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BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH American Tobacco has won a legal battle to secure documents from the European Commission, on the EU Committee on Excise Duties decision that expanded tobacco should attract duty. The Commission fought BAT’s application, claiming that EU committee papers were confidential under EU regulations, because publication would inhibit members from being frank.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been ordered to conclude wide-ranging research agreements on nuclear energy with the Russian Federation, focusing on general safety within the industry and fusion power generation. Brussels has also been told by EU ministers to strike a deal with Kazakhstan on fusion research.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has told France that it should amend its mining code, or face possible legal action at the European Court of Justice, as it does not allow companies from other EU Member States to secure French licences.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has cleared the way for German judges to order cosmetics giant Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH to label its hair dyes with health warnings about chemical ingredients that may be harmful to human health.

At present, Schwarzkopf includes these warnings for its Igora Royal range only on an enclosed leaflet, with its outer packaging and tube being printed with the note: “For commercial use only.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has dashed the hopes of Sicilian wine-growers awaiting compensation from the Italian government for unused replanting rights. The island’s regional government had planned to pay some two billion Lire, (about Euro 1 million), to the growers, whose rights had become worthless as a result of drought in 1988-1990.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST cracks are appearing in what has so far been a remarkably solid public front over the European Union project to send global positioning satellites into orbit, with the European Parliament expressing concern about its financial viability.…

Keith Nuthall
TOP officials at the European Union’s Council of Ministers headquarters in Brussels will this month be studying the text of the European Commisson’s proposed regulation of aviation security that was drawn up in the wake of the terrorist tragedies in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.…

Keith Nuthall
A SURVEY of Wastes Spread on Land produced by the European Commission has supported moves to improve the quality of sludge produced by the textile industry, through the replacement of chemical products, such as chromium and copper salts, by products with a lower environmental impact.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has given the go ahead for the British government to grant Euro 10 million, (Pounds 6.4 million), in state aid to two coal mines, operating losses for 2000 and 2001. The money will go to Longannet Mine of Mining (Scotland) Ltd, (Pounds 5.4 million), and Aberpergwm Colliery of Anthracite Mining Ltd, Wales, (Pounds 1 million).…

Keith Nuthall
CERTAIN heavy-duty yarns have been included on a list of dual-use goods proposed by the European Commission for tight export restrictions from the EU, because of concerns that they be used to create weapons for terrorists and the military of unreliable foreign regimes.…