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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE OPERATION of the high flux research reactor operated by the European Union’s (EU) Joint Research Centre, in Petten, the Netherlands, has been extended for one more year by the EU Council of Ministers. The reactor will now continue as a research tool until December 2008, with a Euro 8.5 million budget donated by the Dutch and French governments.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

Brussels

The operation of the high flux research reactor operated by the European Union’s (EU) Joint Research Centre, in Petten, the Netherlands, has been extended for one more year by the EU Council of Ministers. The reactor will now continue as a research tool until December 2008, with a Euro 8.5 million budget donated by the Dutch and French governments.…

BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris

FUEL companies are getting increasingly involved in support for eco-driving campaigns, but still have the own self-interest at heart, according to Peter Wilbers of Senter Novem, the Dutch energy agency.

Wilbers was speaking at an international forum organised by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris on November 22-23, which brought to together policy-makers, fuel companies, car manufacturers and road users to discuss the role of eco-driving on fuel economy and CO2 emissions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has authorised the Netherlands to derogate from standard VAT law for the ready-to-wear clothing industry by shifting the obligation to pay sales tax from clothing firm sub-contractors to their contractors. The aim of this temporary reform – which would last until December 2009 – is, said council minutes: "Preventing fraud in a sector in which collecting VAT is rendered awkward by the difficulty of identifying and supervising the activities of subcontractors."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EU MINISTERS ALLOW DUTCH TO CHARGE CLOTHING CONTRACTORS TO FIGHT VAT FRAUD

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has authorised the Netherlands to derogate from standard VAT law for the ready-to-wear clothing industry by shifting the obligation to pay sales tax from clothing firm sub-contractors to their contractors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ENVIRONMENTAL health officers may think there are a lot of smokers in the UK – in 2005, 24% of adults aged 16 or over in Britain smoked cigarettes, but spare a thought for officials in Greece – home of Europe’s keenest smokers.…

BY SUZANNE KOELEGA, in Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, JAMES FULLER, in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, and KEITH NUTHALL

A MAJOR shake up is looming in the political organisation of the Caribbean, with the impending dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles federation, and the creation of separate political units for its composite islands Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius (Statia).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of the Dutch company Numico by France’s Danone. Because both companies are major suppliers of baby food and baby milk products, Brussels gave its competition approval on condition Danone offloads Numico’s baby milk and baby drink business in France.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels

CONSUMER reaction is critical to the acceptability of the new generation of packaging which uses deliberate interactions between the packaging and food, according to an expert from Montpellier University, France, in a paper delivered to last week’s European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) conference held in Brussels to honour that organisation’s first five years.…

BY MARK ROWE and PAUL COCHRANE

IT is something of an understatement to describe Iran as a peripheral player on the international paint scene. The country’s share of the world market in paints and varnishes in 2007 is, according to research analysts Gobi International, just 0.5%.…