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TAJIK COTTON
Keith Nuthall
A JOINT-STOCK company boosting cotton production in central Asia’s Tajikistan will receive a US$500,000 loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank. The loan will help SugAgroServ (SAS), increase yields, reduce debt, and – hopefully – double its land from 1,500 to 3,500 hectares.…
UKRAINE TALKS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has authorised the European Commission to open negotiations with the Ukraine on the renewal of its existing textile trade agreement with the EU.…
CAR INTERIORS
Keith Nuthall
NEW global technical standards have been agreed advising manufacturers how to design vehicles so that textiles used in interior construction are less prone to catch fire. They were agreed by the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, part of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).…
MONGOLIA DEAL
Keith Nuthall
THE UNITED States and Mongolia have negotiated a trade and investment framework agreement, creating a bilateral council charged with boosting the countries’ trade in textile and other goods. Mongolian textiles and clothing dominate its annual US$183.4 million exports to America.…
EUROPOL - SWITZERLAND
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has authorised Europol to strike a deal with Switzerland, on swapping information, including personal data, on illegal trafficking in nuclear and radioactive substances. Europol and Swiss law enforcement units would also swap data on terrorism.…
ISO NUCLEAR MATERIAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has released a technical standard advising on detecting illicit movements of radioactive materials at frontiers and industry control points. ISO said it wanted to provide a common technical base for monitoring, helping communication between regulatory authorities.…
DE PALACIO SPEECH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PRO-NUCLEAR European Union (EU) energy Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has underlined her commitment to securing an extension to the EU’s Euratom responsibilities and also legislation on the security of plants and radioactive waste. Speaking at a meeting of European parliamentarians on nuclear energy, she said: “Don’t forget, nuclear energy is also (along with gas) a bridge to the energies of the future, such as hydrogen.”…
FRANCE SAFETY CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FRENCH government should be censured by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for flouting a deadline to implement Euratom legislation on informing the public radiological emergencies, an ECJ advocate general has said. In formal advice – usually accepted by the court – Leendert Geelhoed stated that France had missed the October 2000 deadline for transposing its rules into national law.…
IEA FRANCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DOMINANCE of Electricité de France (EDF) within its home country is risking progress made by the French government regarding liberalising its power market, the International Energy Authority has warned. In an assessment of French energy policy, it said Paris had been “successful achieving energy security, economic growth and environment protection, with a centralised approach using strong government involvement.”…
EEA GLOBAL WARMING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has – for a change – some good news to crow about regarding greenhouse gases, with the European Environment Agency (EEA) saying the old 15 member EU’s emissions fell by 0.5% from 2001-2, following increases in the previous two years.…