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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has told France that it should amend its mining code, or face possible legal action at the European Court of Justice, as it does not allow companies from other EU Member States to secure French licences.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REVIEW of European safety laws designed to prevent industrial explosions – such as that which recently ripped through the Atofina fertiliser plant in Toulouse, France, killing 29 people and injuring 2,400 – is to be launched by a specialist EU committee.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Space Agency is to launch the world’s first giant space telescope in 2007. Its Herschel Space Observatory will command a primary mirror 3.5 metres in diameter, allowing, said the European Commission, the faintest objects to be observed.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
BRITAIN comes fourth in an international league of 17 developed countries which ranks them according to their achievements, resources and capacity for future development in the field of innovation, the European Commission said today Monday. Sweden comes top followed by the US and Finland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REVIEW of European safety laws designed to prevent industrial explosions – such as that which recently ripped through the Atofina fertiliser plant in Toulouse, France, killing 29 people and injuring 2,400 – is to be launched by a specialist EU committee.…

Keith Nuthall
EUROPEAN Union competition Commissioner Mario Monti has announced that Brussels is to clamp down on special tax regimes affecting financial services in 11 Member States, which it claims are probably so lax, they constitute illegal state aid payments that could unfairly favour local companies.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing a potentially groundbreaking initiative to overcome the problems created by the existence of 15 different tax systems throughout the European Union, which could involve setting a harmonised EU corporation tax. In a report due to be released shortly, obtained by Accountancy Age, the Commission says differing tax national systems have caused losses in economic efficiency, generated compliance costs and contributed to a lack of transparency.…

KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE is being threatened with massive fines because of its alleged failure to abide by an ECJ ruling that it should set up redress procedures provided for in the EU legislation allowing suppliers, who feel they have been unfairly excluded from tendering for contracts in the renewable and non-renewable power sectors, to make formal complaints and launch appeals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FINLAND is the world’s most technologically advanced country, according to a United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP), report, which puts the UK at number seven in its league table, also behind the USA, Sweden, Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE is being threatened with massive fines because of its alleged failure to abide by an European Court of Justice ruling that it should set up redress procedures provided for in European Union public procurement legislation. This allows suppliers, who feel they have been unfairly excluded from a public procurement tender in the water, energy and telecommunications sectors, to make formal complaints and launch appeals.…