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The green energy sector is quietly confident that the European Commission will accept that the British government’s support for the conversion of Lynemouth Power Station from being coal to biomass-fired complies with European Union (EU) state aid law. This is despite the fact that the Commission has launched a detailed inquiry into the government’s FID [Final Investment Decision] Enabling Investment Contract for the work.…

A NEW offline version of the EudraLex database of European Union (EU) pharmaceutical legislation has been launched. The EudraLex V30 is similar to the existing online EudraLex database, but can be used off-line with an integrated search engine. All documents are in.pdf…

The Philippines’ once formidable knitwear sector has been shrinking in size in the past two decades, but the Pacific archipelago’s inclusion in the European Union’s (EU) Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) preferential tariff scheme from January 1 is now filling remaining manufacturers with some hope for another heyday.…

A NEW international standard for the monitoring and reporting of suspected side effects of medicines has been explained by a new European Medicines Agency (EMA) guide. The standard will come into use from July 2016, and explains how such problems should be noted in individual case safety reports (ICSRs).…

A HIGHLY critical report on the status of security systems and policies at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport has been released by the USA Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general John Roth. Its executive summary warned that computer systems “at several sites had deficiencies that, if exploited, could have resulted in the loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the components’ information technology systems.”…

The Egyptian energy sector is facing numerous challenges in the immediate and long-term, mirroring how the country is struggling to secure political stability. Insufficient power supply is resulting in sporadic power cuts in the major cities, driving up sales of private generators.…

Japan’s confectionery manufacturers have a reputation for being creative when it comes to new product lines, and when it comes to bubble gum and chewing gums, companies will need all the innovation they can manage. Domestic sales in the segment have been falling sharply.…

THE NEW European Union (EU) food labelling rules that started applying from December 13 have brought harmonisation about how and what information should be given to EU consumers, representatives of the confectionery industry say. But upcoming changes that are still being discussed may pose some challenges for manufacturers and packagers alike.…

Projects are underway in India to install captive solar photovoltaic power systems in the country’s airports, exploiting innovative funding models and long term power purchase agreements. However, the country’s grid power operators are refusing to purchase any excess power.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which is owned by the Indian government, plans to generate 50 megawatts (MW) of electric power from solar plants at 30 airports by the end of 2015.…

THE HONG Kong government has proposed a 75% reduction of profits tax, salaries tax and tax under personal assessment for the 2014-15 assessment year, up to Hong Kong dollars HKD20,000 (USD2,578) per case. Announced in the government’s budget, the tax cut will cost HKD17.7 billion (USD2.2 billion), benefitting about 1.95 million taxpayers.…