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EASTERN EUROPE'S COSMETICS MARKET RECOVERS, BUT STILL TOUGH FOR SMALLER PLAYERS
BY MARK ROWE, IN LONDON; ZLATKO CONKAS, IN NOVI SAD, SERBIA; MIKE STEIN, IN PRAGUE; AND BLAKE BERRY, IN WARSAW
DURING the spring of 2011, the prevailing view throughout eastern Europe’s personal care and toiletries market was that while business was not exactly buoyant, the worst of the recession was over – then came the credit crises and the faltering Euro.…
THE COGENERATION MARKET
BY MONIKA HANLEY, LEE ADENDORFF, MARK ROWE, ALAN OSBORN, MINDY RAN, GERARD O’DWYER and MARTINA MARECKOVA
FOR an industry that generates energy, heat and maybe cooling, the European cogeneration sector has been operating on a decidedly low output in recent years.…
EU ROUND UP - BRUSSELS WANTS TO BAN PETROL FROM EU CITIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has laid down the gauntlet to the fossil fuel sector, releasing a comprehensive long-term strategy that would halve the use of ‘conventionally-fuelled’ cars in urban transport by 2030, phasing them out in cities by 2050.…
EUROPE'S HARSH WINTER PROMPTS RETHINK ON BAD WEATHER PREPARATIONS
BY MARK ROWE
THE DISRUPTION to the European airport sector caused by the continent’s heavy snowfall this winter – the heaviest in 20 years – looks set to prompt a radical shake-up of contingency plans to deal with bad weather.
Many European airports are now conducting reviews of how they source, commission and stockpile equipment for such eventualities.…
GERMAN CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFICERS TARGET IVORY COAST PRODUCTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMAN consumer protection officials have warned of sales restrictions on Ivory Coast skin whitening products – European Union (EU) alert service RAPEX has reported. These include the G&G brand Dynamiclair Lightening Beauty Crème; Body White brand body clearing gel and HP.3 body clearing oil; and Bio Claire lightening body cream.…
GERMAN CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFICERS TARGET IVORY COAST PRODUCTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMAN consumer protection officials have warned of sales restrictions on Ivory Coast skin whitening products – European Union (EU) alert service RAPEX has reported. These include the G&G brand Dynamiclair Lightening Beauty Crème; Body White brand body clearing gel and HP.3 body clearing oil; and Bio Claire lightening body cream.…
AML PROGRESS PICKING UP IN THE BALTICS
BY MONIKA HANLEY
OFTEN lumped together, the three Baltic States (Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia) vary greatly in their anti-money laundering standards and risks and banking competencies. Estonia has a well-regarded financial centre with one of the most advanced and transparent banking systems of the newer European Union (EU) member states as well as newly adopted anti-money laundering laws, something the other two Baltic States cannot boast.…
BALTIC BIOFUEL ON THE CHEAP
BY MONIKA HANLEY
THE BALTIC States and their eastern neighbours have long been viewed as a cheap supply of labour and goods to the rich countries within the European Union (EU), but now local companies and governments are looking to expand biofuel production to satisfy both growing domestic and export demand.…
EU ROUND UP - RUSSIA, UKRAINE BURY HATCHET OVER OIL TRANSIT FEES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA and Ukraine appear to have headed off an oil transit dispute that could have created a repeat of last year’s major disruption of European natural gas supplies. Moscow and Kiev have signed an agreement increasing by 30% the fees Ukraine charges on transporting Russian oil to the European Union (EU) – this alters a 2004 contract and the change had sparked a diplomatic tussle.…
EU AUTOMAKERS FACE TWO MAJOR EU POLICY REVIEWS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN automobile industry will face two major policy reviews once a new European Commission (the European Union’s executive) takes office for the next five years on February 1. The key players on this new Commission for the auto sector will be the Commissioners for transport and industry.…