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BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL cosmetics companies will find it easier to export to China in the future, following the approval of its membership of the World Trade Organisation, a decision that was achieved by China making a wide range of concessions that will liberalise its commercial laws.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
POTENTIALLY significant export and investment opportunities for British and other EU chemical companies in one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing markets have been opened up by an agreement revealed today (Wednesday) on the terms for China to join the World Trade Organisation.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
LEADING City banks and other financial institutions have agreed to take part in a large-scale computer re-cycling operation costing Pounds 1 million. The scheme, which is jointly financed by Lambeth Council and the European Commission’s LIFE-Environmental programme, has been selected by Brussels as a possible model for other EU cities.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has put forward a new single regulation to simplify and bring under one heading the 18 fertiliser directives in the EU which it says have become too complex and diverse. Brussels says the new regulation will ensure the free circulation of fertilisers by clarifying their characteristics, including composition, labelling and packaging.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE is being threatened with massive fines because of its alleged failure to abide by an European Court of Justice ruling that it should set up redress procedures provided for in European Union public procurement legislation. This allows suppliers, who feel they have been unfairly excluded from a public procurement tender in the water, energy and telecommunications sectors, to make formal complaints and launch appeals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEP’s have called on the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) to tighten its rules regarding the authorisation of drugs, because of concerns aired to the European Parliament’s environment committee about the deaths of patients taking Viagra and Baycol/Lipobay.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PRACTICAL guidelines on steps that governments should take to fight digital piracy have been released by the Council of Europe, an organisation whose members include Russia and other eastern European countries, and where such crimes are known to have taken place in the past.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has tightened proposed restrictions on the use of pentaBDE, (pentabromodiphenyl ether), because of concerns that the flame retardant used to make fire-proof furniture and upholstery harms human health and the environment and has been found in increasing quantities in breast milk.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
EU ministers have unanimously agreed that for safety reasons the flame-retardant pentabromodiphenyl ether (Penta BDE) (PH) should be banned from sale in the 15 member countries. This “political agreement” will be ratified shortly and the ban will begin “as soon as possible.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
LABELS on drinks sold as health supplements – which contain “healthy” vitamins or minerals – will have to carry specific information as to content and usage under an EU directive approved by EU ministers in a “political agreement” today Thursday.…