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BY ALAN OSBORN
THE SUPPLY of air traffic control services to airlines will be permanently exempted from value added tax in the European Union (EU) under a new regulation formulated by the European Commission. Essentially what Brussels proposes is that certain VAT “guidelines” adopted by the EU’s VAT Committee over the past six years be made binding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States International Trade Commission (ITC) has been sharply criticised by a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel ruling on a sunset review of countervailing and anti-dumping duties on Canadian corrosion resistant steel exports. Washington’s conclusion that this American steel sub-sector required continued protection because it was in a “weakened state” considering its profits, “is unsupported by substantial evidence and not in accordance with law”, said the panel.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
WHILE the voters of many European Union (EU) countries express misgivings about greater continental integration, Bulgaria has been making great efforts to join the Brussels club by 2007. But its reputation for commercial crime and the lack of strong governmental structures able to tackle the problem are hampering efforts to clean up the country’s reputation.…

Keith Nuthall
AN INTERNATIONAL organisation devoted to expanding aviation routes worldwide has signed an agreement with the World Tourism Organisation to create and promote new services. The World Route Development Forum and the UN agency will over the next year concentrate on creating new flights to Africa’s “poorest countries as a vital tool for export and investment”, looking at other continents in subsequent years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, has reported more than 1,000 cases of bluetongue disease amongst sheep in Morocco, with 13,000 animals being susceptible within 142 outbreaks across the country. This mirrors the recent cases in southern Spain that have led to European Union (EU) export controls.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
THE INCOMNG European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Policy has held out little hope that the industry could be given any state-aided relief on diesel fuel.

Joe Borg, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Malta, told a European Parliament hearing this week (5-10) that he had every sympathy about the problems the ever rising fuel price was causing but doubted that the crisis could be tackled at a European Union (EU) level.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) report has claimed more Britons work excessive hours than other Europeans, with 15.5% of UK citizens working more than 50 hours a week, while in other EU countries the proportion ranges from 1.4% in the Netherlands to 6.2% in Greece and Ireland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ERRORS made by the European Commission lawyers have wrecked a European Court of Justice (ECJ) case designed to force Spain to recognise air traffic control qualifications gained in other European Union (EU) member states.

Judges threw out Brussels’ application, citing a litany of legal mistakes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has rejected European Union (EU) calls for countries to have the right to impose aviation fuel taxes on all airlines operating within their territories. ICAO’s general assembly listened to opposition from the US, China, Brazil and Russia, postponing any decision until 2007, at the earliest.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL corruption watchdog Transparency International has confirmed Britain’s place as one of the world’s cleaner countries, ranking it 11th in its annual league table of government probity. In a report containing few surprises, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland and Singapore were lauded has having the most honest governments, while the graft-ridden administrations of Nigeria, Bangladesh and Haiti were bottom of the table.…