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Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced that it is to fund a Euro 120,000 research project examining ways of further reducing carbon dioxide emissions from light commercial vehicles. Brussels has called on companies and think tanks to bid for the contract to carry out the studies.…

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked the European Court of Justice to fine the Spanish government Euro 45,600-a-day, until it complies with an earlier ECJ ruling that it should implement the directive regarding its inland bathing waters. The fine would be levied until Madrid convinced the court that it had raised water quality levels to a sufficient level, as required under the bathing water directive.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COUNCIL of Europe report has recommended that the $US215 million international loan earmarked for completing two new nuclear reactors in Ukraine – in exchange for shutting down Chernobyl – be spent instead on reducing the country’s energy waste and diversifying its energy sources.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ALL petrol engine automobiles driving in the European Union will have to run on sulphur-free fuel by 2011, if EU ministers back proposals from the European Commission. It also wants sulphur-free petrol and diesel made available in every Member States from January 1, 2005, with a date for banning sulphurous diesel being fixed later.…

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THE POLLUTION of rivers and lakes used for tourism in the UK has been rising sharply, according to the latest bathing water report from the European Commission. It claims that for the year 2000, compliance with EU cleanliness standards for fresh water sites has fallen to 81.8 per cent, compared with 90.9 per cent in 1999 and 100 per cent in 1998.…

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THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has voted to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of polyester textured filament yarn from Thailand and Indonesia. Thai companies will have to pay additional duties of 20.2 per cent, with ministers approving lower duties for two companies, namely Tuntex (Thailand) PLC, (6.7 per cent) and Sunflag (Thailand) Ltd, (4.8 per cent).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RIGHTS of cosmetic and perfume retailers to sell re-exported products cheaply on the grey parallel market – against the wish of a manufacturer – are likely to be strengthened by an oncoming European Court of Justice ruling.…

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THE EUROPEAN Union has launched the first of a series of virtual research institutes, independent organisations that links their scientists and technicians by remote electronic communications, such as broadband Internet networks. The idea is to bring to life the European Commission plan to create a European Research Area, where think tanks and university departments in different Member States work together, regularly and effectively, maximising the EU’s potential for innovation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced that it will review European Union legislation on the shipment of radioactive waste, with a view to making them simpler to understand and operate. Officials are to identify provisions that are “burdensome and costly for users,” which can be scrapped without compromising the overall objectives of the relevant EU laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has published a new guide, “Data Protection in the European Union,” which is aimed at providing businesses a clear and understandable description of EU legislation on the subject. It is based on Directive 95/46/EC, (the data protection directive), which is also the subject of proposed reforms that take account of “new and foreseeable developments in electronic communications services and technologies.”…