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EU ROUNDUP: HOW TO KEEP YOUR MATERIALS CONFIDENTIAL
BY ROB STOKES
WILL your raw materials manifest effectively be open to the world to see? The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is to make more information from registration dossiers available on its website from November. The ECHA says this will include the registrant’s name, the registration number of the substance, and other details usually covered in a familiar Safety Data Sheet.…
INDIA'S NEW AIRPORT CITY THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI
"A NEW and superior urban form of living," is how India’s first airport city, Durgapur Aertropolis, in West Bengal, is being defined by its promoter and main contractor, Changi Airports India Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Changi Airport International.…
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES?
BY DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS
THREE years ago, the Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors stated the organisation’s intention was to "rationalise and phase out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption".…
EXPORTS AND EBOOKS LIGHTEN THE GLOOM IN SPAIN
BY ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA
12 SEPTEMBER 2012
SPAIN’s ailing book industry has seen things go from bad to worse throughout 2012 as the country moved centre stage in the Eurozone crisis, government austerity measures hit hard, and unemployment hovered around 25%.…
MACEDONIA'S REVAMPED AIRPORTS SET TO BOOST TOURISM, ECONOMY
BY ZLATKO CONKAS
THE TURKS used to run the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as colonial overlords – now with the country enjoying its independence since 1991, its government has shown its confidence in welcoming a Turkish company TAV Airports Holding to run its two international airports.…
LOLLIPOPS LOSING GROUND TO SOFT CONFECTIONARY AND CHOCOLATES
BY KITTY SO
Confectionery consumers worldwide are moving away from the traditional, sugary lollipop to other sweets, driven by health concerns and greater spending power. Market researchers say they are flocking to innovative, functional soft candies offering health benefits while consumers with more money turn to chocolates.…
HALF OF WORLD EXPORTS SOLD BY COUNTRIES BACKING OECD ANTI-BRIBERY CONVENTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S developed countries are enthusiastically or moderately implementing the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development’s (OECD) anti-bribery convention, so that 52.3% of world exports are sold by countries opposing graft. So says the latest Transparency International report that says the leading established economic players are now leading by example: with the USA, Germany, Britain, Italy, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark all praised for actively implementing the convention.…
FRANCE AND LUXEMBOURG MAY FACE LEGAL ACTION OVER EARLY REDUCED RATES FOR DIGITAL BOOKS
BY ALAN OSBORN
FRANCE and Luxembourg may be charged with infringing European Union (EU) VAT legislation as the European Commission, with officials alleging their reduced tax rates on the sale of digital books "is creating serious distortions of competition".
Digital books can be easily purchased in other EU countries than that of the consumer, with the VAT applied being that of the provider’s – not the customer’s – member state.…
CHINESE WOMEN SEEK COMSUMER SAFETY THROUGH BUYING COSMETICS WITH NATURAL INGREDIENTS
BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
THE DEMAND for natural ingredients-based skin care products has been growing so fast in China that both multinational and domestic cosmetics companies are pouring new products onto the market to attract consumers, both men and women, with different levels of income.…
RUSSIA'S MEAT BAN MAKES EU NERVOUS IN THE FACE OF RUSSIA WTO ACCESSION
BY ALAN OSBORN
RUSSIA’S ban on certain live cattle and pig imports from the European Union (EU) is being used by the European Commission as a method to assess whether Russia will deliver on the commitments it made when joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO).…