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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has unveiled its gas infrastructure investment priorities for the next 20 years. They are pipeline and other transit projects delivering gas directly from the Caspian Sea to Europe; integrating the Baltic gas market, connecting it to central and southeast Europe; and boosting north-south infrastructure in western Europe to remove internal bottlenecks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A FINANCIAL rescue package for ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project was in major jeopardy last night as European Union (EU) politicians failed to agree an EU budget for 2011. The package had included a commitment to find an additional Euro EUR1.4 billion in additional EU funds for the global nuclear fusion project in 2012 and 2013, which is 45% funded by the European Union.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS, PAUL COCHRANE

MOROCCO is perfectly placed to be a major bio-based oils and fats exporter to Europe. It is of course very close – being separated from Spain by only nine miles of sea. And with its agriculture fed by plentiful sunshine and its rich fishing grounds, Morocco has huge potential to become a major oil and fat feedstock producer as well as an oils and fats manufacturer in its own right though its developed industrial sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN scientists studying the geological disposal of nuclear waste have released papers indicating that the process could be safe over the very long term. Indeed, an assessment of European Union (EU)-funded projects on the issue published by the European Nuclear Society (ENS) has suggested that "spent fuel is an effective isolation barrier for tens of thousands to millions of years".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening legal action at the European Court of Justice against Belgium, the Czech Republic and Greece, for not implementing European Union directive 2008/112/EC on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. It mandates safety labelling and collating information to protect the environment and human health from chemical mixtures, including cosmetics, soaps and their ingredients.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EURO EUR6million research project will see scientists collect, isolate and classify marine organisms, including sea anemones, tunicates and micro and macroalgae, from the world’s seas and oceans, and look for active biochemicals with potential medical uses. The 2010-1014 MAREX project is coordinated by the University of Helsinki, Finland, working with researchers from Belgium, Britain, Chile, Finland, France, India, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has struck a cooperation deal with Belgium-based global crop technology company Quinvita to jointly develop the production of novel bio-energy crops in tropical regions. Quinvita has experience of promoting jatropha cultivation as a biodiesel feedstock.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A CALL has been made for creating a specific nanomaterials register under the European Union’s (EU) REACH chemical control system. It comes from the EU’s current Belgian presidency. "Nanomaterials are increasingly present in consumer products and everyday items," noted Belgium environment minister Paul Magnette, speaking at a Brussels seminar on the issue.…

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EUROPEAN chemical industry federation CEFIC has called for a review of administration under European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH to help small-and-medium-sized companies (SMEs) deal with its burden. As the first key REACH chemical deadline of November 30 approaches, CEFIC director general Hubert Mandery has looked ahead to subsequent deadlines, which involve chemicals used in smaller volumes.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

ALTHOUGH the production of confectionery products is on the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to susceptibility to food contamination scares, there are still certain, specific vulnerabilities that exist in the production of chocolates and sweet bakery items.…