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EIB PUSHES OIL AND GAS INVESTMENT THROUGH LOW INTEREST LOANS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WHEN oil and gas executives think of European Union (EU) funding for their projects or companies, they may consider the European Commission, with its high profile in energy spending and investment. But there is another EU institution with an important role as a financial fountainhead for European energy loans: the European Investment Bank (EIB).…
EMSA PLAYS INCREASING ROLE IN SECURING EUROPEAN OIL TANKER SAFETY AND FIGHTING OIL SPILL POLLUTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HUMAN nature’s tendency to let sleeping dogs lie means that international initiatives to deal with chronic problems often only come to fruition after a major disaster. And such was the case with the formation of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).…
EU RESEARCH FIGHTS CITRUS FRUIT CONTAMINATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has launched a research project – called EuroMedCitrusNet – aimed at reducing the transfer of pathogens from citrus fruits, through processing into final food and drink products, such as juice. Researchers will look at processing chains amongst key Mediterranean suppliers, boosting training and technology, while increasing small and medium-sized citrus fruit business participation in food safety research.…
EU ROUND UP- EU COUNCIL SETS RENEWABLES TARGET
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) summit has agreed a 10% binding minimum target for all 27 member states regarding the share of biofuels in overall EU transport petrol and diesel consumption by 2020. The agreement, which followed weeks of political manoeuvreing, has however been qualified in that biofuels must be “introduced in a cost-efficient way”.…
TUNISIA AND EFTA LAUNCH FREE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SWISS tobacco manufacturers are set to benefit from free trade agreement negotiations launched between the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) – of which Switzerland is a key member – and Tunisia. An EFTA note on the talks stressed that Switzerland’s third largest export item to Tunisia was tobacco, representing 10% of all consignments.…
ISO PUSHES AHEAD WITH CERTIFYING GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is maybe reassuring that during an era where food companies must increasingly grapple with often complex global and regional cross-border trade, health, packaging and marketing regulations, there is one international organisation that actually designs rules with their practical use in mind.…
OLAF BUSTS RULES OF ORIGIN FRAUDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has helped uncover three rules-of-origin frauds costing EU coffers millions of Euros. In one case, an OLAF-German police inquiry has uncovered the loss of Euro 50 million in duties by the illicit rerouting of Chinese energy-saving lamps via Vietnam, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka and Tunisia to evade 66.1% anti-dumping duties on China-made lamps; Euro 7 million of avoided taxation has been recovered.…
ERASMUS CRITICISED AS GLOBAL EXCHANGE POLICY IS PUSHED INTO RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the European Union’s (EU) flagship Erasmus student exchange programme approaches its 20th birthday, EU education Commissioner Jan Figel has criticised it for failing poorer students across Europe. The Slovak said: "The Erasmus grant remains far too low to allow students from less favourable financial backgrounds to enjoy the benefits of the programme.…
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.…