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EU ROUND UP - EU COMMISSION RELEASES TENS ENERGY PRIORITIES, ALGERIA GAS INCLUDED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a list of priority projects under its 2007-13 trans European network (TENs) energy programme. Three of the 10 gas pipeline projects link Europe to Algeria, a key alternative source to Russia, and there are also priority gas pipelines to Libya and Turkey listed.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION RELEASES 2007-2013 ENERGY TENS PLANS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a list of priority projects that will draw in EU funding and diplomatic support under its 2007-13 trans European network (TENs) energy programme. Agreed with the European Parliament, the schemes are designed to fulfil the EU’s energy policy goals of improving security of supply, especially from outside member states, and underpinning Europe’s internal market in gas and electricity.…
EUROPEAN COUNCIL COMMUNIQUE ENERGY POLICY EXTERNAL RELATIONS RUSSIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) heads of government have approved a strategy paper at a Brussels summit that involves creating a fresh and comprehensive energy agreement with Russia. This would build on the existing Partnership & Cooperation Agreement (PCA) forged in 1997, and could supersede the Energy Charter Treaty negotiated in 1991.…
EU ROUND UP - RUSSIA EU ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION CALL - BIOFUEL PRODUCTION INCREASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN UNPRECEDENTED joint paper from the European Commission and European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Solana calls for the EU to diversify its energy sources beyond Russia. In particular, the paper suggests the EU looks closer to home: at Algeria and Turkey.…
MENA FATF MIDDLE EAST MONEY LAUNDERING REGIONAL ORGANISATION
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
OVER the last five years the Middle East and North Africa region has firmly joined the global effort to fight money laundering and terrorist financing by setting up national financial intelligence units and a regional watchdog, the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA-FATF).…
MIDDLE EAST - NORTH AFRICA DRINKS INDUSTRY REPORT
BY MARK ROWE AND PAUL COCHRANE
INTRODUCTION
JUST as chocolate sells well in cold countries, so do soft drinks flourish in hot countries, which would suggest that North Africa and the Levant presents an inviting face to the international drinks market.…
KYOTO PROTOCOL - CO2 CAPTURE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ASSESSMENT from the Kyoto Protocol Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by power plants before it enters the atmosphere could be crucial in minimising climate change. The Geneva-based panel has estimated that capture and storage technologies could lower climate change mitigation costs over the next 100 years by 30%.…
ALGERIA ICAO
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) says there remain “serious deficiencies” in a number of airports in Algeria yet to be eliminated under its safety certification process “owing to the difficulties encountered during field-works.” These assessments were begun in October 2002 and have been “proving too heavy” to complete, ICAO officials told Janes Airport Review.…
MIDDLE EAST - NORTH AFRICA DRINKS INDUSTRY REPORT
BY MARK ROWE AND PAUL COCHRANE
INTRODUCTION
JUST as chocolate sells well in cold countries, so do soft drinks flourish in hot countries, which would suggest that North Africa and the Levant presents an inviting face to the international drinks market.…
EU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BINDING energy conservation targets have been proposed for European Union (EU) Member States by the European Commission, a move that could further tighten fuel economy rules for Europe’s transport sector. Brussels has proposed a general energy saving target of one per cent a year from 2006-12, measured against average energy distribution from the previous five years.…