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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).…

ACCORDING to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the largest single health threat to the population of the world today is antimicrobial resistance (AMR). How can it be countered and what options are open to government regulators, the medical profession and, especially, the pharmaceutical companies for the development of new antibiotics?…

THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has dismissed appeals brought by three European Union (EU) plastic bag companies against Euro EUR290 million’s fines imposed because of their participation in a cartel. But in an unusual twist, the ECJ ruled that because the proceedings leading to the 2011 imposition of fines was so long (five years and nine months), they can sue the EU for damages for harm caused by this wait for justice.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian confectioners can look forward to increasing their trans-Atlantic trade once a new free trade agreement between the EU and Canada comes into force, probably in 2015.

The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), announced on October 18, will remove most tariffs for confectionery and sweet bakery products imposed by both sides on each other’s exports.…

ENSURING that costs of providing positive assurance are outweighed by benefits hinges on a good reporting framework that addresses relevant issues, a high powered debate on positive assurance on narrative reporting heard in Brussels, Belgium on September 26.

This was the view of Anthony Carey, of Mazars LLP and ICAS, speaking at an ICAS-FEE debate around issues concerning positive opinions provided by auditors on company managers’ narratives in annual reports.…