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GIOVANNI Kessler, the director-general of OLAF, the European Union’s (EU) anti-fraud agency, has been dragged deeper into the mire of the John Dalli case, with the European Commission stripping him of his legal immunity against prosecution within Belgium. Federal prosecutors in Belgium are investigating whether Kessler broke Belgian law by allegedly suggesting to a potential witness in OLAF’s Dalli probe that she record a telephone call.…

Good training is essential in the fight against fraud, stressed speakers at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) 2016 European Fraud Conference. Indeed, with the event being held opposite Brussels airport, the value of interpreting criminal intelligence of any kind was made crystal clear by Islamic terrorists bombing its bookings hall.…

THE COMMITTEE of European Sugar Users (CIUS) has called on the European Union (EU) to take urgent action to prevent EU confectionery and sweet bakery manufacturers facing a sugar supply crunch this summer. In a strongly worded message, the industry group has said that duties and levies should not be imposed on supplies of beet and cane sugar and the EU’s cane sugar ‘CXL’ duty should be scrapped immediately.…

THE EUROPEAN Association of Sugar Pro­ducers (CEFS) and the European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agriculture and Tourism sectors (EFFAT) have called for the European Union (EU) to push for a global agreement ending all subsidies and other trade-distorting policies affecting the sugar sector.…

ACCOUNTANTS are starting to tangle with the knotty question of whether to support Britain remaining in or quitting the European Union (EU) after the scheduled in-out referendum on June 23. While many UK captains of industry and business have publicly called for Britain to stay in, citing the advantages of freely accessing the EU’s 503 million person market and its trained labour pool, the question for accountants is not that simple.…

Uncertainty is growing within industry associations influencing the non-ferrous metals industry over the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) after a scheduled in-out referendum on June 23.

René van Sloten, executive director of industrial policy at The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), representing key suppliers to metal manufacturers, said: “If the result…is indeed that Britain would leave the EU, this would significantly impact on the way it trades with other European countries.…

Ultra-thin diaper technology has continued to evolve, and with new mass-market innovations challenging the market position of traditionally-manufactured disposable nappies, these newer products could become dominant in the future, experts believe.

Pricie Hanna, founding partner of US-based Price Hanna Consultants, a management consulting firm which specialises in nonwoven and hygiene absorbent products, is one expert predicting ultra-thin will eventually replace traditional diapers.…

THE AUTOMOTIVE industry globally is facing ever-higher demands to improve performance and quality at lower cost and high tech coatings may enable the industry to deliver. The need for energy efficiency and energy reduction were two key messages that emerged from the United Nations (UN) climate change agreement in Paris, December (2015), and the auto industry may well face legal obligations under rules emerging from the agreement struck by the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).…

The need for energy efficiency and energy reduction were two key messages emerging from the UN Paris climate change agreement in December (2015), and the coatings sector is poised to help its customers achieve these goals. Indeed, they may become legal obligations under rules emerging from the agreement stuck by the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

It pledged significant changes and challenges for many industrial sectors, from mining to farming and steel manufacture.…

Brussels Airport Company is to open its ground-breaking Connector terminal-linking building to flights outside the European Schengen passport-free zone mid-March, just a year after its initial launch. Before Connector, Brussels Airport passengers had to use a tunnel, lifts and escalators to reach gates in Pier A – the Connector replaced all of this with a spacious surface building, opened March 24 (2015).…