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Keith Nuthall
LEGAL proceedings are being brought by the European Commission against the governments of Ireland and Luxembourg over their alleged failure to implement the European Union’s seafarers’ working time directive. Brussels claims that neither Member State has notified it of any legislation writing the 1999 directive into their national laws.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally asked EU ministers to approve a new protocol to the Paris Convention on international nuclear insurance, allowing a significant extension of cover. Brussels says this may now be widened to cover damage to the environment, non-material damage and the cost of safeguard measures.…

Keith Nuthall
LEGAL proceedings are being brought by the European Commission against the governments of Ireland and Luxembourg over their alleged failure to implement the European Union’s seafarers’ working time directive. Brussels claims that neither Member State has notified it of any legislation writing the 1999 directive into their national laws.…

Keith Nuthall
THE PURCHASE of adequate accident coverage for all passenger ships operating in European Union waters should become mandatory under proposed EU legislation from the European Commission; it implements last year’s updating of the International Maritime Organisation’s Athens convention on passenger ferries, which limits the liability of a carrier for death or injury involving a traveller to around US$325,000 per passenger.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA, in Columbo
THE SRI Lankan government has returned its international airport departure tax fee to SLRupees 1,000 (US$10.29), having temporarily raised it to 1,500 (US$15.44). The move had prompted criticism as the higher tax rate outstripped rival destinations in the region.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REFORM of the world’s anti-money laundering campaign is continuing apace. Defying critics of its alliance with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the Financial Action Task Force of the OECD has issued a revised set of its key 40 Recommendations to fight the crime.…

BY MARK ROWE
IN the days of the Soviet Union, many millions of men and women had a choice of one state-manufactured brand of shampoo, toothpaste or soap. If anything, the authorities managed to limit even further access to such “indulgences” as perfume.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
NOBODY likes nuclear waste but nobody has yet thought up a universally-acceptable way of disposing of it. This is as true in Europe as anywhere else. It may be fair to say, however, that some European countries have gone further than the rest of the world in drawing conclusions about the future of nuclear energy as a result of the problems caused by radioactive waste.…

BY RICHARD HURST, in Johannesburg
PORT Elizabeth airport, South Africa, is currently undergoing a Rand 31-million (US$4.12) upgrade to its terminals, so that they can accept international flights. The process will take approximately eight months and will see a major improvement to the current state of the airport, notably on its ability to offer customs and immigration clearance.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
A SRI Lanka soap manufacturer has been given a global prize for the quality of his product seven months after the award was announced, because he had been unable to secure a visa to visit London for three days to receive it.…