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BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has begun a “vast computer project” designed to shorten the time spent on translating judgements and other legal documents into each of the European Union’s 11 official languages.

At present an author’s judicial text is analysed by a lawyer linguist who identifies terminological or legal references and inserts them in all the languages as hyperlinks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
KNITTED clothing and accessory imports from the United States are to be a key focus of retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union, following the erection of controversial ‘safeguard’ duties by Washington to protect the American steel industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed abandoning its reliance in promoting renewables as a means to secure the European Union’s energy supplies, by proposing an expensive twin-track programme that boosts energy saving initiatives as well as diversifying production through green energy reforms.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union is to update its administrative systems for monitoring its trade in textiles and clothing with the limited number of countries with whom it does not have trade agreements covering the sector. In particular, the European Commission has asked EU ministers to update rules on surveillance and the use of electronic documentation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CLOTHING imports from the United States are to bear the brunt of retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union because of the erection of controversial ‘safeguard’ duties by Washington to protect the American steel industry.

The European Commission has announced that it is asking EU ministers to approve a selected range of products, where the levying of duty will cause the most pain to US exporters, in a bid to force the Bush administration to drop its steel tariffs.…

Keith Nuthall
A POLITICAL dispute between the European Parliament and the European Union Council of Ministers could delay legislation improving security standards at EU airports following the September 11 disaster. MEP’s are insisting that airports and airlines do not foot the whole bill and that costs should be shared with Member States, because damage from airline terrorism is not just felt in the air industry.…

Keith Nuthall
TEXTILE imports from the United States will carry retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union because of the erection of controversial ‘safeguard’ duties by Washington to protect the American steel industry.

The European Commission is asking EU ministers to approve duties on a selected range of products.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SOCIAL care organisations have been asked to comment on a green paper issued by the European Commission, which calls for guidance over whether common European Union rules regarding the return of illegal immigrants to their home countries should be made binding on EU Member States.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has passed the proposed directive on food supplements, clearing the way for the final adoption of the new EU-wide rules which harmonise the national rules on the sale of pills and capsules, Including labeling) and safety rules for supplements containing vitamins and minerals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CLOTHING imports from the United States are to bear the brunt of retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union because of the erection of controversial ‘safeguard’ duties by Washington to protect the American steel industry.

The European Commission has announced that it is asking EU ministers to approve a selected range of products, where the levying of duty will cause the most pain to US exporters, in a bid to force the Bush administration to drop its steel tariffs.…