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WASTE FRAMEWORK CASE
BY ALAN OSBORN
BRITAIN has been sent a second warning by the European Commission over its failure to comply with the EU’s Waste Framework Directive which sets out obligations over the treatment of waste. Brussels is objecting to the scope of exemptions permitted in the UK and to inadequate transport controls for Gibraltar and Northern Ireland.…
LABELLING
BY ALAN OSBORN
A LABELLING directive to be proposed shortly by the European
Commission could compel the wine and spirits industry to list all allergens on bottles, following an opinion from EU food scientists that they could cause possibly fatal allergic reactions.…
HEINEKEN
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE DUTCH brewer Heineken is to join forces with Bayerische BrauHolding of Germany under a deal approved today (Friday) by the European Commission.
Heineken is active throughout the 15 EU countries in the brewing and distribution of beer and other beverages.…
COMMISSION V PHILIP MORRIS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is considering its legal options, after the dismissal of its case brought in New York against Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds, alleging that they had helped promote tobacco smuggling within the EU.
U.S. District Judge Nicholas G.…
ICC E-COMMERCE
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce has warned that the proposed introduction of a law insisting that in e-commerce disputes, it is the law and courts of the consumers’ country that should prevail in any legal disputes, runs the risk of “stifling” business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions over the Internet.…
VERISIGN
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
TRUST SERVICES provider VeriSign has announced that its managed PKI, (public key infrastructure), services will meet the criteria set out by the EU Commission’s Directive for digital signatures. The Directive aims to accelerate the acceptance of digital signatures to provide secure e-commerce and communications.…
MEPS INTERESTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SIMPLICITY is not one the virtues that is readily associated with the institutions of the European Union, so it is refreshing to note that the European Parliament has recently taken a straightforward step to boost its accountability to the citizens of the continent that it serves.…
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is playing its part in the debate over whether companies should be given additional duties for promoting health and safety and a clean environment, by publishing a green paper on Promoting a European Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility.…
REFUGEES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved a new EU-wide temporary protection system to cope with an influx of refugees, such as that created by the conflicts in former Yugoslavia.
Ministers can now order that the European Refugee Fund assists Member States prepared to accept displaced persons; they would be granted certain rights to residence and work permits, appropriate information, accommodation, social assistance, health care, and education.…
SATELLITE MISHAP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Space Agency has been battling to save face after the launch of its most sophisticated telecommunications satellite went wrong, sending it into an unplanned orbit that would prevent its technology from working properly.
Artemis has had US$850 million lavished upon it, so that it would provide sophisticated communications and global positioning navigations services, especially to transport operations.…