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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.…
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.…
EU INK RESIN COMMERCIAL DEAL APPROVAL AKZO NOBEL APOLLO GROUP NETEHRLANDS USA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved without imposing conditions 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.…
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".…
EU STRIKES FISHING ACCESS DEALS WITH SÃO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE, MADAGASCAR: EU INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FISHING ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has initialled new fishing access deals with two African island nations: São Tomé e Principe, off west Africa, and Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean. The Madagascan deal will last six years from January 2007, and exclusively covers tuna.…
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.…
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.…
SYNFUELS BIOFUEL PETROLEUM COMBINATIONS SYNTHETIC FUELS
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE COMMERICAL introduction of the first synthetic fuels scheduled for later this year in Europe will signify the appearance of a possible new solution to growing concerns over the security, diversity and environmental acceptability of energy supply for local authorities and other major road transport users.…
EU FOOD LEGISLATION REPORT
BY ALAN OSBORN
INTRODUCTION
WITH the approval in May of two key regulations covering respectively nutrition and health claims and the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods the EU has taken an important step forward in setting the legal framework for the food industry in Europe.…
BIRD FLU ROUND UP, BIRD FLU VACCINE, GERMANY FRANCE BRITAIN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MASS production of a vaccine to fight the H5N1 bird flu strain in humans could begin within a year, after pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline launched clinical trials in Germany and Belgium.
The company is testing two vaccines: the first would be targeted at fighting a pandemic after an outbreak; the second aimed at advance inoculations.…