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CADMIUM CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TOUGH restrictions applied by the Austrian and Swedish governments on the use of cadmium in their territories are likely to be scrapped, after the European Court of Justice ruled that amendments to EU legislation permitting them to retain these rules were actually illegal.…
LA RINASCENTE
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank is considering plans to lend up to Euro 135 million to Italy’s La Rinascente SpA retail group, to help it build and operate one shopping centre in the Campania region, (surrounding Naples), and four new hypermarkets, (two in Campania and two in Sicily).…
PLASTIC BAGS
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
SMALL shops in Ireland are losing Euros 450 (Pounds 300) worth of shopping baskets every month on average, following the introduction of a Euro 15 cent (10p) environmental levy on plastic carrier bags, according to an Irish small retailers group.…
CITES REFORMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MOVE to liberalise the global trade in artificially propagated orchids has been made by the USA, which has formally proposed that six species are exempted from controls under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).…
BY KEITH NUTHALL
The European Court of Justice has over-ruled a government deportation order issued against the Philippine wife of a British national, stating that the husband, who operates a cross-border business in the EU, may rely on EU law to protect his wife’s rights of residence.…
PITCAIRN ISLAND
BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
A CHILD sexual abuse case will focus attention on one of the world’s most remote and famous islands: Pitcairn – a tiny British colony between New Zealand and Chile – which was settled by the Bounty mutineers in 1790.…
MALAYSIA REWRITE
BY MARK ROWE
THE MALAYSIAN government is launching a new and powerful autonomous civil aviation authority, which is being set-up to help kick-start its plans to transform the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport into a regional hub to rival Singapore. The new agency will have a remit to establish a liberal aviation policy and negotiate air service agreements with international airlines.…
SLOTS REFORM
BY ALAN OSBORN
NEW rules for slot allocation at EU airports may be on the way following a vote by the European Parliament to approve a European Commission proposal to open up the system of landing and take-off rights to new air carriers.…
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Keith Nuthall
A EUROPOL-led crackdown on illegal immigration through international airports in Europe has netted 410 migrants trying to illegally enter the EU. Those arrested in the one-day swoop were mainly from China, South America and Africa. More than a quarter were detected at Paris airports; other important entry points were airports in Madrid and Dublin.…
COCHIN INTERNATIONAL
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
AN ADDITIONAL injection of IND Rupees 220 million, (US$4.5 million), is to be invested into Cochin International Airport Ltd, in Kerala, India, by five directors of the company, raising their stake to 26 per cent. The move is part of a plan by the company to expand its equity base to INDRupees 2,000 million, (US$40.8 million), from the current IND Rupees 900 million, (US$18.3 million), to liquidate high-cost loans that have been eating into its profits.…