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BY MONICA DOBIE
WITH Sainsbury removing all plastic carrier bags from its checkouts for last Friday (April 27), handing out reusable paper bags made from 100% recyclable material, another nail is being hammered into the global reputation of this ubiquitous packaging.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot has acted to shore up the shaky future of EU global positioning satellite network Galileo, which has been designed to offer hauliers reliable high-tech navigation services from 2010. Squabbles amongst the consortium chosen to build Galileo’s network and satellites over allocation of work have been highlighted in a report to the EU Council of Ministers from Barrot, who voiced “concern” over “the status of concession negotiations.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is formally threatening the French government with huge daily recurring fines of Euro 1,000s for ignoring a European Court of Justice (ECJ) order last June to implement directive EC/2001/19, which removes bureaucratic obstacles preventing non-French European Union (EU) nurses working in France.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A NEW French law has started requiring all advertisements in France for processed and/or sweetened food products contain one of four health warnings. The rule applies to ads on television, radio, posters and the Internet. An example of one a mandated slogan is: “For your health, avoid eating too much fat, too much sugar, too much salt.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE’S minimum retail price system for cigarettes is to be challenged as illegal under European Union (EU) free trading laws by the European Commission. It is taking the French government to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over the issue, claiming that the system “distorts competition and benefits only manufacturers, by safeguarding their profit margins.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ABILITY of French tobacco retailers prospering from cross-border shopping to undercut their British competitors could be helped by a European Commission bid to end France’s minimum retail price system. Brussels is taking the French government to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over the issue, claiming that the system illegally “distorts competition”, breaking European Union (EU) freedom of trade laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot has sufficiently worried the EU Council of Ministers about the shaky future of EU global positioning satellite network Galileo that ministers have requested a long-term financing plan. This will be written by the European Commission while concession negotiations continue between the bidding consortium and Galileo’s GNSS Supervisory Authority over the division of work.…

BY KEITN NUTHALL
The European Commission is asking the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to fine France Euro 28 million, with further daily penalties of Euro 117,000, payable until France complies with a previous ECJ ruling that it reduce nitrate pollution of Brittany drinking water to EU-mandated standards.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected arguments by the European Commission that when a member state receives funding to reduce the size of its fishing fleet, it should not re-issue licences left unused when boats are transferred to a non-European Union (EU) register.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Dubai
THE UNITED Arab Emirates’ (UAE) highly competitive food sector is expecting double-digit growth this year, driven by 7% annual population growth, booming foodservice and tourism sectors, and rapid economic growth.

Food producers and retailers in this economic powerhouse of the oil-rich Gulf say there is strong growth across the board, from fresh fruit to ready-made meals in the modern retail environment of the UAE, particularly in Dubai, which is undergoing a construction boom and the top destination for most expatriate workers and tourists.…