GENERAL EU ROUND-UP

BY KEITH NUTHALLAGREEMENT on legislation lowering the maximum level of sulphur content in European Union (EU) diesel and petrol to 10 ppm has been struck by the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. They agreed these low sulphur fuels must be available throughout the EU from January 1, 2005, and mandatory from January 1, 2009.Other recent EU news includes:*The Commission has welcomed a landmark competition agreement with Nigeria LNG Ltd, which has agreed to stop preventing its European customers from reselling gas outside their own EU Member ...


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