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SA/ZIM/MAURITIUS
BY RICHARD HURST
THE SOUTH African government is reported to be considering a proposal by Zimbabwe and Mauritius for the removal of clothing and textile tariffs to be brought forward from the year 2006 to 2004.
The two countries have also asked the Department of Trade and Industry in Pretoria to amend its rules of origin, to speed up the implementation of the existing Southern African Development Community, (SADC), agreement.…
NOISE LIMITS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEP’s are sticking to their guns in a political battle with European Union ministers over whether there should be EU legislation laying down noise limits or particular forms of transport operations across the continent. The parliament’s environment committee is resisting a decision by the European Union Council of Ministers to reject amendments that would have strengthened a planned noise directive, making it include commitments to set specific and binding EU noise limits for road vehicles, trains, rail tracks and aircraft.…
TERRORISM UPDATE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LONG-TERM European Union proposals for streamlined cross-border arrest warrants and taking the first steps towards harmonisation of national criminal laws, are to be fast-tracked as a result of the terrorist disasters in the USA.
Heads of government have met in an emergency session of the European Council, telling the EU Council of Ministers for justice and home affairs to agree these reforms “as a matter of urgency,” imposing a December 7 deadline for action.…
TERRORISM UPDATE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LONG-TERM European Union proposals for streamlined cross-border arrest warrants, that would enable prosecutors to demand the swift handover of fraud and other criminal suspects, are to be fast-tracked as a result of the terrorist disasters in the USA.…
TERRORISM UPDATE ETC
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HEADS of government of the European Union taken unprecedented steps to crackdown on the financing of terrorist groups, following the attacks in the United States that have sparked the worldwide ongoing emergency military and financial response.
Notably, the public pressure resulting from the disasters have helped to break the political logjam stalling the agreement of long-debated reforms to the European money laundering directive.…
PENTA BDE VOTE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has tightened proposed restrictions on the use of pentaBDE, (pentabromodiphenyl ether), because of concerns that the flame retardant used to make fire-proof furniture and upholstery harms human health and the environment and has been found in increasing quantities in breast milk.…
FRANCE ECJ THINK PIECE
BY ALAN OSBORN
FRANCE has been stingingly rebuffed by a judge of the European Court of Justice over her refusal to let British beef back in after the export ban was lifted by the European Commission in 1999. An Advocate General of the Court – or adviser – says France was in the wrong.…
VIAGRA/BAYCOL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEP’s have called on the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) to tighten its rules regarding the authorisation of drugs, because of concerns aired to the European Parliament’s environment committee about the deaths of patients taking Viagra and Baycol/Lipobay.…
AVIATION SAFETY - EU
BY ALAN OSBORN
TUESDAY’S terror attacks in the US will accelerate moves to create a new European Aviation Safety Agency, EU officials said the following day. The European Parliament approved the proposal last week but also wants to set up a new separate authority, on the lines of the US National Transportation Safety Board, to investigate aircraft accidents and make recommendations.…
ECSC TREATY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REGULATIONS governing the proposed new Coal and Steel Research Fund, that is to replace the outgoing European Coal and Steel Community next year, should allow for its budget to be reviewed when the EU admits new members from eastern Europe, the European Parliament’s budget committee has claimed.…