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BY ALAN OSBORN
JACQUES Barrot, who has been given responsibility for transport in the new European Commission, is a close political ally of the French president Jacques Chirac and can be expected to take a tough line in defending French interests when Brussels draws up transport policy in the next five years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has its critics, heaven knows, but the renewable energy industry is rarely among them. Brussels likes green electricity production and is prepared to fund it. This is important as the EU has large budgets, as every Eurosceptic likes to point out.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A FORMAL ban on importing fur into the European Union (EU) from animals caught by leghold traps (and others considered inhumane) could finally be written into EU law. The European Commission has proposed a directive transposing international agreements struck in the late 1990’s with Russia, Canada and the USA, committing these countries to phasing out certain traps deemed particularly painful.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
THE day I met Kadek he was sitting on the well-worn black saddle of his 50cc Yamaha, shades perched on his nose and obligatory Djarum smouldering on his bottom lip. “Transport?” he asked; the signature call of Kuta Boys who earn pin money from scooting tourists, frugal businessmen and journalists through the traffic-clogged streets of this fabled Bali beach resort.…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
PRESSURE from consumers and regulators have forced automotive manufacturers to re-examine the vehicle construction process from top to bottom in recent years. Increasing fuel prices coupled with drivers’ demands for improved performance has meant that the use of lighter materials, such as aluminium and composites which are bonded using adhesives, has become far more widespread, and could be set to become even more commonplace in volume production.…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
THE GROWING use of adhesives in the manufacture of automotive interiors is not only helping to meet the demands of consumers in terms of aesthetics and car performance, but is also satisfying environmental regulators. But could these bonding processes also be more widely used in the construction of car exteriors in the near future?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RENEWABLE energy and CHP sectors will be closely studying the appointment of new European commissioners for energy and the environment, who take office this November, especially as the change of guard means the departure of energy commissioner Loyola de Palacio.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
Mine Name: Argyle Diamond Mine

Location: 180km south east of Kununurra, East Kimberley, Western Australia. Mining lease sits on traditional land of Gija and Mirriuwong Aboriginal people.

Ownership: 100% owned and managed by Rio Tinto.

Start Up: Alluvial mining commenced in 1983; formally commissioned as a mine in December 1985.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
The fact that some member states have now missed the deadline for implementation coupled with variation in the measures passed means that there will be “an imbalance of obligations on lawyers across the EU” said the American Bar Association’s Section on Business Law (SBL).…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE LEGAL web being cast by the European Union (EU) in the fight against money laundering is being tightened still further. A third directive has now been proposed by the European Commission that, among other things, will broaden the definition of money laundering to include not only the concealment or disguise of the proceeds of serious crimes but also the financing of terrorism with either criminal or legally acquired money.…