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PHYTOESTROGENS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN EU network of research institutions investigating the safety and health effects of phytoestrogens has been created. Phytohealth will especially check whether phytoestrogens prevent cancer. They are found in plant foods, such as beans, cabbage, flax seed, rye, berries, grains and soya products.…
SUGAR SUBSIDIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Commission arguments backing its proposed reform of the EU sugar regime have been strengthened by an interim decision by the World Trade Organisation that EU subsidies to the sugar sector are illegal. The claim was brought by Brazil, Thailand and Australia.…
SALMON DUTIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is imposing temporary safeguard duties on farmed salmon imports, especially from Norway and the Faroe Islands. Euro 522 on every tonne of imported unfilleted fish and Euro 722 per tonne of filleted salmon will be levied on fish exceeding certain fixed quotas until next February.…
OSCE SOUTH-EAST EUROPE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ANTIMONY mine in Macedonia will be a focus of an international effort to prevent cross-border environmental threats in south-eastern Europe. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have agreed to cooperate on managing pollution risks from the Lojane Mine, which has also been a source of chromium.…
EP REACH ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A STUDY into the European Union’s (EU) proposed REACH system has been roundly criticised by members of the European Parliament committee that ordered it. Consultants Arthur D. Little’s report claimed REACH could cause “a 2.9% loss in GDP and a 24.7% loss in (chemical and related industry) production”.…
PAINT DRYERS CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has weakened the defence of two Frenchmen fighting criminal charges that they illegally produced a banned chemical substance used to help artists’ paints dry.
Olivier Dupuy and Hervé Rouvre, directors of Colart International, of Le Mans, are being prosecuted for producing and selling publicly ‘Siccatif de Courtrai blanc’, ‘Siccatif de Courtrai brun’ and ‘Huile Noire’, products with a high lead content.…
EP REACH ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A STUDY ordered into the effects of European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH has been roundly criticised by members of the European Parliament committee that ordered it. Wiesbaden-based company Arthur D. Little’s report claimed that REACH could cause “a 2.9% loss in GDP and a 24.7% loss in (chemical and related industry) production”.…
VERHEUGEN - REACH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INCOMING European industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen has accepted a “potential risk of some loss of export market share for the chemical sector in the short run” because of the European Union’s (EU) REACH system. Answering a European Parliament questionnaire, he said longer term competitiveness effects would depend on whether REACH becomes “a new international standard”.…
WTO - PRIVATISATION ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has formally requested that a second World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel is set up to adjudicate in its long running row with the US over its assessment of benefits enjoyed by privatised steel companies from past public subsidies.…
UKRAINE - EBRD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has drawn up plans to lend Ukraine steel producer ISTIL US$35 million to increase its working capital to meet the growing demand for larger shipments of steel products. Assuming it is approved by the EBRD board, the loan would also boost the company’s competitiveness through production and energy efficiency improvements.…