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INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU MINISTERS AGREE NEW ANTI-VAT FRAUD REFORMS
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have agreed reforms to the EU’s VAT directive 2006/112/EC enabling member states to swiftly impose reversed charge VAT mechanisms to fight tax fraud. They would act when faced with a sudden onset of large-scale VAT fraud, forcing suppliers to pay the tax, rather than final consumers.…
NABUCCO IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE TRANS-ADRIATIC PIPELINE
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU)-favoured Nabucco pipeline carrying Azerbaijan gas to western Europe will now almost certainly never be built, after Azeri gas consortium Shah Deniz decided to sell its gas to the rival Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The decision came after Greece announced it would sell its natural gas grid operator DESFA to Azeri state energy company SOCAR: the TAP pipeline would run through Greece to Italy, linking with pipelines in Turkey.…
RUSSIA'S NONWOVENS PRODUCERS LOOK FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AS SECTOR BOOMS
the Russian nonwovens market expanding, producers and industry experts say supportive government measures and decreased bureaucracy could help domestic companies increase their competitiveness against western rivals.
While the country’s domestic textile market is growing at a slow 1% to 2% annually, nonwovens have posted phenomenal growth of 74% over the three years since 2009, according to estimates of the US-based Discovery Research Group released last July (2012).…
COPPER CONFISCATED IN EUROPOL STOLEN METAL OPERATION
European metal thieves have been targeted by an international law enforcement operation coordinated by European Union (EU) police agency Europol. Its officials said that more than 120 tonnes of stolen copper was confiscated in Italy alone and there were many arrests, with 37 made in just country – Bulgaria.…
CLOSED LOOP SUPPLY CHAINS HARD TO ACHIEVE FOR CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR
The concept of closed loop supply chains sounds a laudable, if possibly Utopian ideal: a virtuous circle of production from cradle to grave and back to cradle again. However, as Ulf Eriksson, product manager for textiles and shoes at the Sweden-government-owned Ecolabelling Sweden (or Svanen – Swedish for swan), pointed out: “A closed loop is a challenge for the garment industry because this is a fashion business.…
BRUSSELS CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR AN EU SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY
EUROPEAN Commission proposed in Strasbourg today (Tues) updates on the four regulations which govern the Single European Sky (SES), trying to push European Union (EU) member countries to implement long-overdue air traffic control reforms.
One proposed amendment would insist that national supervisory air traffic control (ATC) authorities should be completely separated from the organisations providing ATC organisations in all EU countries to increase oversight and safety, Brussels said today.…
BRUSSELS CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR AN EU SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY
EUROPEAN Commission proposed in Strasbourg today (Tues) updates on the four regulations which govern the Single European Sky (SES), trying to push European Union (EU) member countries to implement long-overdue air traffic control reforms.
One proposed amendment would insist that national supervisory air traffic control (ATC) authorities should be completely separated from the organisations providing ATC organisations in all EU countries to increase oversight and safety, Brussels said today.…
PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT SECTOR SEEKS GREENER PACKAGING, BUT THE WAY FORWARD IS COMPLEX
may be a big concept, but the road to making personal care product packaging greener is made of small incremental steps that can both provide green marketing benefits and reduce costs.
Recent innovations include reducing the size of containers, while maintaining the volume of product they hold, alongside innovations in using renewable resources and keeping packaging waste out of landfills.…
SUSTAINABILITY may be a big concept, but the road to making personal care product packaging greener is made of small incremental steps that can both provide green marketing benefits and reduce costs.
Recent innovations include reducing the size of containers, while maintaining the volume of product they hold, alongside innovations in using renewable resources and keeping packaging waste out of landfills.…
EU ACTION PLAN ON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released a detailed action plan designed to boost energy innovation and new technology across the European Union (EU). Written as a ‘communication’ policy paper, it stresses: “EU energy technology and innovation strategy is an integral part of the EU energy policy.”…