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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States’ diplomatic service is surely the largest and best resourced international network of experts in the world, and this is born out by the depth of the narcotics strategy report – or INCSR to use its acronym.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PHILIP Morris International (PMI) has released a detailed intelligence dossier on cigarette and other tobacco product counterfeiting, in a bid to encourage the international cooperation it deems necessary to effectively fight this crime. The report highlights 17 countries around the world where it thinks cigarette counterfeiting is a particular problem and where the cigarette company has specific advice: Latvia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Egypt, Belize, Panama, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Ghana.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is pushing for further research into testing the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops, to improve the operation and acceptance of European Union (EU) controls under directive 2001/18/EC on the release into the environment of genetically modified organisms.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is pushing softly-softly guidelines to clarify the often complex question of what materials should legally be considered waste under European Union (EU) regulations, and what a usable by-product? With the European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers considering tightening EU waste legislation and maybe imposing binding targets on recycling, reusing and recovering waste, the definition of waste is becoming increasingly important.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
WITH every new piece of European Union (EU)-inspired road and vehicle-safety legislation brings a new opportunity to make and sell the kit to local authorities so that they can comply. Speed limiters may not be the newest story in safety equipment, but the requirements to fit them had a further boost on January 1 this year.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SHRIMP and prawn farmers may benefit from research by Chinese scientists into helping consumers suffering from seafood allergies eat prawns without the fear of an adverse allergic reaction. Li Zhenxing, research leader at the Ocean University of China, Qingdao, found that treating prawns with a combination of heat and irradiation significantly reduced the level of reactive allergen proteins found in the food.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
DUTCH scientists working with Ford Motors have designed a simple and affordable way to reduce CO2 emissions in new vehicles by 2.6%, an innovation that could help auto manufacturers meet future European Union (EU) fuel emission guidelines.

Drs Michiel (NOTE: SPELLING IS CORRECT) Koot and John Kessels of Eindhoven technical University, in the Netherlands, have developed a software patch that shuts an alternator on and off when it is inefficient for the engine to power it, therefore conserving energy and improving the overall efficiency of the engine.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, has signed a deal with the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies to help raise the social and environmental standards of the country’s clothing manufacture sector towards globally-recognised models. With Bangladesh fighting to maintain the competitiveness of its key 2.2 million employee clothing sector against Chinese competition, the IFC has concluded in a statement: “Compliance with global environmental and social standards is a critical issue.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a Euro 189.8 million budget for coordinating the response of EU member states to nuclear and other disasters in Europe from 2007-2013. The decision comes as ministers assess proposed changes to the current system, which calls on expert resources and equipment from member states for deployment in other EU countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GREEN paper on potential future European environmental taxes should be released by the European Commission this Wednesday (March 28). The suggested ‘green taxes’ will be designed to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and will come in a consultation paper tabled by European Union taxation Commissioner László Kovács.…