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WATER POLYSTYRENE
BY ALAN OSBORN
A NEW process for polystyrene production that sharply reduces the use of volatile organic compounds (VOC), including pentane, is to be developed commercially by the Dutch company Nova Chemicals and the German firm Teubert Maschinenbau. Stephen Long, Nova marketing manager, said it was “too early yet” to say what kind of investment would be required by manufacturers of polystyrene foam products, which include insulation and packaging materials, drinking cups and children’s toys.…
VB INTERVIEW
BY ALAN OSBORN, in Strasbourg
THE ELECTION of celebrated European Commission whistleblower Paul van Buitenen as an independent Dutch member of the European Parliament in June puts the former European Commission whistle-blower in a unique position to intensify and broaden his anti-fraud campaign.…
NETHERLANDS PRESIDENCY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SECURING agreement on the proposed EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made about food products is a key priority of the new Dutch presidency of the EU. It also wants a deal on a directive on adding vitamins and minerals to food.…
GREEN VAN BUITENEN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DUTCH anti-corruption maverick Paul van Buitenen has joined forces with the Green group in the European Parliament, albeit as independent MEP. He demanded a seat commanded by the Green/European Free Alliance on the parliament’s influential budgetary affairs committee as his price for joining the group.…
ECJ CASES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NETHERLANDS, Ireland and Belgium are facing legal action by the European Commission over their alleged failure to implement a series of utility-related European Union (EU) directives. The announcements come before Brussels’ long summer break, when member states are often sent legal notices.…
NETHERLANDS CHECKS CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPECIAL inspections required in the Netherlands on vehicles that have previously been registered in another European Union (EU) member country are an illegal restriction on the movement of goods in Europe, the European Commission is claiming. It has sent a legal final warning letter (a ‘reasoned opinion’) to the Dutch government, warning that it could ask the European Court of Justice to order the tests be scrapped, if the Netherlands refuses to abolish them first.…
DUTCH PRESIDENCY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEW Dutch presidency of the European Union (EU) is to press for political agreement over the proposed directive on security of electricity supply, drawn up following last year’s power failures. It would require member countries to define targets on the security of their transmission and distribution networks and increase investment in cross-border electricity interconnectors, although substantial redrafts are expected to secure a deal.…
OFFSET - PACAKGING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN research network has developed a quality offset press that it claims is flexible enough to thrive in the plastic films, paper or aluminium packaging sectors. The independent EUREKA network’s ‘variable sleeve offset printing’ project had to reduce the cost of machine parts printing variable sizes “as there are no standard sizes in packaging applications”, said a project memorandum.…
MONEY LAUNDERING LATEST
BY KEITH NUTHALL
‘CATCH me if you can’ might well be the motto of international money launderers. Despite laws criminalising the practice being well established, international organisations are continuing to extend their legal and geographical scope. Keith Nuthall reports.
IF a continent has need of comprehensive cross-border anti-money laundering legislation, it surely has to be Europe.…
EU DUTCH PRESIDENCY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SECURING agreement in principle on the proposed European Union (EU) directive on managing waste from extractive industries is a key priority of the new Dutch presidency of the EU. Official documents drawn up by the EU Council of Ministers committee of permanent officials (Coreper) show the Netherlands wants a deal on this legislation at October 14’s environment council.…