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THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) agricultural industry organisation has warned that newly proposed reforms to EU air quality rules could harm Europe’s livestock sector. The concern of Brussels-based Copa-Cogeca is the European Commission’s suggestion that ammonia emissions be cut by 27% via reforms to the national emissions ceilings (NEC) directive.…

NEW national origin labelling rules for pork, sheep, goat and poultry meat made in the European Union (EU) could reduce the trade in meat products between the 28 EU countries, EU senior meat industry figures have warned. In a joint statement, Jean-Luc Mériaux, secretary general of the European Livestock and Meat Trading Union (UECBV) and Detlef Stachetzki, manager at the German meat industry federation (VDF – Verband der Fleischwirtschaft) said: “The rule gives rise to the belief of EU citizens that products produced in their own country are better/safer/healthier/ than the products from other countries.”…

THE MACEDONIAN government has embarked on a new expansion strategy for its textile and clothing sector as it looks to grow its exports to the European Union (EU) and other global markets. Saso Despotoski, head of textiles and clothing at the Macedonian Chamber of Commerce, told just-style that Skopje is aiming to shift the emphasis of country’s industry towards manufacturing its own original products.…

China’s Ningxia Zhongyin Chashmere, a Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region-based cashmere and clothing manufacturer, has signed Belgium’s linen firm NV Jis Vanneste (Vanneste) to be the linen supplier of its new production base, under construction in Lingwu city of Ningxia, north-west China.…

THE CREATION of a single telecommunication market in the European Union (EU) should build on the foundation of existing liberalising legislation, promoting healthy competition between telecommunication companies and cable operators, says Matthias Kurth, executive chairman at Cable Europe.

Speaking to European Communications, in an interview at his Brussels office, he explained: “The new legislation should complement and not overturn the existing regulatory framework,” said Mr Kurth, noting that it should allow network providers to grow, compete and invest.…

AT a time when European nuclear research projects following the Chernobyl disaster were wrapping up, Japan’s Fukushima accident exposed new gaps in Europe’s preparedness for a nuclear emergency. And a project backed by 43 organisations now wants to prepare Europe to react and communicate properly in case of a nuclear emergency, drawing on the lessons learnt after Fukushima.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) economy and finance ministers (ECOFIN) said at their meeting on Friday (15 November) in Brussels that they wanted to agree the text of the proposed EU fourth anti-money laundering directive with the European Parliament before May 2014.

That would enable negotiations to be concluded before the current parliament’s terms office ends – and elections are held between May 22 and 25, after which committees will need to be re-elected and standard business will be stalled, in some cases until September.…

Battle lines have been drawn across the international palm oil industry as its companies prepare to comply with the incoming European Union (EU) food information regulation No 1169/2011, which comes into force from December 13, 2014, and requires product labels to list types of vegetable oil used in food.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian oil exporters are to benefit from a new free trade deal struck between the EU and Canada. Once the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been ratified (probably in 2015), it will lead to all existing non-food duties imposed on goods traded between the parties being scrapped.…

A rise of 7.7% in the value of pig meat exported by Belgium in the first half of 2013 (3.4 % increase by volume) was sparked by new European Union (EU) legislation covering the housing of pregnant sows, according to Joris Coenen, marketing manager at the Belgian Meat Office (VLAM).…