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GMES ESA



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Space Agency, (ESA), is to cooperate with the European Union on launching a new satellite communications system, GMES, (global monitoring for environment and security), where observation satellites will work alongside ground level sensors to collect, analyse and disseminate data.…

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GLOBAL FUND



BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers have been asked to approve the transfer of Euro 60 million from the general EU 2001 budget, (most of which is currently earmarked for fishery support), to help finance the UN’s Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in developing countries.…

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DUAL USE GOODS



BY ALAN OSBORN
A RANGE of compounds, chemicals, micro-organisms and toxins, together with test and production equipment and associated software has been published by the European Commission under its revised dual-use regulation for controlling the export of items that could be put to illegal use, including terrorism and warfare by rogue states.…

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EGYPT AND LAOS



Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has authorised the European Commission to open negotiations on renewing two international textile trade agreements. These are the existing textile commerce accord with Laos and also the memorandum of agreement on textile products with Egypt.…

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MINING MECHANICAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has amended the proposed EU directive on the exposure of workers to mechanical vibrations, cutting the time that mines would have to introduce new maximum levels from six years to five. MEP’s also voted to tighten the limits supported by the EU Council of Ministers so that they corresponded to international standards.…

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EXCISE COMPUTERISATION



BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU ministers have been asked to approve a formal plan to computerise and coordinate the European Union’s customs procedures controlling the movement and surveillance of excisable products, such as tobacco. The EU Decision establishes a Euro 35 million budget to set up the system within five years.…

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FILTRAUTO



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the takeover of Filtrauto S.A., the French manufacturer of automotive filters, by its Italian rival Sogefi S.p.a. Brussels cleared the deal on competition grounds, because the merged company will still have to fight for sales, facing opposition particularly from German manufacturers Mann & Hummel and Mahle.…

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NETHERLANDS CAR WRECKS



Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared a Dutch waste disposal system for car wrecks, following an investigation into whether it was illegal state aid. It is a voluntary agreement among companies, later declared binding by the Dutch government. It has set a levy for 2001-2003 of Euro 45 per car registered in the Netherlands, paid by car producers and importers.…

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SPAIN RENAULT



BY ALAN OSBORN
THE PAYMENT of Euro 18 million in grants by the Spanish government in support of a Renault factory at Valladolid is to be formally investigated by the European Commission. Brussels says it fears Spain fluted EU state aid rules.…

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MUTUAL RECOGNITION



BY ALAN OSBORN
FROM the beginning of next year exporters of medicinal products will find it easier to sell in Japan following completion of a Mutual Recognition Agreement between that country and the EU.

The deal includes a Good Manufacturing Practice agreement under which both sides will agree to honour each other’s testing, certification and approval of products.…

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