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ASYLUM APPLICATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
REGULATIONS have been approved by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers for justice and home affairs that lay down clear rules for deciding which EU national government must examine an asylum application, when the would-be refugee has travelled through a number of Member States.…
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COMMON European Union (EU) guidelines on the collection, testing, processing, storage, and distribution of human blood and blood components, that are designed to help foster the transfer of blood around the EU, have been published for public consultation by the European Commission.…
HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Agency for Safety and Health at Work has launched a new online guide offering advice to healthcare employees on how to reduce their exposure to occupational accidents, which are 34 per cent higher than the European Union (EU) average.…
PACKAGING WASTE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved in principle tightening the EU packaging and packaging waste directive so that by 2008, Member States should recycle at least 50 per cent of metals found in packaging waste.…
ECJ PARIS CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AÉROPORTS de Paris has lost its last ditch bid to win a legal battle over its fees for ground-handling services, with the European Court of Justice rejecting an appeal brought by the company against a ruling from its sister Court of First Instance.…
RUSSIAN FEES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament’s transport committee has recommended that a financial carrot is dangled before the Russian government to try and end the practice of paying its national carrier Aeroflot for over-flying rights on trans-Siberian, trans-polar and trans-Asian routes.…
BAA GOLDEN SHARES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH government’s golden share system, granting it control over any disposal or winding up of assets owned by the privatised British Airports Authority, breaks European Union law and should be reformed, an advocate general of the European Court of Justice has claimed.…
TRANSATLANTIC DEALS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked European Union (EU) ministers to give it the authority to block future trans-Atlantic deals involving American and EU airlines by ensuring that special open-skies deals negotiated between a Member State and the USA are officially banned.…
BATTERY RECHARGE
Keith Nuthall
A France/Luxembourg consortium has developed a rechargeable car battery
which retains its zinc while discharging, giving it a life span around
twice that of normal batteries and delivering a twofold improvement in the
power-to-weight ratio. Consortium plans to target the European car and
hybrid electric vehicle markets.…
COMBINED TRANSPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved Belgian government plans to pay out Euro 3 million this year to subsidise investments in combined transport facilities for road transport services in Flanders, with the aim of reducing congestion in this crowded corner of Europe.…