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KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE is being threatened with massive fines because of its alleged failure to abide by an ECJ ruling that it should set up redress procedures provided for in the EU legislation allowing suppliers, who feel they have been unfairly excluded from tendering for contracts in the renewable and non-renewable power sectors, to make formal complaints and launch appeals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
HEADS of government of the European Union taken unprecedented steps to crackdown on the financing of terrorist groups, following the attacks in the United States that have sparked the worldwide ongoing emergency military and financial response.

Notably, the public pressure resulting from the disasters have helped to break the political logjam stalling the agreement of long-debated reforms to the European money laundering directive.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FAMILY law judgements made in the European Union on parental responsibility and access to children, where parents have split and moved to different parts of the EU, would be recognised in every Member State, under a proposal from the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has tightened proposed restrictions on the use of pentaBDE, (pentabromodiphenyl ether), because of concerns that the flame retardant used to make fire-proof furniture and upholstery harms human health and the environment and has been found in increasing quantities in breast milk.…

KEITH NUTHALL
TOURISTS have the right under European law to claim damages for the loss of enjoyment in a holiday marred by negligence from travel companies, in addition to the compensation due for the non-performance of a package travel contract, an advocate general to the European Court of Justice has stated.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PRACTICAL guidelines on steps that governments should take to fight digital piracy have been released by the Council of Europe, an organisation whose members include Russia and other eastern European countries, and where such crimes are known to have taken place in the past.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Union’s Electronic Signature Directive is unlikely to be implemented for a long time yet even though it should have become law in the 15 member countries in July, the Information Security Solutions Europe 2001 conference, in Westminster, was told Wednesday.…

KEITH NUTHALL
URGENT action to boost airport security in the wake of the destruction of New York’s World Trade Centre has been ordered by the European Union Council of Ministers (transport).

In an emergency session, EU Member States agreed to implement recommedations from the European Civil Aviation Conference,” including recommendations on machine readable travel documents, using accident investigation experts, information and communications and the treatment of inadmissable persons and deportees.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
SIGNIFICANT opportunities for British and other law firms to practise in China have been opened up following agreement by the Chinese government on the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organisation. The European Commission said there was “great demand” for legal services from western firms as China enters international markets on an unrestricted basis for the first time.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
AFTER 15 years of negotiations, China has reached agreement on the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organisation, thereby opening the way for British accountancy firms to set up shop in the world’s most populous market.…