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THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) current Bulgarian presidency (January-July 2018) will probably face a tough challenge, when tripartite talks between the European Parliament, member states and the European Commission on electricity market reform begin this spring.

“Since early March, we have been preparing for the ‘trilogues’ [EU jargon for talks between its three main bodies], comparing the [EU] member states’ general approach reached in December with Parliament’s position, so we have documents to work on when trilogues start,” a Council spokesperson told Modern Power Systems, adding “no dates have yet been fixed” for the negotiations.…

INVESTORS at this year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention have been voicing concerns that the supply of key minerals used to make batteries may not be able to keep pace with demand.

At an investors forum dealing with energy materials and technologies, a series of graphite, cobalt and manganese miners highlighted the increasing demand for the minerals, and the lack of sufficient supplies to meet future expectations.…

Meat producers and exporters in Britain and Ireland have called on policy makers to come up with more alternatives for a post-Brexit trade settlement between the UK, Northern Ireland and the EU.

The demands follow the publication by the European Commission on Wednesday (28 February) of a 120-page draft Brexit withdrawal agreement by the European Commission, which spelled out plans for Northern Ireland to remain within the EU’s customs union after December 31, 2020.…

THE EUROPEAN food industry is supporting the European Commission’s bid to ensure food brands do not offer variable quality versions of the same product in different parts of the European Union (EU). Indeed, it is backing the introduction by the EU executive of new testing methods for regulators, that are due to be rolled out in April.…

THE EUROPEAN confectionery industry will later this year face hard evidence about the veracity of claims that certain brands sell lower quality products in eastern Europe than they do in the richer west. These claims – dismissed by many manufacturers as urban myths – are widely believed in eastern Europe, promoting the European Commission to act and set up a testing system.…

THE CHALLENGES facing Britain as it deals with the consequences of the June 2016 referendum vote to quit the European Union (EU) are manifold. However, unpicking British involvement in joint anti-crime arrangements with the EU maybe the toughest of all. Keith Nuthall reports.…

Meat producers and exporters in Britain and Ireland have called on policy makers to come up with more alternatives for a post-Brexit trade settlement between the UK, Northern Ireland and the EU.

The demands follow the publication by the European Commission on Wednesday (28 February) of a 120-page draft Brexit withdrawal agreement by the European Commission, which spelled out plans for Northern Ireland to remain within the EU’s customs union after December 31, 2020.…

THE EUROPEAN food industry is supporting the European Commission’s bid to ensure food brands do not offer variable quality versions of the same product in different parts of the European Union (EU). Indeed, it is backing the introduction by the EU executive of new testing methods for regulators, that are due to be rolled out in April.…

THE EUROPEAN confectionery industry will later this year face hard evidence about the veracity of claims that certain brands sell lower quality products in eastern Europe than they do in the richer west. These claims – dismissed by many manufacturers as urban myths – are widely believed in eastern Europe, promoting the European Commission to act and set up a testing system.…

A NEW multi-million dollar textile and clothing manufacturing hub is set to be established within the Crimea as a pressing Russian government priority to halt the annexed region’s trade in illegal textile products, according to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Boosting domestic textile production – initially in garment fabrics and subsequently technical textiles – is aimed in part to depress demand for illicit goods in the peninsular, predominantly from China and Turkey.…