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REUSING ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES CAN HELP RENEWABLE ENERGY
WHILE projections for sales of electric vehicles (EV) vary, all predictions agree that this market will explode in size in the next few years. An International Energy Agency (IEA) model for instance has suggested 245 million EVs will be driven worldwide by 2030. …
NEW EU PUBLIC PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR GOVERNMENTS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE ON EPPO
The European Chief Prosecutor (ECP) of the embryonic European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has challenged the 22 European Union (EU) states (1) that have signed up to an enhanced cooperation pact underpinning its existence to properly fund the new institution. Without enough money, the EPPO will not be effective, ECP Laura Codruţa Kövesi told Fraud Intelligence.…
INDUSTRY LEADERS CRITICISE MEPS’ DAIRY PRICE PROTECTION PLAN
Dairy industry leaders have criticised European Parliament proposals to publish the names of those using the European Union’s (EU) storage aid scheme for powdered milk and butter as the EU reforms its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The European Commission protects producers when dairy prices crash through CAP fixed price purchases of limited quantities of butter and skimmed milk powder (SMP), which can be stored longer than milk.…
COSMETICS REPRESENTATIVES SAY EU CHEMICALS PLAN COULD OUTLAW HARMLESS PRODUCTS
PERSONAL care product industry representatives have criticised European Commission plans to table new toxic chemicals regulations, which they warn could outlaw use of some cosmetics ingredients even at safe levels.
The Commission’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), published October 14, said the European Union (EU) executive plans to eliminate from cosmetics and other products carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic (CMR) and endocrine-disrupting substances.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP - CAOBISCO APPEALS TO BRUSSELS AND WASHINGTON TO END FOOD TARIFF WAR OVER AVIATION SUBSIDIES
EUROPE’S confectionery and sweet bakery association CAOBISCO has been pressuring the European Union (EU) to resolve a long-running trade dispute with the USA over aircraft manufacturing subsidies causing Washington to impose tariffs on European food exports. These include 25% duties on exports from the EU (including the UK) of raspberry, strawberry, apricot, peach and other jams; cherries and peaches; sweet biscuits from Germany; waffles and wafers from Britain and Germany; and an additional 25% on these jams when exported from Germany and France.…
EU CHEMICALS PLAN COULD TIGHTEN RULES ON CAN COATINGS
EUROPEAN Commission plans for new European Union (EU) chemicals regulations could lead to tighter rules on the formulation of can coatings used or made in the EU, which are used to prevent corrosion and extend shelf life.
The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), published October 14, says the Commission intends to eliminate from food contact materials (FCMs) -which would include cans and their coatings – carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic and endocrine-disrupting substances, as well as those that persist and accumulate in the environment or the body.(1)…
COVID-19 PUSHES SMALL IRISH BUSINESSES TO THE LIMIT – BUT VIABLE FIRMS HAVE BEEN DIGITISING ACCOUNTS TO SAVE MONEY
The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated revenues at many Irish small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) but it could also prove a crucial period in the embrace of digital technology by firms. Irish SMEs are facing a collective annual revenue shortfall (where income fell below expenditure) of between EUR10.3 and EUR11.7 billion in 2020 due to the virus, according to research by the Central Bank of Ireland.…
MAURITIUS ACCOUNTING LECTURER SAYS ACCA UNLOCKS POTENTIAL FOR ACCOUNTANTS TO HELP BUILD SOCIETIES AND GOVERNANCE
Matthew Lamport could have been an auditor at a big accounting firm in his native Mauritius. However, he chose an academic career at the University of Mauritius, teaching for the past 18 years as a senior lecturer at the university’s finance and accounting department.…
UK GOVERNMENT NOVEL AML/CFT LEVY RAISES CONCERN AND MAY STRUGGLE TO SECURE INDUSTRY SUPPORT
THE QUESTION of whether governments should charge AML/CFT levies on designated professions and financial institutions to help fund public agencies fighting dirty and terror money flows is a sensitive topic, given STR designation already imposes operational costs on such businesses. Indeed, they may also have to pay for membership of bodies who assess their AML/CFT performance and of course fund government AML/CFT work through general taxation.…
EU ROUND UP - PAINTS AND COATINGS IMPORTED INTO THE EU LIKELY TO BREAK EUROPEAN SAFETY CONTROLS, CLAIMS ECHA
A SURVEY has concluded that 23% of inspected products imported into the European Union (EU) made with chemicals, including paints and coatings are breaking EU REACH and CLP (classification, labelling and packaging) rules. A European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) probe has concluded: “Some imports contained illegal amounts of hazardous substances that are restricted in the EU, while others had incorrect hazard labelling.”…