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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission may have to wait for the US and Canada to lift retaliatory duties imposed over the European Union’s hormone-treated meat ban after EU ministers agreed legislation on the subject. An unnamed US official dismissed EU claims the law fulfilled WTO demands for its ban to be based on risk assessments, claiming that the law’s scientific foundation did not confirm any health threats.…

BY MARK ROWE
EMPLOYERS are to be given guidelines on the maximum levels of exposure to electro-magnetic waves that should be faced by staff who work with power lines, mobile phone and radar antennae under a long-debated European Union proposal that has now received agreement in principle by the EU Council of Ministers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A POLITICAL battle is brewing between the European Union (EU) insurance industry and the European Parliament over a safety net law defining the minimum cover that must be offered by insurers selling compulsory motoring policies, which are required by national laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GOVERNMENTS of Ireland, Spain and Greece are being threatened with legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) by the European Commission for allegedly failing to set fines for industries continuing to use banned ozone depleting substances such as those used in solvents for cleaning products.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN Grand Prix in Montreal has been provisionally reinstated into next year’s Formula 1 season, pending the raising of financial compensation for teams losing revenue because of Canada’s tobacco advertising ban. The race had been axed from the Formula One 2004 calendar because of the law, which prohibits tobacco firms from sponsoring sports events.…

BY MARK ROWE
EMPLOYERS across the European Union will be required to carry out risk assessments of the dangers to their staff from radio, television and mobile phone masts in future, following agreement of a directive in principle by the EU Council of Ministers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy ministers have agreed new rules for applying value added tax to cross-border gas supplies that will reduce confusion created by increasing cross-border trading in energy supplies. Now, traders re-selling supplies who are not established in the same country as the supplier will pay VAT through an obligatory reverse charge system.…

Keith Nuthall
THE UNITED States and Britain have formally withdrawn two cases brought against Libya at the International Court of Justice over its liability under the Montreal Convention because of its role in the Lockerbie disaster. The move follows Libya’s offer of compensation to victims’ families.…

BY MARK ROWE
DETAILS have emerged that reveal the impact of the political deal struck by European Union ministers over a draft regulation that sets compulsory insurance requirements for civil aviation businesses operating from or flying into and across the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LEGAL final warning letters have been sent by the European Commission to Britain, Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain and Sweden, calling on them to swiftly implement a directive guaranteeing consumer protection when insurance companies are wound up.…