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FISCALIS
BY ALAN OSBORN
A MAJOR new drive against tax fraud throughout the European Union (EU) has been signalled by the extension of the Fiscalis programme which funds co-operation between the tax authorities of the 15 Member States and the 10 eastern and southern European countries applying to join the EU.…
NOISE LEGISLATION
BY ALAN OSBORN
NEW LEGISLATION limiting the amount of noise that employees may be exposed to at their place of work has been agreed by government ministers of the EU nations and the European Parliament and is likely to become European law before the end of the year.…
ZOO PIECE
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE ESCAPE of wild animals from zoos is not, so far as we know, one of the major problems facing the EU but the European Commission evidently believes it’s best to be on the safe side. Brussels is threatening legal action against 10 Member States, including Britain, over their failure to regulate zoos.…
FINANCIAL SERVICES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WIDE ranging public consultation has been launched by the European Commission on improving the way that EU institutions draw up, adopt and put into effect legislation on financial services, including rules for insurance, banking, pension funds, and financial conglomerates.…
EU STRESS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Agency for Safety and Health at Work has launched a package of services designed to help businesses and other organisations reduce the exposure of their staff to workplace stress, a problem it says affects 28 per cent of employees in the European Union (EU).…
INSURANCE DAY
BY ALAN OSBORN
COMPENSATION payable to air passengers denied seats on aircraft as a result of over-booking or where flights have been cancelled or delayed will be sharply raised from present levels following legislation given conditional approval today (Thursday) by the European Parliament.…
DOCUMENT SCAM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IMAGINATIVE fraudsters have stolen a march on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) by issuing a fake insurance policy in its name, which claims to protect businesses against the effect of an earlier false ICC insurance guarantee that the global business group unmasked this summer.…
DATA PROTECTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Ombudsman wants a “clarification” of European Union data protection legislation, which he claims is being abused by EU institutions and national governments to access to public information. Jacob Söderman says data protection rules are being misinterpreted “as implying the existence of a general right to participate anonymously in public activities.”…
ECJ MERGER CASE
BY ALAN OSBORN
A RULING by the European Court of First Instance today (Friday) has flatly rejected the analysis and judgments made by the European Commission about drinks packaging when it last year banned the proposed merger between the Tetra Laval group, world leader in carton packaging, and the French company Sidel, which designs and manufactures plastic bottles.…
ICE CIDER
BY MONICA DONIE, in Montreal
PRODUCERS of Canadian ice-cider in south-eastern Quebec have formulated their own seal of authenticity to help consumers understand difference between genuine ice-cider and knock offs. The product is made from fermented apples whose sugars have been concentrated by freezing temperatures.…