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EP HEARING
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE CRUCIAL question of whether the European Commission’s new proposed directive on tobacco advertising will stand up legally is still unclear after a hearing on the subject in the European Parliament. Last year the measure was rejected on the grounds that it attempted to set health policy, an area where the EU has no constitutional role.…
RUSSIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is joining with Raiffeisenbank Austria to set up a US$12 million pilot leasing facility, to allow Russian mining and construction companies to secure equipment from top mining machinery manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.…
HEALTH AND SAFETY GRANTS
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Agency for Safety and Health at Work has released a public appeal for project proposals tapping a Euro 4 million funding scheme to encourage higher safety and health standards in small and medium-sized businesses. The agency will provide co-financing grants of between Euro 25,000 and Euro 200,000, with applications being accepted from businesses themselves, as well as commerce organisations and public sector groups.…
BEAULIEU GROUP
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered Belgian synthetic fibres conglomerate Beaulieu to repay Euro 2.8 million owing to the regional government of Wallonia. It had tried to settle a BEF 113 million debt by handing over 9,704 shares in the Verlipack II company.…
UKRAINE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TENDERS have been invited by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to set up a combined heat and power plant at Voznesensk tannery, the Ukraine. Part-funded by the bank, it would be operated by the Ukrainian Energy Service Company (UkrESCO), and would command a total installed electric power of 1,9-2,2 MW, with two or more gas-fired piston engines equipped with a flue gas heat recovery system, producing hot water of up to 90?.…
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICIATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONCERN has been sparked by new proposals from the European Commission to abolish the European Union’s dedicated architectural committee, which rules on whether qualifications awarded to architects in a Member States should be recognised across the EU.
Under proposals to streamline the complex legislation governing the mutual recognition of European qualifications, the Commission is proposing that a central committee should be established to make rulings about the quality of all EU professional diplomas and degrees.…
WIND POWER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Commission-funded report has claimed that technological advances have made it feasible to roll-out the next phase of offshore wind turbines, which could generate 100 MW, dwarfing the capacity of the current 80 MW models.
The Concerted Action on Offshore Wind Energy in Europe (CA-OWEE) project has concluded that “the physical and environmental challenges are within the grasp of the offshore and wind energy industries,” although there are still problems posed by “market uncertainties.”…
NORWAY GAS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NATURAL gas exploration companies working in the inhospitable Snøhvit field, off the far north coast of Norway, should be granted tax privileges, following acceptance of a scheme by the Surveillance Authority of the European Free Trade Area. Gas will be landed onshore via pipeline, cooled, then liquefied for ship transportation to international markets.…
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
Keith Nuthall
THE VOLUNTARY strategy on pedestrian safety design standards for motor vehicles adopted by the European Commission with the European, Japanese and South Korean auto manufacturers has been undermined by a key European Parliament committee, which has called for EU legislation on the subject.…
PORK BAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU’S Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health has approved a European Commission plan to ban the export of all live pigs and porcine semen, ova and embryos from the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany, except districts east of the Rhine.…