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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ACQUISITION of sole control of fresh yeast, dry yeast and related bread ingredients producer DSM Bakery Ingredients by Gilde Buy-Out Fund II, of the Netherlands, from fellow Dutch company Royal DSM NV, has been approved without conditions by the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NETHERLANDS, Greece and Poland have come under legal pressure from the European Commission to reform their car taxation rules so that it is easier to move vehicles around the European Union (EU). It has sent their governments formal requests to reform their systems, which – if ignored – could lead to a referral to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
CARMAKERS have experienced tremendous growth in the Asia Pacific region recently, as China and India in particular generate new sales and manufacturing opportunities. General Motors recently announced that its 2005 first quarter production figures for the region were up by around 14% compared with 2004, with Ford and other leading manufacturers predicting similar growth.…

BY MARK ROWE
CAN insurers help reduce risk by funding initiatives for the emergency services? Companies are increasingly looking at how they can support emergency services and, thereby, lessen the impact of insurance claims. The thinking is by helping to improve the efficiency of emergency services, the impact of natural and manmade disasters, including terrorism, can be mitigated in terms of people making insurance claims.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PROACTIVE competition inquiry has been launched into the European Union’s (EU) natural gas sector, with the aim of rooting out anti-competitive practices. If the European Commission discovers instances of gas companies breaking existing EU competition law, legal action could follow.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DUTCH government is pushing for a rewrite of 1990 and 1991 European Union (EU) poultry marketing regulations to make sure it is illegal across the EU to label defrosted poultry as “fresh”. Representatives called for action at last week’s EU Council of Ministers (agriculture), claiming there was “a lack of clarity” within current rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EARLIER this year, European Union (EU) competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes promised to review the competitiveness of the EU insurance industry; she is now delivering. The special review to “identify and remove remaining barriers to free competition” in business insurance announced last week is unusual for a traditionally reactive Commission competition directorate, regulating proposed cross-border mergers and acquisitions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ACQUISITION of sole control of fresh yeast, dry yeast and related bread ingredients producer DSM Bakery Ingredients by Gilde Buy-Out Fund II, of the Netherlands, from fellow Dutch company Royal DSM NV, has been approved without strings by the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has opened a formal investigation into a planned Euro 7.425 million-subsidy package planned by the Dutch government into its country’s malt sector. The money would help establish a malt production plant in Eemshaven, in the Netherlands’ roningen province.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
ACCORDING to global consumption figures, Israel is the world capital of teenage soft drink demand, with hot weather combined with a competitive market to create something of a utopia for drinks companies. An international survey of soft drinks consumption published by the Economist by 15 year olds of both sexes suggests that Israel has the world’s biggest teenage consumers of carbonated and still drinks, colas, sodas, juices and the like on a per capita basis.…