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BRUSSELS PLOTS LEGAL ACTION OVER LAYING HEN WELFARE ABUSES
BY LEAH GERMAIN
THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking legal action against 14 European Union (EU) member states, it thinks are failing to protect egg laying hens against animal welfare abuses. According to the Commission, the countries have failed to comply with EU legislation that prohibits farmers from keeping egg-laying hens in confined, tiny cages smaller than 750 square centimetres.…
DUTCH MINISTRY URGES EU EFFORTS TO TACKLE NEW LIVESTOCK VIRUS
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
THE DUTCH government is pressing for a coordinated European Union (EU) response to fighting the Schmallenberg virus, a damaging disease spreading rapidly amongst livestock across Europe. Probably transmitted by insects, the virus is affecting goats, sheep and cattle, causing abortions, deformities, severe diarrhoea, fever and drops in milk production.…
EUTRADE COMMISIONER UNDER TAX FRAUD INQUIRY IN BELGIUM
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht is under investigation in his native Belgium over concerns his purchase of a holiday home in Tuscany, Italy, could have involved tax evasion. Following a Belgian lower court tussle, (which De Gucht lost), his bank records have been handed to Belgium’s Special Tax Inspectorate (ISI), a finance ministry arm combating "serious and organised tax fraud".…
EU RESEARCHERS DEVELOP ECO-DYES FROM ENZYMES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research project has developed eco-friendly dyes made from enzymes that can be used to colour cosmetic products. The SOPHIED project, coordinated by the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, has extracted the relevant enzymes from fungi using a nutrient-rich fluid bath.…
EUROPEAN AIRPORTS STRIVE TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT
BY MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the European Commission’s recent flurry of recalibrated environmental targets aiming to cut emissions in the European Union (EU) transport system by 50% by 2050 (34% in the aviation industry) – airports along with air navigation services will have a significant role to play.…
BRUSSELS HAS MAJOR CONCERNS OVER LACK OF SINGLE SKY PROGRESS
BY GEOFF MEADE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has threatened to take "radical" measures against most European Union (EU) countries unless more is done to deliver a ‘Single European Sky’ for air traffic control services. It has warned this could include proposing new EU legislation to force member states to do more in forging a unified and efficient EU ATC system.…
EU BACKS ETEX GROUP'S ACQUISITION OF LAFARGE GYPSUM BUSINESS
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
THE EUROPEAN and South American gypsum operations of French building materials company Lafarge will be acquired by Etex Group NV/SA of Belgium, a manufacturer of building material and systems, with the deal now receiving competition approval from the European Commission.…
ANTI-FRAUD COMMISSIONER BLAMES MEMBER STATES FOR FAULTY ACCOUNTS - PO 433702
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) anti-fraud Commissioner has blamed member states for the EU accounts again being declared faulty by the Court of Auditors, the union’s financial watchdog. The court concluded in its assessment of the 2010 accounts that while they "present fairly the financial position of the European Union…the payments underlying these accounts were still affected by material error, with an estimated error rate of 3.7% for the EUR122.2 billion of EU spending."…
ANTI-FRAUD COMMISSIONER BLAMES MEMBER STATES FOR FAULTY ACCOUNTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) anti-fraud Commissioner has blamed member states for the EU accounts again being declared faulty by the Court of Auditors, the union’s financial watchdog. The court concluded in its assessment of the 2010 accounts that while they "present fairly the financial position of the European Union…the payments underlying these accounts were still affected by material error, with an estimated error rate of 3.7% for the EUR122.2 billion of EU spending."…
CHINA'S COOKING OIL CONSUMERS DEMAND DIVERSITY
BY WANG FANGQING
WHILE soybean oil still remains the main cooking oil of choice used in China, the country’s manufacturers have recently been experiencing a shift – with a growing demand for diversity in terms of cooking products in large and small cities.…