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WORKING TIME
KEITH NUTHALL
A CONCILIATION committee will be formed to try and broker a deal between the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers over the contentious proposals for an extension of European working time legislation to the road haulage sector.…
ECJ FINLAND
BY ALAN OSBORN
AN ADVOCATE General of the European Court of Justice has ruled that by using the value of a new car as a yardstick for determining the taxes on an imported second-hand vehicle, Finland is violating EU treaty regulations.…
SANTANA
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the injection of approved investment by the Spanish government into auto-maker Santana Motor SA, to improve efficiency and productivity at its Andalucia plant.
Santana Motor, a wholly owned by a subsidiary company of L’Instituto de Fomento de Andalucia, is involved in the manufacturing and sales of all terrain vehicles, some under a license with Suzuki.…
QUEBEC METAL
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
NEGOTIATIONS have been launched between the General Motors Corporation and the provincial government of Quebec, in Canada, that could result in transforming the region into a world leader for the production of lightweight metals used to make automobile components.…
TORONTO BIODIESEL
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE TORONTO Hydro-Electric System has launched a large-scale test of vegetable-based bio-diesel fuel in its fleet of more than one hundred cars, trucks and vans as a first step to converting to 100 per cent vegetable-based fuel.…
FRANCE ECJ
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FRENCH government is to be taken to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission over its refusal to allow medical laboratories established in another Member State, to open a branch or agency in France.
Brussels is also asking judges to tell Paris to scrap regulations contained within its national law, (Decree No.…
TUBERCULOSIS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GLOBAL plan to halt the spread of tuberculosis has been launched by a coalition of international groups, including the World Bank and the World Health Organisation; it has already appealed to national governments to pledge substantial funds.…
WASTE REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WASTE produced by the pharmaceutical industry should not be spread on land without a detailed evaluation of its contents and properly qualified advice of its potential effect on the environment, a report from the European Commission has claimed.…
G-10 GROUP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONSULTATION round has been a launched by the so-called G-10 pharmaceuticals group, set up by the European Commission to consider ways of enhancing the industry’s competitiveness, whilst safeguarding patient interests.
Comments have been requested on a paper, which examines issues such as pricing, information to patients, cost-effectiveness, competitiveness, benchmarking, innovation and generics.…
CHINA WTO
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL pharmaceuticals companies will find it easier to export to China in the future, following the approval of its membership of the World Trade Organisation, a decision that was achieved by China making a wide range of concessions that will liberalise its commercial laws.…