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ST MICROELECTRONICS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has decided not to oppose the granting of Euro 143 million, (Pounds 86 million) state aid by Italy to the Franco-Italian company ST Microelectronics for three research projects costing Euro 456 million, (Pounds 275 million).…
WASTE REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WASTE produced by the chemical and pharmaceutical industries should not be spread on land without a detailed evaluation of its contents and properly qualified advice of its potential effect on the environment, a report from the European Commission has claimed.…
DISTANCE MARKETING ADD
Keith Nuthall
Ministers also struck a compromise over the controversial question of the location of tribunals or courts resolving any dispute, whether they should be in the country of the consumer or of the company. Abandoning Commission proposals that it should be that of the company, ministers agreed that the consumer should decide, much to the irritation of FEDMA, the European Direct Marketing Association.…
CHINA WTO
KEITH NUTHALL
IMPORT tariffs payable on fish products exported to China are to be cut, following the striking of an international deal allowing Beijing to join the World Trade Organisation. Officials at the European Commission’s directorate general for trade say that all fish exports to China will benefit from lower tariffs, though the reduction is not as great as for industrial goods.…
BEEF CONSUMPTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BEEF consumption within the European Union has continued to rise, despite the Foot and Mouth crisis, according to EU agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler, who maintains there is a “slow but steady recovery.” He has claimed that consumption is now just 5.7 per cent lower than the same period last year.…
ARGENTINA-EU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has launched the first stage of disputes proceedings at the WTO against Argentina, whom it accuses of wrongfully imposing countervailing duties on imported EU canned peaches. It has staged formal talks on the issue with Buenos Aires.…
Just Drinks
From Alan Osborn
The British drink can manufacturer Rexam plc is to sell its beverage can
plants at Runcorn in the UK and its factory in France to the German company
Schmalbach-Lubeca under a deal approved today Tuesday by the European
Commission.…
GUINNESS CASE LATEST
Keith Nuthall
THE THREE businessmen found guilty of colluding in an illegal share-fixing operation during the Guinness takeover of Distillers in 1980’s have failed to persuade the European Court of Human Rights to order the British government to meet a legal expenses claim of Pounds 1.26 million, even though they scored a victory in the case.…
JAPAN DUTIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has moved to impose 11.3 per cent definitive anti-dumping duties on imports from Japan of internal gear hubs for bicycles, notably those from Shimano Inc. The formal proposal for approval by EU ministers follows an earlier decision to erect provisional anti-dumping duties.…
HAIR DYES LABEL CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has cleared the way for German judges to order cosmetics giant Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH to label its hair dyes with health warnings about chemical ingredients that may be harmful to human health.
At present, Schwarzkopf includes these warnings for its Igora Royal range only on an enclosed leaflet, with its outer packaging and tube being printed with the note: “For commercial use only.…