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Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the creation of three joint ventures by the German company Siemens VDO Automotive AG and the Japanese company Yazaki Corporation, who want to combine their electronic electrical distribution systems operations for passenger cars. The deal would create two new companies handling the sale, programme management and development of these systems, for Siemens and Yazaki customers in Europe and the USA.…

Keith Nuthall
EUROPEAN Union ministers have been asked to approve another Balkans wine trade deal struck between the European Commission and, this time, Macedonia. If it is accepted, it will – as with the recent deal with Croatia – lead to the mutual liberalisation of import and export quotas, the lowering of tariffs and the joint recognition of protected names, such as geographic indications.…

BY KATE REW
A NEW engine management control system, which for the first time uses cylinder pressure sensors, has been successfully demonstrated by a consortium led by UK engineering consulting company, Ricardo, with the collaboration of DaimlerChrysler and a high-tech Swiss company, Kistler.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL AND ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Parliament today, (Wednesday), approved the creation of a new European Aviation Safety Agency, (EASA), but extended the proposed legislation to include the setting up of a new independent authority similar to the US National Transportation Safety Board to investigate aircraft accidents and make recommendations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced that it is to make a Euro 60 million loan to the municipality of Belgrade, which will pay for the upgrade of city water supplies and improve the efficiency and quality of district heating services.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the planned acquisition by Interseroh AG of Hansa Recycling GmbH, using its merger approval powers under the European Coal and Steel Community. Both companies trade in ferrous scrap and are based in Germany, where their services overlap in some regions.…

KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBERS of European national parliaments and the European Parliament itself have called on the EU and its Member States to subsidise renewable energy producers, so that they can become competitive in the EU energy market.

Meeting at an inter-parliamentary meeting in Gotland, Sweden, organised by the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources, (EUFORES), and the Swedish Bioenergy Association, (SVEBIO), the parliamentarians agreed that renewable energies “can and should provide a significant share of the total energy supply in Europe, but their potential is far from being realised.”…

Keith Nuthall
A NEW European Union-wide electromagnetic safety standard for the testing of mobile telephones has been released by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation, (CENELEC), which is supposed to guarantee that users will not be exposed to excessive radiation exposure.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has lodged formal requests for three disputes panels to be set up to rule on steel import restrictions imposed by the USA, in the teeth of opposition from Washington, which is vigorously opposing the move.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH Sugar, Napier Brown and Tate & Lyle have failed to persuade the European Court of Justice to lift heavy fines imposed by the European Commission in 1998 over allegations of illegal concerted practice and agreements over sugar prices.…