directive into their national laws.…
WORKING TIME - ECJ
Keith Nuthall
LEGAL proceedings are being brought by the European Commission against the governments of Ireland and Luxembourg over their alleged failure to implement the European Union’s seafarers’ working time directive. Brussels claims that neither Member State has notified it of any legislation writing the 1999 directive into their national laws.…
THAILAND EXPORTS
BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND’S leather goods exports have slipped for the third consecutive year, as manufacturers of international brands of leather goods move away from the country to tap cheaper labour costs in China. Exports are expected to fall below last year’s total value of Baht 70 billion (US$1.6 billion), according to the Thai Leather Goods Association, which said that the SARS virus and the Iraq war had further added pressure to the market.…
ROME II DISPUTE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is resisting proposed reforms to European Union business law on cross-border non-contractual civil disputes, which would insist that the country of a complainant provides the courts charged with making a judgement. The ICC fears that such a law – designed to breed consumer confidence in cross-border retail sales – would scare businesses from selling into foreign markets.…
ARGENTINA - FMD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties, the world animal health organisation, has declared northern Argentina (north of the 42° parallel) free from foot and mouth disease (FMD), albeit with the help of vaccination, backdated to July 7…
PETRO SA METHANOL
BY RICHARD HURST
THE SOUTH African national oil and gas agency, PetroSA, its PetroWorld joint-venture partner Transworld Exploration, plus Foster Wheeler Power Systems, Starchem Technologies International and Waller Marine will jointly develop a US$700 million fuel-grade methanol plant: output 12,000-15,000 tonnes a day.…