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RADIOACTIVITY REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EXPOSURE of European Union citizens to man-made radiation increased by about 76 per cent between 1987 and 1996, a new European Commission report has claimed, citing discharges from reprocessing plants in Britain (Sellafield) and Normandy, France, (Cap de la Hague) as the “most important” sources of this pollution increase.…
NETHERLANDS CASE
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has ruled that the Netherlands, and by precedent other Member States, has the right to prevent lawyers entering into multi-disciplinary partnerships with accountants, even though it accepts that this may restrict competition in legal services.…
ITALY ECJ
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CLAIMS that the compulsory scale of fees paid to Italian lawyers is illegal under European Union competition legislation have been thrown out by the European Court of Justice, which has ruled that the system is a reasonable act of the national government.…
CARTEL TIP OFFS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union companies alerting European Commission investigators about cartels of which they form a part, will find it easier to escape scot-free from their crimes in future, because of a new so-called “leniency policy” launched by Brussels to promote whistle-blowing.…
SOUTH AFRICA - EAST ASIA
Keith Nuthall
WINES of SA, a non-profit organisation responsible for the promotion of South African wines, has reported that South African wine exporters are to begin targeting east Asian markets as a key to future growth.
The recent move will build on the industry’s existing successful penetration of the European markets coupled with the signing of the wine and spirits agreement between South African and the EU.…
GM VINES
Keith Nuthall
THE DEVELOPMENT of genetically engineered varieties of vines within the European Union has – in effect – been approved by the EU Council of Ministers, which has agreed detailed changes to the European directive on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine.…
ICE TEA
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA, in Columbo
SOFT drinks giants Nestle, Coca-Cola and Pepsi are developing ice tea products to break into a new market place in tropical Sri Lanka this summer. The three will join Hindustan Lever, which has already launched its Lipton Ice brand.…
FRANCE AND ITALY
BY ALAN OSBORN
EU agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler has sharply attacked requests by France and Italy for authorisation to pay national aids to wine producers in connection with the distillation of table wine saying they created “a serious risk of distortion of competition.”…
COFFEE SLUMP
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIAN coffee production could slump in the next crop year, (October 2002 to September 2003), industry analysts have claimed, citing a 25-40 per cent drop in fertilizer usage and lay-offs. Poor yields in the current growing year are also expected, with projections falling from 325,000 to 306,000 tonnes and some gloomy estimates predicting a 280,000 tonne crop.…
HAVANA CLUB
Keith Nuthall
THE UNITED States government has informed the disputes settlement body of the World Trade Organisation that it “intended to comply” with the final Havana Club ruling issued at the start of this year, although it warned diplomats that it “would require for that purpose a reasonable period of time.”…