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VAT REDUCTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has performed a U-turn and has asked European Union (EU) ministers to extend for two years a pilot scheme allowing the Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg governments to continue levying reduced VAT rates (of six per cent) on small cycle repair services.…
PETTEN PROGRAMME
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve a research programme stretching over the next three year at the EU’s joint research centre high flux reactor, at Petten, in the Netherlands. Funded largely by the Dutch government, the Euro 30.6 million series of projects includes studies on improving reactor safety, the development of medical isotopes, fusion, waste management and developing nuclear fuel helping to eliminate weapon grade plutonium, plus basic research and training work.…
EMERGENCY ALERT
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
A UNIQUE new ’emergency alert’ system has been made available following a successful trial at Europe’s fourth largest airport Schiphol, in Amsterdam.
Dutch software company Netpresenter, said its ‘Emergency Alert Server’ system was designed to override PCs and other visual displays to provide critical emergency messages and information.…
NETHERLANDS CARBON FUND
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NETHERLANDS has secured the help of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to reduce its greenhouse gas emission targets by investing in eastern European projects aimed at fighting global warming. The bank and the Dutch government are creating a carbon fund, which will draw on Euro 32 million of Netherlands’ funds.…
PIPELINE INQUIRY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Commission competition officials are examining whether the German, Dutch and Belgian governments are spending too much public money on a Euro 200 million chemical gas pipeline project linking Rotterdam, Antwerp and Germany. The carbon steel pipeline will carry industrial gases such as propylene, avoiding the need for them to be carried by road or inland waterway.…
PIPELINE INQUIRY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Commission competition officials are examining whether the German, Dutch and Belgian governments are spending too much public money on a Euro 200 million chemical gas pipeline project linking Rotterdam, Antwerp and Germany. The carbon steel pipeline will carry industrial gases such as propylene, avoiding the need for them to be carried by road or inland waterway.…
COPPER PAINT - BOATS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KEY European Union scientific committee has opposed a ban imposed by the Dutch government on copper-based anti-fouling coatings being applied to pleasure boats sailed in the Netherlands, opening the way for possible legal action by the European Commission.…
COPPER PAINT - BOATS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KEY European Union scientific committee has opposed a ban imposed by the Dutch government on copper-based anti-fouling coatings being applied to pleasure boats sailed in the Netherlands, opening the way for possible legal action by the European Commission.…
VW/PON DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has given competition clearance to the takeover by Volkswagen’s financial arm of a stake in the Dutch car leasing company Pon Financial Services. The deal will lead to the joint control of Pon with VW importer in the Netherlands Pon Holdings BV.…
EP DATA TRANSFER THREAT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has given the European Commission two months to identify and ban the transfer of sensitive air passenger data to the USA or face legal action at the European Court of Justice. In a near unanimous resolution, MEPs said pressed the Commission to review material being sent to the Americans, identify what should be protected under EU data laws, and then block its transfer.…