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COMMISSIONER CALLS FOR COMMON EU-ORIGIN MARK FOR IMPORTED FOOD AND DRINK
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BULGARIA’S first European Union (EU) Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva, who handles Brussels’ consumer affairs brief, has called for the introduction of an EU-wide system mandating declarations of origin for all imported non-EU food and drink products. There is no such standard system in the EU, in contrast to the USA and Japan.…
WTO CONCERNS RAISED OVER REACH COMPLEXITY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DIPLOMATIC grumbles have started to emerge about the European Union’s (EU) REACH chemical control system, with claims being made at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) its complexity could break EU commitments under the WTO’s technical barriers to trade agreement.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION SEEKS MANDATE TO NEGOTIATE NEW ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TREATIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is seeking a mandate from European Union (EU) ministers to formally negotiate a new international Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with major trading partners, including the US, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Brussels claims such an agreement would boost cooperation and legal protection over counterfeiting in and between these jurisdictions.…
SMOKING STATISTICS SHOW BRITONS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ANTI-SMOKING MESSAGES THAN MANY CONTINENTALS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENVIRONMENTAL health officers may think there are a lot of smokers in the UK – in 2005, 24% of adults aged 16 or over in Britain smoked cigarettes, but spare a thought for officials in Greece – home of Europe’s keenest smokers.…
AMERICAN DIPLOMATS PRESS FOR ANSWERS OVER FOOD SUBSIDIES DURING WTO INQUISITION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round pushes towards its completion, American diplomats have come under intense scrutiny regarding the payment of subsidies to US food producers. US trade partners want detailed information on these payments, so they can categorise them in any final Doha deal – which will cap subsidies, according to how they are defined.…
CAR MAKERS WANT CLEARER VISION ON ECO-DRIVING, THAT GOES BEYOND TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS
BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris
AUTO manufacturers in Europe are calling for greater support from national governments and European Union (EU) institutions in promoting eco-driving – where good motoring styles are adopted which reduce the greenhouse gas and other polluting emissions from vehicles.…
IRAN PAINT INDUSTRY THRIVES, DESPITE THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION
BY MARK ROWE and PAUL COCHRANE
IT is something of an understatement to describe Iran as a peripheral player on the international paint scene. The country’s share of the world market in paints and varnishes in 2007 is, according to research analysts Gobi International, just 0.5%.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION SEEKS MANDATE TO NEGOTIATE NEW ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TREATIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is seeking a mandate from European Union (EU) ministers to negotiate a new international Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with major trading partners, including the US, Japan, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Brussels claims such an agreement would boost cooperation and legal protection over counterfeiting in and between these jurisdictions.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION SEEKS MANDATE TO NEGOTIATE NEW ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TREATIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is seeking a mandate from European Union (EU) ministers to negotiate a new international Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with major trading partners, including the US, Japan, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Brussels claims such an agreement would boost cooperation and legal protection over counterfeiting.…
DEMAND FOR OILS AND FATS WITHIN PERSONAL CARE SECTOR DIVERGES WIDELY BETWEEN COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS
BY MARK ROWE, in London, JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo, and RACHEL JONES, in Caracas
PERSONAL care products – soaps, cosmetics, lotions and hair products – have always been important consumers of vegetable and animal-based oils and fats. Yet, this is a complex sub-sector of the global oils and fats industry.…