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INTELLIKEY REVIEW
BY ALAN OSBORN
YOU might not think it to look at them, but behind the heavy wrought iron Victorian doorlocks in the Houses of Parliament is what claims to be the world’s most advanced electronic access control system. This is the American-made Intellikey, sold in the UK and Europe by the company’s Milton Keynes-based subsidiary.…
TRAFFIC SAFETY
Keith Nuthall
AN ACTION plan is being developed by the European Commission and the EU automobile industry to promote the introduction of high-tech safety systems in European motor-vehicles; the programme will probably include funding for research and the demonstration of innovations in the field.…
INSOLVENCY DIRECTIVE
Keith Nuthall
CHANGES to a European Union directive, which forces employers to make provision for their employees of they become insolvent, have been accepted by the European Parliament; the proposals aim to extend the scope of the legislation to include subcontractors and the officially self-employed who work mostly for one company.…
FINGERPRINT DATABASE
BY KATE REW
AN AMERICAN biometrics company has put together the largest non-government electronic fingerprint database that has been made commercially available in the US, with over 100,000 records.
Developed by Biopay Inc, it is now used by more than 100 banks, grocery stores and other retail outlets in the US; they use it for checking the trustworthiness of customers with no bank accounts who want to cash cheques.…
HEALTH AND SAFETY GRANTS
BY ALAN OSBORN
THREE British projects have won grants from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for accident prevention schemes designed for small and medium-sized enterprises. The agency announced grants equivalent to pounds 2.7 million in total to 51 projects across the 15 EU countries.…
LEGAL SERVICE
Keith Nuthall
AN INTERNET legal advice service for companies wishing to learn about European Union legislation affecting e-commerce, has been launched. The site, eLexPortal.com, will provide updated information on EU and national laws and regulations on the subject; it is free of charge, and allows users to e-mail queries to its online experts.…
CAT LITTER MINE
BY KATE REW
OPPONENTS of America’s largest cat litter mining project in northern Nevada have persuaded the local planning commission to refuse the production company Oil-Dri a ‘special use permit,’ which gives it the right to process the mineral at the mine site.…
CAT LITTER MINE
BY KATE REW
OPPONENTS of America’s largest cat litter mining project in northern Nevada will learn this week whether the production company Oil-Dri will be given a ‘special use permit,’ which gives it the right to process the mineral at the mine site.…
ECSC VOID
BY KEITH NUTHALL
OFFICIALS in Brussels are considering how to avoid the creation of a legal void next July when the European Coal and Steel Community expires and the European Commission is supposed to transfer its Euro 1.6 billion assets and liabilities to the main European Union budget.…
SPANISH AID
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has authorised the Spanish government to grant aid up to a maximum of Euro 1.07 billion, (ESP 178 billion), to its coal industry for the past year, (2001). Brussels has accepted the particular problems facing Spain’s coal sector – with some mines that produce coal that is competitive with imports and others that are very costly – by allowing Madrid to finance operational aid as well as structural reforms.…