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BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels

SOME five hundred scientists and other experts held a two-day meeting in Brussels this week at a Food Safety Summit to mark the fifth anniversary of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which organised the conference.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels

CONSUMER reaction is critical to the acceptability of the new generation of packaging which uses deliberate interactions between the packaging and food, according to an expert from Montpellier University, France, in a paper delivered to last week’s European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) conference held in Brussels to honour that organisation’s first five years.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

AN OFFICIAL at the European Commission in Brussels has confirmed that packaging materials used for foods attracting VAT – such as confectionery or drinks – "would be among the likely beneficiaries" if the European Union (EU) agreed to cut the VAT rates on energy-saving products and materials.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SPANISH wine makers will receive the most money – Euro 162 million – for improving their vineyards, in the latest tranche of European Union (EU) grants earmarked for this purpose.

The European Commission will spend Euro 510 million across the EU on viticulture reform in 2007/8, with money allotted for variety conversion, relocation of vineyards and improvements to vineyard management techniques.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris

UNTIL recently, the only link between ageing British crooner Cliff Richard and wine was a Christmas hit single. However, Cliff is now as well known for his Vida Nova as for his chart-topper Mistletoe and Wine.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament’s environment committee wants European Union (EU) rules to insist that biofuel production is environmentally sustainable, even an increase in this growing fuel sector reduces CO2 emissions. The call was made in amendments tabled to European Commission proposed reforms to the EU fuel quality directive to reduce CO2 production.…

BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris

AUTO manufacturers in Europe are calling for greater support from national governments and European Union (EU) institutions in promoting eco-driving – where good motoring styles are adopted which reduce the greenhouse gas and other polluting emissions from vehicles.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN

GEOGRAPHICALLY Russia is part of Europe. Moscow is 1,557 miles from London, but 3,456 miles from New York. The Russian capital is also just 760 miles from Stockholm, as the crow flies. These figures are worth considering when trying understanding the often fraught energy diplomacy between Russia and the European Union (EU).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) researchers have devised a way of reducing the weight of noise insulation materials in cars without making them noisier. The EU research network Eureka says the Euro 4 million France-led project E!2411 ERTAC has discovered that by layering compressed felt with a low density felt, the weight of sound insulation can be cut by 50%.…

By Keith Nuthall in Brussels

European Union (EU) researchers have devised a way of reducing the weight of noise insulation materials in cars without making them noisier. The EU research network Eureka says the Euro 4 million France-led project E!2411 ERTAC has discovered that by layering compressed felt with a low density felt, the weight of sound insulation could be cut by 50%.…