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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.…

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BANANA DUTIES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States has formally lifted its retaliatory 100 per cent duties on EU exports of bath preparations, other than bath salts, following the solution of the years-long row with the European Union over its import procedures for Caribbean bananas.…

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BEEF MARKET ETC



BY ALAN OSBORN
THE BEEF market in the European Union has worsened since the spring when “promising” signs of recovery had been detected, the European agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler has said, in a reversal of recent previously optimistic comments. The positive trend at that time “seems to have stopped and prices have somewhat worsened,” Mr Fischler told ministers at the agriculture council this week (24th July).…

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EASTERN EUROPE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank has called on eastern European and central Asian governments to improve their woeful record of judicial reform, in a region where independent justice is still struggling to emerge from the region’s communist legacy.

Speaking at a regional conference in St Petersburg, Russia, Johannes Linn, bank vice president said: “It is quite clear…that the countries of the region need to focus much more effort, not only on ensuring the development of clear and comprehensive legislation, but also on strengthening the capacity, independence, and accountability of the judicial system necessary to interpret and enforce the law.”…

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PORTUGAL DUTY



BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that Portugal be allowed to apply a lower rate of excise duty levied in its two Atlantic island autonomous regions on locally produced and consumed spirits: rum and liqueurs in Madeira, and liqueurs and eaux-de-vie in the Azores.…

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HORTIPLANT CASE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has dismissed a bid by a Spanish garden trade company to overturn a decision by the European Commission to refuse to pay an agreed grant, because of allegations that the firm had been involved in fraud.…

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POLAND v SLOVAKIA



BY KEITH NUTHALL
POLAND has announced that it intends to impose retaliatory restrictions on Slovakian food exports, in response to the safeguard duties imposed on imports of sugar by its east European neighbour, which Warsaw claims were erected in a way that breaks world trade laws.…

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RESEARCH BUDGET



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked for electronics research teams – from both the private and public sector – to bid for money from a budget to promote studies and demonstration projects, regarding innovative computing-related technologies.

Using some of the last money still available from the outgoing Fifth Framework Programme of research, which will be wound up by the end of this year, the Commission has announced that it has earmarked Euro 450 million for grants, with a deadline for applications for the bulk of the projects of October 17.…

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MONSANTO CASE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has damaged Monsanto’s case at the High Court, in London, where it is claiming that UK regulations break European law by failing to insist that rival firms provide up-do-date information about the effect of glyphosate herbicides, when applying for market approvals.…

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DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has published an online directory of dangerous substances in construction products. The database includes country guides for each Member State, outlining the relevant national regulations controlling what kind of substances are banned or permitted and in what circumstances.…

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