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ICE WINE



BY MONICA DOBIE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has agreed to allow Canadian ice-wine, the specialised dessert wine made from frozen grapes, to be sold within the EU, after a long battle to have the designation of recognised by Brussels was finally won.…

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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is a pre-requisite of successful policy making that public authorities need to have an accurate picture of the status quo, and also an effective way of measuring the results of reforms. Maybe nowhere is this truer than with the complex subject of sustainable agriculture and rural development.…

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EU - YEMEN



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced that it is to make a grant of Euro 2.5 million to the Yemeni government, allowing it to make improvements to its air traffic control systems. The money will be spent on repairs and replacement of inadequate communication and navigational equipment in the major Yemeni airports, the continuation of flight calibration of navigational aids to maintain reliability and compliance with international civil aviation standards and a training programme for the staff of the Yemeni Civil Aviation Authority.…

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WTO LIBERALISATION



Keith Nuthall
MEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation are to examine in detail proposals made by the Australian government for the dismantling of bureaucratic barriers that prevent accountants from practising in foreign countries.

Its detailed suggested were made in to the ongoing services round of the WTO, in Geneva, which has just reached the end of its first stage.…

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EAST ASIAN DEAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL
EAST Asian shipping companies are expected to receive a boost from the ratification by China of the Bangkok Agreement, making one of Asia’s oldest trade accords the world’s largest in terms of market potential.

With China joining the arrangement – which is based on shared trade preferences – it becomes the largest regional trade arrangement, opening up a market with a combined population of more than 2.5 billion, said the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, (ESCAP).…

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US WTO APPEAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States government has formally appealed against the ruling of the World Trade Organisation’s disputes settlement body, which criticised the way it had erected anti-dumping duties against imports of Japanese hot-rolled steel products.

In a note to the WTO’s appellate body, American diplomats have contested “certain legal interpretations developed by the (disputes) Panel,” claiming that its conclusions “are in error and are based upon erroneous findings on issues of law.”…

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OIL SLICK



BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOYOLA de Palacio, vice-president of the European Commission warmly welcomed today’s (Thursday) IMO agreement and confirmed that the 15 EU member states would implement their right to deny single-hull oil tanker access to their ports from 2015.

Mrs Loyola de Palacio, also European Commissioner for transport and energy, said that the EU had led the fight against marine oil pollution and was proud of its role in securing an international agreement which would make the seas safer and reduce the risk of oil spill catastrophes.…

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FAO - FOREST FIRES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL action plan to fight forest fires is being drawn up with the assistance of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation. Experts from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and USA have been discussing proposals for a system involving mutual assistance and coordinated approaches to forest fire management.…

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ITALY - ECJ



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to take Italy to the European Court of Justice, claiming that its public procurement procedures for local and state administrations hiring architects, break EU rules on fairness and openness. The Commission has raised three objections regarding the relevant Italian law, (the “1997 Karrer decree).…

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ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH Maritime Law Association has called on European Union legislators to be careful when framing any possible directive on environmental liability, to make sure that its regulations do not clash with existing international conventions on sea pollution.…

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