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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is being pushed by 13 of its 27 member states for postponement of a rule that says for beef cattle to be labelled organic, they must not be tethered. Under the existing regulation EEC/2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products, organic labelled beef must be from untethered cattle from 2010.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
AS the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) acknowledges, the work of financial and legal sector businesses known as trust and company service providers (TCSPs) affects a key aspect of money laundering, namely the hiding of the true beneficial owner of funds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STEEPNESS in the decline of British commercial fishing catches from 1995 until 2005 has been highlighted in a new report from European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat. It shows that for the north-east Atlantic, North Sea and the Baltic, total British commercial catches fell from 905,678 tonnes in 1995 to 658,802 in 2005, a fall of 28%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is catching up with the United States in innovation, a European Commission-financed statistical report has claimed, although the US still has many significant advantages. This year’s European Innovation Scoreboard (2006) concludes: “The innovation gap between the EU [minus new members Bulgaria and Romania] and Japan, and in particular with the US is decreasing.”…

BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London
A WORLDWIDE standard for automotive safety glazing may only be a few months away, now that suppliers have agreed on the content and wording.

The new draft standard was finalized at a January conference in Brussels under the umbrella of CLEPA (the European Association of Automotive Suppliers), with representatives from the US, Japan, Canada, Belgium, France and Germany taking part.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE PARAMOUNT importance of nuclear safeguards is highlighted not just by the media spotlight when any incident occurs, but in the recognition that regular independent inspection is crucial for reinforcing the safeguard procedures of nuclear powers.

In Europe, at the level of the European Union (EU), this work is led by the EU’s Nuclear Safeguards Inspectorate.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INDUSTRY minister of the French government is staging an unrelenting campaign against European Commission proposals to unbundle Europe’s energy giants into production and distribution arms. François Loos has spoken in the France National Assembly against the idea, and has written to various EU media outlets.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Damascus
OVER the past six years Syria, once a byword for proto-Soviet state control and autarky, has opened up its economy and implemented investment laws that allow foreign companies to set up shop. But few multinational food companies have wised up to the opportunities within an emerging market of 18 million consumers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE QUESTION of whether national constitutions can undermine key European Union laws affecting the energy sector will be considered by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). France’s most senior court, the Council of State has asked ECJ judges to advise on claims that EU emissions trading rules break the French constitution’s principle of ‘equality’ because steel industry pollution is included while the plastics sector is exempt.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE’S government and pharmaceutical industry have jointly promised to increase private and public spending on medical research and development by 10% over the next three years. Health and industry ministers Xavier Bertrand and François Loos pledged action following a meeting of the country’s Strategic Health Industries Council.…