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PRESTIGE INQUIRY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SPANISH professor of shipping sciences has told a European Parliament inquiry into the Prestige disaster that the ill-fated tanker’s captain Apostolos Mangouras should not be blamed for the tragedy. Instead, said Felipe Louzán Lago, also a merchant navy captain, blamed the Spanish authorities for not allowing Mr Mangouras to sail to a port of refuge.…
FISH FARMING INTERNATIONAL
From Alan Osborn
The European Parliament has acted under its own initiative to put
up a plan to protect the EU’s tuna industry – both the fleet and the
canning sector. The Parliament has approved a report by a Spanish member,
Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA, which urges a reversal of present EU
policy towards the industry and calls for creation of a new
properly-staffed and financed unit within the European Commission to deal
with tuna.…
EU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SERIES of exemptions from the European Union’s (EU) new energy taxation directive have been proposed by the European Commission for the eastern and southern European countries joining the EU in May (barring Cyprus).
They would be added to the already long list of exemptions negotiated by existing Member States that prompted EU internal market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein to liken the legislation to “Gruyere cheese”.…
SPAIN ECJ
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has threatened legal action against Spain over the transfer of insurance portfolios in that country, which Brussels says are in violation of European Union’s (EU) insurance directives and the principle of free movement of services.…
SPAIN NUTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPANISH nut and locust bean producers are to be paid up to Euro 241.50 per hectare in aid to improve production under proposals approved by the European Commission.…
PRODUCT RECALL SITE
BY PHILIP FINE
THE UNITED States government has integrated information on all its consumer product recalls onto one central website, offering a convenient service to retailers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has launched the English and Spanish-language site (www.recalls.gov) in collaboration with five other federal agencies.…
SPAIN WATER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has delayed a decision over whether it should fund a controversial Spain water transfer scheme, with environment commissioner Margot Wallström saying she needed more proof that transferring water from the Júcar river follows European Union (EU) environmental laws.…
EU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BINDING energy conservation targets have been proposed for European Union (EU) Member States by the European Commission, a move that could further tighten fuel economy rules for Europe’s transport sector. Brussels has proposed a general energy saving target of one per cent a year from 2006-12, measured against average energy distribution from the previous five years.…
EU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve a detailed fishing access deal allowing EU fishing boats access to the Atlantic fishing waters off west Africa’a Guinea Bissau until June 2006. Under the agreement, licences to fish shrimp will be granted to Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Greek vessels, with boats from Spain (enjoying the overwhelming majority of rights), Italy and Greece being allowed to take fin-fish/cephalopods.…
EU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BINDING energy conservation targets have been proposed for European Union (EU) Member States by the European Commission, a move that could further tighten fuel economy rules for Europe’s transport sector. Brussels has proposed a general energy saving target of one per cent a year from 2006-12, measured against average energy distribution from the previous five years.…