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BULGARIA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CERTAIN tobacco products exported from Bulgaria into the European Union (EU) will be free of import duty by 2007, when the country will probably join the EU. The trade concession is part of a deal struck with the European Commission.…
TOBACCO SMUGGLING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CIGARETTE companies can reclaim customs debts created by the seizure in the European Union of smuggled tobacco products in operations involving undercover agents, the European Court of Justice has ruled. In a case brought by the Netherlands’ British American Tobacco Manufacturing BV (taking over from Rothmans in 2000), the court said the DM 1.4 million claimed by German customs on 11 million seized and destroyed Golden American cigarettes could be reclaimed “provided no deception or obvious negligence may be attributed” to Rothmans.…
IMPERIAL - ADDICTION
BY MONICA DOBIE
HEALTH Canada and anti-smoking groups are questioning Imperial Tobacco Canada’s decision to fund the First Nations Youth At-Risk programme to combat aboriginal youth addiction to drugs, smoking and alcohol. The CDN$1.1 million Imperial grant focuses on activities to boost self-esteem and reduce boredom for youth on Indian reserves.…
BEE VARROA MITES
BY MONICA DOBIE
AMERICAN Agricultural Research Service scientists have discovered a way to protect honey bee colonies from being wiped out by voracious varroa mites, by breeding bees with an identified genetic trait that suppresses the reproduction of the mites in infested colonies.…
LAURA SECORD
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE USA’s ARCHIBALD Candy Corp. will try again to sell Canadian confectioner Laura Secord after a failed attempt last year because of complications arising from Archibald’s restructuring. Chocolate and iced cream specialist Laura Secord employs 1,600 employees and operates 166 shops across Canada.…
ORGANIC RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FORMAL calls for proposals have been made by the European Commission for studies into organic and low input milk production, under its Euro 18 million ‘Quality Low Input Food’ project. Euro 330,000 is available for this particular study.…
BRITISH SUGAR
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH Sugar has lost a final appeal at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against a Euro 39.6 million fine imposed by the European Commission over allegations of illegal concerted practice and agreements over sugar prices with rivals Tate & Lyle and Napier Brown between 1986 and 1990.…
BULGARIA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers have been asked to approve granting Bulgaria duty free access to the EU market for some confectionary products from this year until 2007, when it will probably join the EU. Products covered include chewing gum, liquorice, white chocolate, gums, toffees, boiled sweets and others.…
SERBIA ARREST
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SERBIA police have arrested the general manager of the country’s biggest sugar producer MK Komerc, alleging he helped forged origin documents for exports into the European Union. These claimed the sugar was Serbia-made, benefiting from special EU market access, but it had actually been imported.…
CZECH DEVELOPMENT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CZECH forestry will be a key beneficiary of a Euro 678 million rural development injection from the European Union (EU), pledged as the country settles into being a new member state. Conscious of the “traditional symbiosis” between Czech timber production and agriculture, the 2004-6 package aims at reducing farmed land whilst extending woodland areas.…