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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BELGIAN government has committed its tenure of the EU presidency over the next six months to securing formal approval for the creation of a new research fund, pumping millions of Euro’s into steel industry research. This would replace the work carried out via the soon-to-be-defunct European Coal and Steel Community.…

Keith Nuthall
THE CREATION of a European Aviation Safety Agency has moved closer following a “broad preliminary agreement” by EU transport ministers on common rules for civil aviation safety between the EU’s 15 Member States. The European Commission has been given 12 months to draw up “adequate proposals” on how the proposed regulation could be applied to third country aircraft.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EU Council of Ministers has formally approved a three-year extension of the current flat-rate aid of Euro 480/hectare paid to European hops producers, up to and including the 2003 harvest. A Council statement has said that this would “allow decisions on providing aid to producers to be taken at the same time as decisions on special aid measures relating to temporary set-aside or permanent grubbing-up.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Union has taken a clear step towards adoption of a law, which would compel the freezing of assets in any of its member countries because of a court order issued in any other EU state. This regulation, which covers “the transfer of property to be used as evidence, for the purpose of confiscation or for restitution to the victim of an offence,” is the first measure in a programme of mutual recognition of law and court decisions in criminal matters, which was decided at the EU’s justice and home affairs summit, held in Tampere, Finland, in 1999.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEP’s have backed moved to introduce EU pollution controls for ‘non-road mobile machinery,’ such as lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, chain saws and forestry equipment, although the European Parliament’s environment committee has baulked at proposals to grant concessions to large manufacturers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEP’s have backed moves to introduce EU pollution controls for ‘non-road mobile machinery,’ such as lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, chain saws and forestry equipment, although the European Parliament’s environment committee has baulked at proposals to grant concessions to large manufacturers.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE JAPANESE Automobile Manufacturers Association, (JAMA), has reached agreement with the European Commission that all new vehicles sold in the EU from 2003 will carry daytime running lights and anti-lock brake systems, as part of a voluntary package to improve pedestrian safety.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
ALL new vehicles sold in the EU from 2003 will carry daytime running lights and anti-lock brake systems under a commitment to protect pedestrians and cyclists made by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association and accepted today (Wednesday) by the European Commission.…

KEITH NUTHALL
HAULIERS from eastern Europe and other regions outside the EU will now almost certainly have to abide by new European rules on driver training, two years before they become compulsory for EU haulage operations. The leeway granted to EU hauliers had been tabled by the European Parliament as changes to the proposed drivers training directive and have now been accepted by the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BELGIAN government has signalled that the development of e-government services is to be its priority in IT policy during the next six months when it holds the presidency of the European Union. It will be staging a major conference in Brussels on the subject in November, including key players from the IT sector and national and regional governments.…