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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has authorised the European Commission to negotiate guaranteed prices for sugar suppliers from India and the so called ACP (African Caribbean Pacific) group of countries, which has special trade relations with the EU.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission will this month decide whether to start launching inquiries into the piecemeal dismantling of the falling Andersen empire. Competition spokeswoman Amelia Torres told Accountancy Age that Brussels had now been officially informed of the proposed acquisition by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu of Andersen UK and had until July 1 to say whether the deal should be cleared or “whether we need to take a closer look at it.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening legal action against Spain for allowing foods to be marketed using the term “bio,” when they are not organic, which Brussels says breaks EU rules on organic farming.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
PROPOSED EU legislation on the labelling of food and food products made from genetically modified organisms, (GMO’s), has been significantly toughened by the environment committee of the European Parliament.

Its members have approved an amendment requiring that the words “this product is derived from an animal fed with GM feed” or “this product contains (an ingredient) derived from an animal fed with GM feed” appear on the label or in any advertising for a product associated with GM technology.…

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
TRADEMARK owners can protect their brands in court when other traders sell goods using the mark, even when they admit publicly that their products are not ‘official’ and are in effect promoting a brand, a European Court of Justice advocate general has claimed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SCIENTIFIC Steering Committee of the European Union has advised the European Commission that cattle aged over one year bear a low risk of BSE infection provided existing feed bans continue to be properly enforced. The advice opens the way to loosen the EU’s insistence on the removal of vertebrae from these older cattle.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DECLINE in the European Union’s use and production of coal over the past 50 years has been documented in a detailed paper by EU statistical agency Eurostat to mark the end of the European Coal and Steel Community.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed an EU Recommendation on the “Prevention of Smoking and on Initiatives to Improve Tobacco Control” with special focus to reduce the accessibility of tobacco products to young people.

These guidelines – that are not binding on Member States – advise their governments to:

* Restrict the access of children and adolescents to tobacco vending machines;

* Try to stop young people from buying tobacco via the Internet;

* Remove tobacco products from self-service displays;

* Prevent the sale of cigarettes that come in packets fewer than twenty;

* Require vendors to verify that customers are of the age requirement to buy tobacco.…

Keith Nuthall
AS the European Union moves towards the mandatory application of International Accounting Standards for listed companies, the European Commission has proposed reforms to the existing directives that harmonise national accounting laws that will remain in place for other businesses.…