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EU AND ILO AIMING AT MAKING PAKISTAN LEATHER AND TEXTILE FACTORIES POSSIBLE TO WORK
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) is running a project, largely funded by the European Union (EU), to improve compliance with labour and environmental standards for companies in Pakistan, mostly in the textile and leather sectors. The EU budget contribution is EUR12 million, with the remaining EUR600,000 being co-financed by the United Nations’ agency, which will take the lead in implementation.…
EU MEMBER STATES VOTE TO RETAIN EUROPEAN TYPE APPROVAL POWERS IN HANDS OF NATIONAL REGULATORS
European Union (EU) member states have pushed back against more centralised control of type approvals by the bloc’s executive European Commission in a vote yesterday (Monday, May 29) in Brussels. The EU Council of Ministers, which represents EU governments, instead approved a “general approach” of principles, which would beef up cooperation between national authorities – but not give the Commission more power.…
EAST AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS PASS TOBACCO CONTROL LAWS, BUT EFFORTS ARE UNEVEN AND IMPLEMENTATION PATCHY
GOVERNMENTS in east Africa may have been passing legislation and regulation to control the tobacco sector, but these laws’ effectiveness is being weakened by lax implementation.
Kenya has been leading the local pack with controls, in 2007 enacted its first Tobacco Control Act, and in 2014 ratifying the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU DOUBLE TAXATION SYSTEM RELEASED
EU MINISTERS APPROVE DOUBLE TAXATION REDUCTION SYSTEM
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has agreed a directive insisting that member states establish an effective system for resolving EU double taxation disputes. The system requires dispute resolution mechanisms to be mandatory and binding, with clear time limits.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION ANNOUNCES FIVE INNOVATIVE GAS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced it is spending EUR17.3 million on five projects promoting innovative gas-related infrastructure projects in Europe. The money will come from the European Union’s (EU) Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), a funding programme designed to create economic growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment.…
EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – PAINTS AND COATINGS SELLERS FACE JUNE 1 EU LABELLING AND PACKAGING COMPLIANCE DEADLINE
EUROPEAN Union (EU) paint and coatings companies and their retailers have been warned products on sale from June 1 must be classified, labelled and packaged in line with the EU classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) regulation (1272/2008). If not, they will have to be reclassified, repackaged and labelled or withdrawn from the market, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has said, noting that this deadline “marks the end of the transitional period for labelling mixtures.”…
RUSSIA GOVERNMENT PLOTS BOOST TO RARE EARTHS PRODUCTION
The Russian government has told Industrial Minerals of its plans to help boost rare earth element (REE) production across Russia in upcoming years.
The government is initially setting aside USD350 million for direct and indirect support for the sector, said an official at the ministry of industry and trade.…
THE BIG BOOST IN EU PIG MEAT EXPORT MIGHT NOT LAST FOR LONG
EUROPEAN Union (EU) pig meat producers were big winners in boosting export sales over between last March (2016) and February (2017), according to the European Commission, with receipts rising by more than 33% compared to the same period last year. The EU pigmeat sector earned EUR5.4 billion in export earnings from March 2016 to February 2017, EUR1.35 billion more than the same period in the previous year, leading the United States and Canada as the second and third most important pigmeat exporters, reported EU statistical agency Eurostat.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – BANGLADESH POISED TO RATIFY EMERGING MARKET TRADE DEAL
GLOBAL knitwear outsourcing centre Bangladesh is expected to soon ratify the emerging market D-8 PTA preferential trade agreement, newspaper reports in Dhaka say, indicating the government may have loosened demands over rules of origin. Bangladesh has been pushing for its manufacturers to gain privileged access to D-8 markets (Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Turkey, as well as Egypt if it also ultimately ratifies), if 30% of value in a product is created within Bangladesh.…
BREXIT MAY SPARK INNOVATION IN RURAL ECONOMY SAY EXPERTS
No-one knows for sure just what deal the UK is going to end up with at the end of the two-year Brexit negotiation period – and just how that will affect British landowners and the agricultural sector. The general election result (due as Land & Business went to press) may begin the process of bringing some clarity to what remains for now something of an art in informed crystal ball gazing.…