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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers have appointed the European Commission as the long term guardian of the goals and assets of the new defunct European Coal and Steel Community. It has been given control of any resources remaining after the winding up of the institution and has been ordered to manage these assets “as to ensure a long-term return….aimed…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is a rule of thumb that when trade grows, so does crime. So it is no surprise that counterfeiters have taken advantage of the growth in commerce within the European Union to sell an increasing number of fake goods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has given the European Commission the authority to collate statistics on imports of hard coal into the EU. Member States will have to provide the information, which will include data on import prices of coal intended for power production and for use in the steel industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FISH Diseases Commission of the Office International des Epizooties has confirmed an outbreak of Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis on a Finland fish farm. The international organisation has warned of 2,600 possible cases of European Sheatfish Virus on the farm, in south-eastern Finland, near the Russian border, on the River Vuoksi.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is organising a pilot training programme designed to equip European 250 professionals this year with crisis management skills enabling them to bring order to regions that have been wracked by warfare or civil strife. The courses are being run at the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Stadtschlaining, and will involve judges, prosecutors, human rights observers, local administrators, social workers, teachers and infrastructure experts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has undermined a case brought by the Austrian authorities against two cosmetics executives, who had allowed the phrase ‘dermatologically tested’ to appear on their products. Gottfried Linhart, managing director of Colgate Palmolive GmbH, and Hans Biffl, managing director of Haarkos Parfumeriewaren und Kosmetika GmbH, were found guilty of administrative offences for releasing a liquid antibacterial soap and dandruff-controlling conditioner respectively with packaging containing this claim without any qualifying information about the tests that led to this conclusion.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has reacted swiftly to the Prestige oil spill disaster off Spain, asking ministers to immediately ban single-hull tankers aged 23 years and above from European Union (EU) waters, while blocking single-hull vessels of any age from carrying heavy fuel oil to the EU.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission announced yesterday (Thursday) that it would provide Euro 1.4 million (Pounds 840,000) – or half the total cost – of a Euro 2.8

million (Pounds 1.7million) campaign to promote European wines in the US. The other half will be met by French and Spanish wine organisations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is moving towards a deal with Switzerland over the payment of a withholding tax to avoid releasing information about EU citizens owning Swiss bank savings accounts. It wants avoid exposing these clients to tax demands from their home countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ENVIRONMENT committee of the European Parliament wants a review of the safety levels of food additives used in confectionery to check whether they are safe for children. It backed a report by Swedish liberal MEP Marit Paulsen, which calling for a European Commission act within three years, because such additive levels are set with the health of adults in mind.…