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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REPORT release by the International Labour Organisation has claimed that EU hotel, catering and tourism workers earn on average 20 per cent below the European Union average for workers in other sectors. Together, the hotel, catering and tourist sectors produce 3-4 per cent of gross domestic product in most countries worldwide, according to the ILO, but most of their workers are unskilled, in part-time or low-wage jobs.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union and India have agreed that Brussels has until August 14, this year, to implement the rulings of the WTO disputes settlement body, that found that the EU had wrongfully imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of Indian cotton-type bed linen.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers are to be asked to approve new pan-European Union construction standards, with the aim of improving the energy efficiency of new and renovated buildings, (above 1,500 square metres), by up to 22 per cent in the year 2010.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
REGULATORY clearance has been granted by the European Commission for the acquisition of Unilever’s European Culinary Brands Businesses by Campbell Soup Co. of the United States. The sale fulfils commitments given by Unilever last year to obtain European Union clearance for its purchase of Bestfoods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
COMPULSORY minimum standards, for the treatment of asylum seekers within the European Union, have been proposed by the European Commission.

Using its new powers to table European legislation on justice and home affairs, the Commission has proposed that Member States provide a “minimum level of support with special help for the vulnerable,” such as unaccompanied children, torture victims and pregnant women.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RIGHTS of clothing retailers to sell re-exported products, against the wish of a manufacturer, are likely to be strengthened by an oncoming European Court of Justice ruling on parallel trading.

In a preliminary legal opinion, ECJ advocate general Stix-Hackl said that the right of a trade-mark holder to “control the initial distribution of goods within the European Economic Area,” (the EU, plus Norway and Iceland), was “not unlimited.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PHILIP Morris has launched a case at the European Court of Justice, which seeks to stop the European Commission from launching its own law-suit in New York, claiming damages from it and RJ Reynolds for allegedly promoting smuggling within the European Union and hence losing it customs revenue.…

Keith Nuthall
ASK the man propping up the bar in a smoky pub who is Britain’s top expert on secret codes, and he would probably say James Bond. Which is probably why many companies are hiring experts from a government agency linked to its intelligence unit GCHQ for advice on computer cryptography and other IT security issues.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE PROPOSED EU directive on the training of professional drivers – which would make preliminary and continuing training compulsory for road hauliers – could receive its first reading at the next Council of Ministers for transport and telecommunications on June 27-8.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has expressed concern at the growing number of requests from EU wine-producing countries for permission to grant national distillation aid to growers. Franz Fischler, EU agriculture commissioner for wine, said it was “quite worrying” that member states were seeking to grant “pure operating aids which do not bring about any structural improvement.”…