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KEITH NUTHALL
A DEAL whereby Shell Erneuerbare Energien GmbH will acquire joint control of an existing solar energy joint venture between Siemens AG and E.ONEnergie AG has been cleared by the European Commission, which has concluded that the deal will not harm competition in the sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has lifted all quotas on imports of clothing products from Ukraine, following confirmation that Ukraine has lowered its tariff levels for EU textile exports, as agreed last year.

Brussels has also removed restrictive textile quotas for Sri Lankan clothing exports.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE EUROPEAN Commission is be investigating trends in Syrian cotton exports which have been booming since 1996, when sales went from almost nil in 1996 to 10 per cent of the EU’s total cotton yarn imports in 2000.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE UK government has been given permission by the European Commission to go-ahead with exempting certain environment-friendly services from its general climate change levy, ruling that because they promote environmental good-practice and public transport, the concessions should not be considered as illegal state aid.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE NEW Electricity Trading Arrangements (NETA) introduced in the UK on 27

March have begun smoothly, in spite of warnings earlier in the year from

electricity companies that insufficient testing of the system had taken

place and that market conditions were not favourable.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PHILIP Morris has launched a case at the European Court of Justice, which seeks to stop the European Commission from launching its own law-suit in New York, claiming damages from it and RJ Reynolds for allegedly promoting smuggling within the European Union and hence losing it customs revenue.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank has created an anti-corruption department that will investigate allegations of fraud within the organisation’s staff or in projects it funds. The bank has recently appointed a director of the department, Maarten de Jong, a Dutchman, Managing Director of the European Institute for Law Enforcement Cooperation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DIRECTIVE to improve energy efficiency in new and renovated buildings, (above 1,500 square metres), by up to 22 per cent in the year 2010, has been proposed by the European Commission. It would order national integrated minimum energy performance standards for each building type, covering insulation, heating, ventilation, lighting, orientation, heat recovery, and renewable energy sources.…

KEITH NUTHALL
ADVICE from the European Commission, that retailers with branches in the EU countries introducing notes and coins of the Euro next year should avoid holding their winter sales until the New Year deadline for the launch of the new cash has passed, has been attacked by the British Retail Consortium.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union and India have agreed that Brussels has until August 14, this year, to implement the rulings of the WTO disputes settlement body, that found that the EU had wrongfully imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of Indian cotton-type bed linen.…