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BY KEITH NUTHALL
The EU’s financial watchdog, European Court of Auditors, has concluded in a special report that the Commission’s BSE strategy was “basically sound, but its effectiveness has been severely limited “because of institutional procedures and poor implementation of existing legislation by most Member States.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission is planning new trade measures to help Pakistani exports, specifically targeting clothing and textiles, which account for three-quarters of the country’s sales to the EU. In a move linked to helping Pakistan deal with the current war on its Afghan neighbour, the plan is to remove all tariffs on clothing and to increase quotas for Pakistani textiles and clothing by 15 per cent.…

Keith Nuthall
A STREAMLINED system for removing faulty non-food items from retailers and service providers across the European Union, where goods have been shown to be a risk to consumers, is to be set up, following the agreement of reforms to the EU general product safety directive.…

Keith Nuthall
TOP officials at the European Union’s Council of Ministers headquarters in Brussels will this month be studying the text of the European Commisson’s proposed regulation of aviation security that was drawn up in the wake of the terrorist tragedies in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers for transport was expected this month (Oct 15) to approve detailed proposals to beef up aviation security within the EU, as a response to the terrorist attacks on the USA and continuing concern about reprisals to the military action launched by the west.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the injection of approved investment by the Spanish government into auto-maker Santana Motor SA, to improve efficiency and productivity at its Andalucia plant.

Santana Motor, a wholly owned by a subsidiary company of L’Instituto de Fomento de Andalucia, is involved in the manufacturing and sales of all terrain vehicles, some under a license with Suzuki.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released details of the conditions that it will probably attach to applications by EU Member States to pay state aid to airlines to fund insurance cover, at a time when private companies have been withdrawing policies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has cleared the way for German judges to order cosmetics giant Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH to label its hair dyes with health warnings about chemical ingredients that may be harmful to human health.

At present, Schwarzkopf includes these warnings for its Igora Royal range only on an enclosed leaflet, with its outer packaging and tube being printed with the note: “For commercial use only.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH government is being questioned by the European Commission over claims that its officials are breaking EU law by restricting the amount of tobacco brought into the country from other Member States. Brussels will use the replies to decide whether to start legal proceedings, which could reach the European Court if Justice.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
HOLIDAYS and pregnancy leave are a serious business, both for the employees who take them and the employers who pay for them. Unfortunately for personnel departments who might want a little more flexibility over whether they should shell out or not, recent cases at the European Court of Justice have underlined the right of EU citizens to take paid leave, rather than erode them.…