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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A STUDY ordered into the effects of European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH has been roundly criticised by members of the European Parliament committee that ordered it. Wiesbaden-based company Arthur D. Little’s report claimed that REACH could cause “a 2.9% loss in GDP and a 24.7% loss in (chemical and related industry) production”.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
IT might be one of the world’s smallest countries but you could hardly ask for a more emphatic turnaround from villain to hero in the fight against money laundering than Liechtenstein has managed over the last five years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Environment Agency (EEA) says the old 15 member European Union’s (EU) greenhouse gas emissions fell by 0.5% from 2001-2, following increases in the previous two years. Sadly, proactive anti-global warming measures were not top of the agency’s reasons for the cut.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the takeover by Swiss food packaging giant Tetra Laval of Italian food and drink filling and packaging company SIG Simonazzi.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ITALIAN government and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have launched a US$1.5 million project to restore civil-conflict damaged food production in the West Bank and Gaza, for instance by restoring greenhouses and irrigation systems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN the age of the Euro-sceptic politician, no one can deny that European Union (EU) institutions have a lot of power, and that their authority is felt in every economic sector, including the insurance business. With European rules currently being debated that will shape the future of car insurance, for instance, it is futile to deny the industry follows EU politics as closely as it does national public affairs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ITALIAN government and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have launched a US$1.5 million project to restore food production in the West Bank and Gaza, that will rehabilitate livestock sheds damaged in the ongoing civil conflict.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ITALIAN government is being taken to the European Court of Justice for allowing 5,000 illegal or uncontrolled landfills to operate, breaking EU law. The European Commission will cite national forest police allegations that 700 uncontrolled dumps may contain hazardous waste.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN EMERGENCY cash injection of Euro 400 million for Alitalia paid by the Italian government has been approved by the European Commission, although it could prove a short-term stay of execution for the ailing airline. The bridging loan – with short term market interest rates – must be repaid within a year, furthermore, Italy has promised Brussels it will produce a restructuring or liquidation plan for Alitalia within six months.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has added six Portuguese sausages (chouriço, paia and morcelo), a French anchovy and melon, plus an Italian salami, to the European Union’s (EU) list of protected geographical designations: Anchois de Collioure Melon Quercy and Salame d’oca di Mortara.…