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BY KEITH NUTHALL
WAY back when….last December….the International Maritime Organisation agreed a compulsory maritime security code for its member countries, covering ships and ports involved in international trade. Governments have to write the code into their laws by December 31 and shipping companies and port authorities are supposed to comply by June 2004.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending US$5.4 million to the Maritime Port Authority of St Petersburg to fund the construction of a maritime navigation safety system in the main Russian sector of the Baltic Sea, where a future surge in tanker traffic is anticipated.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FINAL approval has been granted by the European Commission and the EU Council of Ministers to two directives controlling the disposal of waste electronic equipment and associated hazardous chemicals. Most of the rules enter into force in 30 months.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is moving closer to a deal with Switzerland, where Berne would agree to pay Brussels 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
A EUROPEAN Union funded research project has identified four strains of lactobacilli that could help treat intestinal inflammations and infections. The DEPROHEALTH scheme has received Euro1.4 million in Brussels money; its aim is to develop oral probiotic bacteria vaccines to counter conditions such as rotavirus, which causes infant diarrhoea, and Chrohn’s disease.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending US$5.4 million to the Maritime Port Authority of St Petersburg to fund the construction of a maritime navigation safety system in the main Russian sector of the Baltic Sea, where a future surge in tanker traffic is anticipated.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THERE is an American company – St Lawrence of Florida – which will insure you against anything coming from outer space, be it an asteroid crashing on to the earth or abduction by aliens. The latter costs US$22.95 for cover of US$10 million.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE AGREEMENT of a seventh amendment to the European Union’s directive 76/768/EEC on cosmetic products, which addresses the thorny issue of animal testing, brings to an end three years of debates on the current proposals, but actually is the result of a decade of often bitter discussion.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST formal call for proposals under the European Union’s Euro 16.2 billion Sixth Framework Programme for research have been issued; they include a Euro 167 million budget for studies into food quality and safety, especially on the food chain, disease epidemiology, traceability and animal feed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is debating plans to loan Euro 45 million to Slovenian local banks who would on-lend the money to private and public projects reducing water pollution flowing into the country’s portion of the Danube basin.…