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DYSTAR DEAL
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition by USA takeover and investment company Platinum Equity LLC of German textile dye manufacturer and international distributor Dystar Textilfarben GmBH & Co.…
WTO - DOHA
KEITH NUTHALL
COTTON has been included in a draft framework agreement for the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round, that the WTO general council has been asked to approve by July 30. It includes the elimination of export subsidies, improved market access and a cap on domestic production subsidies for cotton production, with developing countries enjoying special exemptions.…
LAMY - AFRICA
KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy has called on African countries and the USA to swiftly agree a package of reforms to global commerce and subsidies in cotton production, within the scope of the World Trade Organisation’s Doha development round.…
VIETNAM REFORM
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed the widening of import quotas for Vietnamese textile exports to the European Union (EU), to take account of the accession of 10 southern and eastern European countries to the EU in May. These quotas would remain until they are abolished in the New Year, under the World Trade Organisation’s agreement on textiles and clothing.…
ISO PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has released two standards helping nonwoven manufacturers check the effectiveness of protective clothing and the materials used to make them. They lay down laboratory tests measuring the penetration resistance of clothing materials to blood, body fluids and other potentially infectious materials.…
EMISSIONS TRADING
KEITH NUTHALL
EMISSIONS trading plans for eight European Union (EU) countries – including Britain – have been approved by the European Commission, enabling 5,000 industrial plants to buy and sell pollution permits by January 2005. Brussels accepted national plans from Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden unconditionally and another three – from Austria, Britain and Germany – on condition that technical changes are made, which would make them automatically acceptable.…
FUEL CELL RESEARCH
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing to launch a large study into the future development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Brussels wants an assessment of the most promising key technologies that could be widely marketed within less than 15 years.…
SLOVAKIA EBRD
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed itself to supporting in the medium-term the construction of independent power producers in Slovakia, as part of the country’s ongoing electricity sector liberalisation. In a new strategy for the new European Union (EU) member country, the EBRD said it would “work with developers of independent plants”, complimenting the privatisation of electricity utility Slovenske Elektrarne.…
CARTEL FINES
KEITH NUTHALL
A SECOND bid by a group of district heating companies to overturn massive fines levied by the European Commission, which found they had been participating in an illegal cartel, should be thrown out by the European Court of Justice, an ECJ advocate general has recommended.…
IEA FRANCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NECESSARY research that will allow France to maintain its nuclear power capacity should be carried out with Europe’s new liberalised electricity market in mind, the International Energy Authority has warned. In an assessment of French energy policy, it noted France’s “substantial government R&D in this field and the marketing and construction of French nuclear plants abroad…will help in keeping the nuclear option open.”…