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BY MIKE FOX
THE HISTORIC political changes, which swept across Europe in the previous decade, have also brought huge changes to the world of aviation; the European Civil Aviation Conference, (ECAC), has welcomed 16 countries from the region as members since 1990.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has called for swift political agreement on a range of draft proposals promoting the safety of both road tunnels and hauliers themselves, as a response to the latest trans-Alpine disaster at St Gothard, Switzerland.

EU transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has called for “concerted action” between the EU and the Swiss government, implementing initiatives “with vigour and as rapidly as possible.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
DESPITE its rejection by America, the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has now been agreed and is set to move towards ratification and implementation within two years. Ministers from 180 countries reached a compromise deal over the treaty after lengthy negotiations in Marrakesh, Morocco at the week-end (finished on Saturday 10th).…

From Alan Osborn
The European Commission in Brussels today (Thursday) announced

plans to replace 20 per cent of present EU consumption of diesel and

petroleum fuels in the transport sector by alternative fuels by the year

2020. It said there were three possibilities: biofuels, which were already

available, natural gas in the medium term and hydrogen and fuel cells in

the long term.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE POSSIBILITY of a major increase in shipping between the European Union and Iran is being furthered by preparations to strike a trade and co-operation agreement between the two sides. Following preliminary discussions with Iranian diplomats, the European Commission has drawn up negotiating directives for such talks, which are expected to be approved by ministers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LAWYERS will be able to warn their clients that they are about to tip-off law enforcement authorities over concerns that they are handling dirty money, according to the final shape of long debated reforms to the EU money-laundering directive.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally issued an awaited regulation that will require the labels of fish and fish products to contain more detailed information to better inform consumers and help officials police the Common Fisheries Policy.

Under the new rules, from 1 January 2002, all fish products on sale at retailers will have to be labelled with the following information:

*The commercial name of the species, with the common term used in each Member State being used for local sales;

*The production method of the fish, being wild, farmed or cultivated in fresh water or at sea;

*The area where the fish was caught.…

KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN enterprise commissioner Erkki Liikanen has told the European Congress of the Confederation of Linen and Hemp that he wants plans to spend Brussels’ money earmarked for promoting EU agricultural products abroad on marketing textile products made from fibre plants grown in Europe, notably linen.…

Keith Nuthall
A DEAL has been struck between the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers over the final shape of reforms to the European money-laundering directive, an agreement that was given political impetus by the attacks in the US and the need for improved legislation to help pinpoint terrorist-tainted funds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ASSESSMENT of the cost of European Commission plans to introduce legislation to control the emission of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons has been released in Brussels. The study examines the benefits to human health of reducing concentrations of PAH’s in the air to meet different possible limit values, and the economic costs involved in meeting them.…