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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Central Bank has concluded that the liberalisation of the EU telecommunications markets has contributed to a sharp cut in prices and that planned additional reforms are likely to make European charges cheaper still; it also concludes that reforms are likely to harmonise future electricity prices.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is a pre-requisite of successful policy making that public authorities need to have an accurate picture of the status quo, and also an effective way of measuring the results of reforms. Maybe nowhere is this truer than with the complex subject of sustainable agriculture and rural development.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNET marketplaces are springing up for a variety of products and services, but two German companies hope to corner the market in an unlikely e-commerce supply, namely fork-lift and warehouse trucks. The European Commission has approved a proposal by German truck manufacturers Linde AG and Jungheinrich AG to set up a European Union Internet market place for second-hand industrial trucks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PUBLISHERS Association has welcomed the final agreement – after four years of discussions – of the EU digital copyright directive, but has warned that the debates are not finished, the focus will now shift to its implementation by Member States.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has claimed that agreement of proposals to create a European Public Prosecutor to coordinate investigations and prosecutions regarding EU fraud, is essential. Without this, it said in a wide-ranging report on EU fraud, “the fight against fraud will remain a half measure and is doomed to failure.”…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE FAILURE of Greece, Italy and Spain to pass national laws, reducing sulphur content in a range of fuels, as required by a EU directive, has led to their governments being formally threatened with legal action at the European Court of Justice.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOYOLA de Palacio, vice-president of the European Commission warmly welcomed today’s (Thursday) IMO agreement and confirmed that the 15 EU member states would implement their right to deny single-hull oil tanker access to their ports from 2015.

Mrs Loyola de Palacio, also European Commissioner for transport and energy, said that the EU had led the fight against marine oil pollution and was proud of its role in securing an international agreement which would make the seas safer and reduce the risk of oil spill catastrophes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to take Italy to the European Court of Justice, claiming that its public procurement procedures for local and state administrations hiring architects, break EU rules on fairness and openness. The Commission has raised three objections regarding the relevant Italian law, (the “1997 Karrer decree).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking Denmark to the European Court of Justice claiming that it is breaking EU freedom of movement of goods laws because of its restrictions on enriched foods. Danish regulations do not allow foodstuffs containing additional vitamins to be sold, unless checks on the nutritional need for the enrichment have been documented in Denmark.…

BY KATE REW
S500 Mercedes ‘Guard’

Pluses: Unlike competitors it’s built from outset as armoured car – although

it doesn’t look like one.

Minuses: Are you really in enough danger to justify spending Pounds 130,000, (US$150K in the US), on this when you could be spending it on a yacht?…