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DUTCH EXPERTS CREATE VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY SOFTWARE



BY MARK ROWE, in Munich

THE NOTION that people with phobias or who have been involved in traumatic events should confront their demons has become accepted psychological practice in recent years.

Now, however, this treatment is going a step further, in the form of a virtual reality simulator.…

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OLAF UNMASKS CARIBBEAN JERSEY ORIGIN FRAUD



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE LATEST annual report from European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has told how an unnamed Caribbean customs authority cancelled proof of origin certificates covering more than 21 million pieces of knitted textiles (mainly jerseys, pullovers and cardigans).…

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EU SETS ACP SUGAR EXPORT MINUMUM PRICE FOR 2005-6



STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally proposed the minimum price for sugar exports from African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) countries to the EU, delivered July 2005 to June 2006 be Euro 52.37/100 kilograms for raw sugar and Euro 64.65 for white sugar.…

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SHRIMP ECJ CASE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

EU member states should not charge levies on deliveries of locally made primary food commodities to distributors, if some are exported without processing, the European Court of Justice has ruled. The precedent came in a case focused on a levy charged on shrimp landings, to help pay for Dutch peeling and sieving.…

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COMMONWEALTH MONEY LAUNDERING FEATURE, ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANISATIONS SERIES



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THERE is a large and growing list of regional money laundering organisations, with formal or informal links with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), so a question mark could hang over why the Commonwealth is getting involved in fighting dirty money.…

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ECJ TOBACCO CUSTOMS STAMPS CASE NETHERLANDS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states are entitled to charge tobacco companies for additional excise stamps, even if they have previously bought such tax tokens, and they have subsequently been lost, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.…

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EU INK RESIN COMMERCIAL DEAL APPROVAL AKZO NOBEL APOLLO GROUP NETEHRLANDS USA



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of the inks and adhesive resins business of Dutch company Akzo Nobel by the USA’s Hexion, part of the Apollo Group. This follows a Commission inquiry focusing on potential damage to competition in supplies of printing ink industry resins, especially rosin resins.…

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BELGIUM COMMERCIAL CRIME FEATURE - CORRUPTION



BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels

WHEN asked about corruption in Belgium by Commercial Crime International, a government official held his nose in the time-honoured gesture. But was he being fair? Some recent high profile cases have brought the nation some lurid publicity.…

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NETHERLANDS DIGITAL PRINTER EU ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

DUTCH digital textile printers Ten Cate Advanced Textiles BV and Color Wings BV have won a ‘European Business Award for the Environment’ from the European Commission for "developing a digital technology for printing and finishing textiles using exactly dosed drops".…

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LATVIA, NETHERLANDS ATTACK EU SUGAR REFORM SECURITIES



STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE LATVIA and Netherlands governments want the European Commission to lower securities demanded from sugar producers wishing to restructure as the European Union lowers production aid. Brussels currently demands 120% of grants be lodged as security ahead of a payment.…

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