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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SPECIALIST monitoring unit in the EU’s Joint Research Centre, has been using the latest satellite radar technology to track deliberate and accidental discharges of oil and other pollutants from shipping, encouraging the European Commission to take a stronger line in its maritime pollution policies.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH government could be ordered to be massive daily recurring fines, because of its failure to implement EU directive 1999/47/EC on transport of dangerous goods by road, which sets safety rules for this kind of haulage work.

Ireland has already been censured by the European Court of Justice for not writing its contents into national Irish legislation and now the European Commission has asked the European Court of Justice to consider using exceptional powers to levy fines.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
STUDIES into helping governments verify nuclear non-proliferation treaties have led the EU’s Joint Research Centre to develop new technology, which allows the creation of three-dimensional images of high clarity and accuracy. A spin-off company 3D Veritas, based in Sesto Calende, northern Italy, uses software which enables the speedy production of photo-realistic 3D models of the interior and exterior of buildings and other large objects.…

KEITH NUTHALL
A CONSORTIUM of key European Union players in the solar energy market has launched an ambitious scheme to install 15 million square meters of solar collectors in Europe by 2004, a project for which it hopes to get support from the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced that it is taking Ireland, Italy and Greece to the European Court of Justice, for failing to abide by EU directives on the transport of dangerous goods. Ireland has already been censured by the court for ignoring EU rules regarding their road transport rules and the Commission’s action could lead to Dublin being ordered to pay massive fines.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE COMPLETION of the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing in 2005 will usher in a new world order for the industry, in which Europe will have to meet the challenge of unrestricted imports from major suppliers like China, India and Indonesia for the first time.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has been active recently, using its unique powers within international law to bring EU Member States to heel for failing to implement European legislation promoting health and safety.

Unlike any other international court, the ECJ has the power to fine sovereign states, which ignore its rulings.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has allowed Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain to pay special income aid worth a total of some Euro 418 million, (about Pounds 250 million), to beef producers suffering losses between November 2000 and June 2001 because of the BSE crisis.…

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.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SUGAR beet processing and production companies from Italy have failed to overturn a EU Council of Ministers decision to phase out by this year special state ‘adjustment’ aid paid to their sector. Sadam Zuccherifici, Sadam Castiglionese, Sadam Abruzzo, Zuccherificio del Molise and Società Fondiaria Industriale Romagnola had claimed that ministers had not followed proper procedures.…