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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a formal review of compensation offered by the French government to its air industry following last year’s September 11 attacks, claiming that Paris had extended the aid beyond that which had been authorised by Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a formal review of compensation offered by the French government to its air industry following last year’s September 11 attacks, claiming that Paris had extended the aid beyond that which had been authorised by Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SURVEY conducted for the French Union for Electricity by France’s “Centre d’études et de connaissances sur l’opinion publique” has indicated that 61 per cent of French citizens would prefer not to use nuclear energy in the future, and 62 per cent said that they would be prepared to pay up to 10 per cent higher electricity bills if that meant France abandoning nuclear energy.…

KEITH NUTHALL
INNOVATION is important in the provision of water services, whether that be to prevent the contamination of supplies by a return of this summer’s floods, or to source drinking water for arid areas where ground reserves are running dry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has sued RJ Reynolds in New York, seeking damages against allegations that it illegally laundered the proceeds of cigarette smuggling. The case – which also involves Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland and Luxembourg – also seeks an injunction stopping future alleged laundering.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
Significant economic gains, including a better deal for insurance companies and other long-term institutional investors, will follow from the creation of a single EU market in financial services according to a research study made for the European Commission by London Economics, in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Oxford Economic Forecasting, published today (Tuesday).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has publicly backed the growing privatisation of Europe’s water utilities, with its internal market commissioner backing British government moves to inject competition into its national sector.

Indeed, Frits Bolkestein defended the much-maligned record of privatised water services in the UK, blaming the price rises in the 1990’s on a failure to ensure private water companies could compete and previous government neglect.…

KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN masters degree in renewable energy has been launched. Coordinated by renewables research group EUREC, the one-year course aims at teaching technically qualified students about a variety of renewable energy methods.

Professor Arthuros Zervos, EUREC vice president said that the course was unique in obliging students to study in at least two different countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AWARDS have been made to 20 companies across Europe by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for groundbreaking schemes that have effectively reduced workplace stress, reducing the risk of psychological problems developing in employees. Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, the agency’s director, said the schemes were examples of good practice that should be followed across the European Union.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
FRANCE has escaped virtually scot-free over its six-year ban on exports of British beef in spite of a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last December that the ban was illegal. The European Commission announced today Thursday that it had withdrawn its application to the ECJ for the imposition of a daily fine on France for failing to implement the December judgement.…