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BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
THE PAINT industries of Australia and New Zealand and their customers have taken several steps towards a more environmental and socially responsible approach making and applying coatings over the past 12 months, in both commercial and domestic markets.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Australia have inked a new bilateral agreement on trading wine that, claims Brussels, will safeguard the EU wine-labelling regime, simplify certification, help agree new oenological practices and phase out Australia’s use of the names Champagne and Port within a year of implementation.…

BY NICHOLAS PICKARD, in Sydney
AN INNOVATIVE aluminium bottle for wine has been launched as a major innovation in Australia’s competitive wine sector by JMB Beverages Pty Ltd. Its new Brightlite range of wines are contained in fully recyclable, shatterproof and lightweight bottles, lined with what the company calls “an approved food grade coating”.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Dubai
THE CLOTHING market in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is experiencing stellar growth on the back of rising consumer spending, a surge in tourists, and 145% growth in retail space as new malls and shopping centers spring up.…

BY ANDREW CAVE
THE THOUGHT of burying millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide underground is not for the risk-averse. If carbon dioxide is injected into pores in the earth’s crust that previously held oil and gas for thousands of years, will it stay there as long?…

BY MONICA DOBIE
WITH Sainsbury removing all plastic carrier bags from its checkouts for last Friday (April 27), handing out reusable paper bags made from 100% recyclable material, another nail is being hammered into the global reputation of this ubiquitous packaging.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
FIFTY years ago, the signing of the Euratom Treaty ushered in a system of European non-proliferation controls designed to prevent nuclear-associated technology being exploited for the illicit production of nuclear weaponry. And today, after the anniversary of the three agreements signed on March 25, 1957 that gave the European Communities – later the European Union (EU) – their legal basis, that ‘dual-use technology’ system continues to be refined.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN duty free industry wants the European Commission to press the Australian government to abandon planned new air security rules due March 31, because they will effectively block drinks, perfume, lotion and other duty free sales to Australia-bound passengers.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
WITH every new piece of European Union (EU)-inspired road and vehicle-safety legislation brings a new opportunity to make and sell the kit to local authorities so that they can comply. Speed limiters may not be the newest story in safety equipment, but the requirements to fit them had a further boost on January 1 this year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Parliamentarians have attacked widespread confiscations at European Union (EU) airports of duty-free alcohol from transit passengers over new anti-terrorist rules. Regulations say intra-EU flight passengers can only carry onboard liquids up to 100 millilitres, in sealed transparent plastic bags.…