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EU BACKERS OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX MOVE TOWARDS DECEMBER AGREEMENT OF DETAILS
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) finance ministers agreed at an EU economic and finance ministers (ECOFIN) meeting on the scope of the long-threatened ‘financial transaction tax’, and 11 governments pledged to reach an agreement on its details by the end of the year.…
NEW FIBRE FEEDSTOCKS OFFER CLOTHING COMPANIES AFFORDABLE FIBRES AND GREEN MARKETING
As the global apparel sector searches for more eco-friendly fibres and fabrics, innovative developments are increasingly focusing on more sustainable and often unusual alternative feedstocks.
Companies are being encouraged to innovate also by recent high cotton prices and a growing awareness that tighter control of supply chains can help keep costs down in general.…
EU LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES SEIZE MILLIONS OF COUNTERFEIT PILLS
LAW enforcement authorities in Austria, Belgium, Britain, Cyprus and Hungary seized on Monday (September 1) several million counterfeit pills in simultaneous operations coordinated by the European Union (EU) law enforcement agency Europol and the judicial cooperation agency Eurojust. The medicines seized are worth at least EUR10 million, according to Europol.…
STATE AID APPROVED FOR GERMAN AND FRENCH AIRPORTS
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved public subsidy investments into three airports in Germany (Dortmund, Leipzig/Halle and Niederrhein-Weeze) and three in France (Angoulême, Pau Pyrénées and Nîmes). In all cases, it found government-related financial injections were in line with European Union (EU) state aid rules.…
INTERNATIONAL CYBERCRIME TASKFORCE LAUNCHED IN EUROPE
An international Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) was launched September 1 to step up the fight against online fraudsters in the European Union (EU) and beyond.
Housed in the Netherlands-based European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), J-CAT is a six-month pilot scheme to coordinate international investigations.…
EU BANS HIGH TECH KNITTING TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
THE SALE to Russia of multi-directional, multi-dimensional knitting and interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, specially designed or modified for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres, for composite structures has been banned by the European Union (EU).
This is because the EU considers such machines of potential use to the Russian military, which has been involved in the Ukraine crisis.…
RUSSIAN DAIRY EMBARGO TO CAUSE DISTURBANCES IN GLOBAL MARKETS, INDUSTRY SAYS
THE BAN imposed by Russia at the beginning of August on dairy products from the European Union (EU), US, Canada, Norway and Australia will cause disturbances on the European and world markets, the European Dairy Association (EDA) warned the European Commission on August 13.…
TURKEY CHP SECTOR FACES TOUGH TIMES, BUT COULD REBOUND IF STABILITY IN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES CAN BE SECURED
The cogeneration market in Turkey is in flux. Overall combined heat and power (CHP) capacity has dropped over the past decade from 15% of total energy capacity in 2004, to 14% in 2013, primarily due to high oil and gas prices in the wake of market liberalisation that made CHP less cost effective.…
EU ROUND UP – BRUSSELS LAUNCHED HYDROGEN FUEL CELL UNDERTAKING PHASE TWO
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched the second phase of its fuel cells and hydrogen joint undertaking, sinking EUR1.33 billion into hydrogen-based energy and transport fuel technology until 2020. The European Union (EU) is planning to contribute up to EUR665 million, leveraging at least EUR665 million from private sources.…
FINANCIAL WATCHDOG SAYS EU BANK STRESS TESTS WERE FLAWED
THE FINANCIAL watchdog of the European Union (EU) – the Court of Auditors – has claimed the 2011 bank stress tests conducted by the European Banking Authority (EBA) were flawed. The regulator failed eight out of 90 banks: five in Spain, two in Greece and one in Austria.…