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KEITH NUTHALL
SPINOFF technology from the European Space Agency has been used to create knitted steel flameproof textiles, which have been designed to protect the outside of road haulage containers from vandals. French company Société Ariégeoise de Bonneterie has adapted materials used on ESA’s Ariane rocket launchers, modifying the knitting technique to create a flexible fabric of steel wire that is extremely difficult to cut.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission is investigating whether the French government has oversubsidised its aviation sector since last year’s September 11 attacks. Brussels had approved grants of Euro 54.9 million to cover additional costs created by the disaster’s four-day disruption to air traffic, but says France also spent the money on costs arising after flights were resumed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
REVERSING its earlier position, the European Commission has agreed that the German grid feed-in laws on the promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources and from combined heat and power do not constitute state aid, that Brussels could, in theory, ban.…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
RENAULT HOPES to enhance its reputation for safety through developments in passenger restraint systems, including a front seat “anti-slide airbag” and a “frontal airbag” for the rear seats.

The French carmaker explained that although highly effective, existing double-pretensioners, (tightening the seatbelt from both ends on impact) “are not adaptable to all types of vehicles”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LEGALITY within the European Union of strict alcohol advertising laws such as France’s Loi Evin is in doubt because of an unlikely case at the European Court of Justice involving Newcastle United Football Club. The team is fighting legal action brought by Bacardi-Martini and Cellier des Dauphins, who claim they lost money when Newcastle programmed its revolving touchline hoardings to display their advertisements for swift 1-2 second intervals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOCAL government could be consulted on planned European Union legislation, before it is even drafted, under a root-and-branch reform of the way that the EU is governed.

The idea is to be discussed at the Convention on the Future of Europe, the body chaired by former French President Giscard d’Estaing, having been received by a member of its praesidium, Ana Palacio, an MEP.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
The European Commission has cleared a deal through which the French Société Anonyme d’Explosifs et de Produits Chimiques (EPC) will acquire a 50% stake in the German drilling and blasting company SAARMontan, a wholly- subsidiary of Deutsche Montan Technologie.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Space Agency is encouraging the European Union’s textile industry to take advantage of the technological advances that it has been making while developing satellite and rocket missions. Staging a workshop in Lille, France, (July 4-5), the agency said companies should avail themselves of new textiles promoting thermal insulation, bioactive materials, (including those with wearable sensors and computers), and textiles capable of reflecting and withstanding great heat.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN football association UEFA launched a joint-anti smoking campaign with the European Commission on the eve of the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The two organisations booked television advertising space to broadcast their anti-tobacco message, using international footballers including French star Zinedine Zidane and Portugal’s Luis Figo.…

Keith Nuthall
FRANCE’S Loi Evin, which restricts the display of advertisements for alcoholic drinks, has come under attack from an unlikely source, a case at the European Court of Justice involving Newcastle United Football Club.

The team – locally known as the Magpies – is fighting legal action brought by Bacardi-Martini and Cellier des Dauphins.…