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BY KEITH NUTHALL
SWITZERLAND has released a paper outlining where the world’s drinks producing countries agree over the long-running World Trade Organisation debate on an international register of protected wine and spirit terms. It claims all sides agree generic terms should be unprotected, member countries can decide on protecting geographical indications within their own systems and a register should “facilitate” protection.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the deadline for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) security code passes today (July 1) with just over half of ships and ports in compliance, maritime insurers are considering whether policies should exclude coverage for shipping losses caused by failures to implement these rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GOVERNMENTS worldwide are scrambling to certify their international shipping and ports as compliant with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) security code, which comes into force on July 1. Figures released today (16/06) by the UN agency show that for the main flag states, 28.7 per cent of 21,374 ships now surveyed have had their security measures certified, up from 9.2 per cent on May 17 (for 20,722 ships).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE may be lies, damned lies and statistics, but no spin can conceal that a large proportion of international shipping and ports will not have complied with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) security code by July 1, its implementation deadline.…

BY MARK ROWE
IT is understandable to see how the cosmetics industries in the European Union’s (EU) newest members might view the recent expansion of the EU club with mixed feelings. On the one hand, new markets have opened up: if their products are good enough to sell at home, they can now sell them from the Baltic to the Atlantic.…

Keith Nuthall
EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF has proposed creating an EU FraudNet system, allowing other national and international law enforcement teams to exchange information about financial crime.

It suggested the idea at a conference “Fraud and Aid Funds – What the International Community can do” it organised in Brussels.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SOUTHERN California airports will need significant improvements by 2006 to prevent service delays and transport bottlenecks according to a report by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. It said record levels of international trade have already caused airports to reach their capacity and budget cuts (including those for road and rail links) could soon cause chronic delays, forcing passengers to bypass Los Angeles as their major point of entry into the US.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency (IEA) has called on Sweden to be clear about its long-term intentions regarding nuclear energy in its anticipated policy statement on the issue, to attract sufficient investment guaranteeing the country’s future energy supplies. Any solution must provide a long-term vision and be credible, said an IEA assessment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GERMAN consortium of RWE Nukem and GNB – Gesellschaft für Nuklearbehälter has been awarded the contract for constructing a spent fuel storage facility helping the decommissioning of Bulgaria’s Kozloduy plant. The Euro 49 million contract is being financed by Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund, which is managed and administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, in Paris
THE BRITISH and International chambers of commerce have called on governments worldwide to urgently process compliance certification applications from ports and shipping lines for the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS), as its July 1 implementation deadline looms.…