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BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITISH and German customs and police officers have arrested 47 suspects in an alleged carousel fraud network exploiting the European Union’s (EU) emissions trading regime. UK authorities arrested 22; there were 25 arrests in Germany. Police in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal, plus non-EU Norway have assisted inquiries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ROLL-OUT of the European eCall in-car emergency system is approaching critical mass with 20 countries now committed to operating its supporting infrastructure. The European Commission today announced another five countries were implementing eCall services – Belgium, Denmark, Luxemburg, Malta and Romania.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

IN a month highlighting that many European Union (EU) countries are living beyond their financial means, it was timely perhaps for the European Commission to note that member states also have unsustainable water policies.

In short, many EU governments are failing to prevent the abstraction of fresh water at rates exceeding nature’s ability to replenish supplies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

IT is official – Britain has the most binge drinkers in Europe. A European Commission survey of drinking habits showed that 6% of Britons who drink usually consume 10 or more units of alcohol in every drinking session.…

BY DOMINIQUE PATTON

CHINA’S fast-growing chocolate market is attracting a raft of international brands but local players may do better in the country’s smaller cities.

Chocolate sales in China reached Chinese Yuan RMB7.7 billion (US$1.13 billion) in 2009 according to Euromonitor, after growing by a compound annual rate of 10% since 2004.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AS any journalist who has covered regional or local authorities will testify, sub-national public administrations yearn for the big time. They want their efforts considered important, over and above their day-to-day delivery of community services.

But they know their aspirations must deliver added value.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SCIENTISTS from across Europe will use genetic expertise to improve livestock breeding and meat quality, focusing especially pork, notably chorizo and Parma ham. The EXCELMEAT project is led by Bristol-based the University of the West of England (UWE) and part funded by the European Union (EU).…

BY ALAN OSBORN, EMMA JACKSON, PAUL COCHRANE and JULIAN RYALL

INTRODUCTION

Professionalisation is a key trend in today’s drinks sector, particularly as export markets are growing fast in emerging markets. With brand loyalty up for grabs, it is critical for alcoholic drinks producers especially to maintain and raise quality.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has pushed for a quick replacement of the provisional ‘SWIFT’ agreement transferring European Union (EU) banking data to the United States’ Department of The Treasury.

It has proposed it should quickly negotiate a new Terrorist Financing Tracking Programme (TFTP) deal with Washington, following the annulment of an existing provisional agreement by the European Parliament.…

BY MARK ROWE

TRADITIONALLY, most inks used in packaging have been petroleum based, releasing volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere. But nanotechnology has been a key driver in developing a new generation of efficient, greener inks that are water-soluble, vegetable-based or synthetic, and which are highly versatile; they can be used for a range of applications across the inks industry and recycled into new products at the end of their original working life.…