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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Central Bank has reported that the number of counterfeit Euro banknotes removed from circulation rose to 145,153 in the second half of 2002, compared with just 21,965. The Euro 50 note was the most popular for counterfeiters, with 121,826 fake notes being discovered, compared with 11,522 Euro 20 notes and 8,046 Euro 100 notes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is promoting a set of guidelines it has drawn up with anti-corruption groups Transparency International and Social Accountability International to help businesses confront bribery in their operations and commercial dealings. These Business Principles for Countering Bribery are, said Jermyn Brooks, Transparency International’s Executive Director, “essentially an anti-bribery framework based on best practice.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
Insurance companies are to be given greater freedom to operate insurance pools and to engage with other companies in the joint calculation of risks, under new regulations announced today (Thursday) by the European Commission. The new 7-year insurance block exemption regulation also provides for the establishment of non-binding standard policy conditions and the testing and acceptance of security equipment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is promoting a set of guidelines it has drawn up with anti-corruption groups Transparency International and Social Accountability International to help businesses confront bribery in their operations and commercial dealings. These Business Principles for Countering Bribery are, said Jermyn Brooks, Transparency International’s Executive Director, “essentially an anti-bribery framework based on best practice.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MEMBER States of the European Union – including Britain – have come under political pressure to improve their health and safety training, publicity and monitoring for self-employed workers, especially for certain high-risk sectors, agriculture, fishing, construction and transport.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOCAL authorities and companies across the European Union will have to review their asbestos protection procedures, following the agreement by the EU Council of Ministers of an updated directive, introducing a single maximum average airborne exposure in excess of 0.1 fibres per cm3 measured over eight hours.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has agreed to admit officials from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and representatives from secretariats for other multilateral environmental agreements as observers to its ongoing Doha Development Round negotiations. The move has been welcomed by the European Commission, which wants these representatives to point out when the free trade talks are in danger of creating an agreement that may undermine or conflict with existing international environmental agreements.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has banned all imports of bovine fresh meat into the EU from Paraguay, because of alleged serious problems regarding the south Americans’ control and supervision of Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks in their country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ENVIRONMENT committee of the European Parliament wants a review of the safety levels of food additives used in children’s foods such as confectionery and soft drinks to check whether they are safe for young people. MEPs want the European Commission to act within three years, because additive levels are set for adults.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
COMPANIES, especially construction firms, will have to review their asbestos worker protection procedures, following the agreement by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers of an updated directive on the subject. The new rules, also backed by the European Parliament, introduce a single maximum average airborne exposure in excess of 0.1 fibres per cm3 measured over eight hours.…