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BY KEITH NUTHALL
EMPLOYER liability insurance policies will have to take account of changes to national workplace data protection regulations expected across the EU because of a wide-ranging and detailed public consultation launched by the European Commission.

Brussels has already concluded that there is a need to harmonise the widely divergent rules and practices amongst Member States, so legislation will inevitably be tabled.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE’S Suez and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have launched a joint drinking water improvements programme that will provide around Euro 300,000 in its first three years and will initially concentrate on the Volga-Caspian region.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE US government’s determination to maintain anti-dumping duties against Argentine exports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) is being challenged at the World Trade Organisation by Buenos Aires, which has launched formal consultations on the row. This is the first stage in disputes proceedings; if the talks fail, then Argentina can demand that a WTO panel adjudicates over the duties.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SECRETARIAT for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has released a report advising nurseries and customs officers about the world’s illegal trade in wild rare plants; the World Wildlife Fund says annual volumes are in the 100,000’s even millions.…

Keith Nuthall
BRITAIN remained an averagely taxed economy compared with its competitor rich nations in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to a new report from this international think-tank. It says that the share of Britain’s GDP represented by tax take remained at 37.4 per cent in 2001, the same as in 2000.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SECRETARIAT for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has released a report advising nurseries and customs officers about the world’s illegal trade in wild rare plants.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation has inaugurated new training facilities for developing country trade officials, a result of the Doha summit that led to the current so-called development trade round. There, governments agreed that officials from poorer countries needed assistance in grappling with complicated trade law talks, so they could play a full part in negotiations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Agenda for Action has been drawn up at a UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) workshop on boosting “Clean Coal Combustion in Small and Medium Sized Boilers in Central and Eastern Europe.” The plan has been approved by experts from the region, along with those from western Europe, the USA, the World Coal Institute, the World Energy Council, IEA Coal Research and UNECE.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has granted clearance, under the EU’s merger regulation, to the acquisition of full control by Questor Partners Bermuda, L.P., of the aluminium business of Italy’s Teksid S.p.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Italian auto giant Fiat.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE KOZLODUY International Decommissioning Support Fund has set aside Euro 20 million to help fund energy efficiency improvements to the district heating system of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia and is expected to earmark another Euro 10 million later this year.…