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BY ALAN OSBORN

By many measures, the Dutch are the world leaders in paint and coatings which is not quite the same as saying they’re the largest suppliers or that Dutch paints are the best known though they do come at or near the top in both categories.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

RECENT remarks by José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, on the need to control monopolies and promote competition in the energy sector are "a clear pointer" to the long-awaited energy package that Brussels is planning to announce on January 10, 2007, Commission officials have told Modern Power Systems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has unveiled European Commission plans to next year launch comprehensive legislation boosting effective carbon capture and storage.

The laws would remove legal barriers impeding research and development into this environmental technology and would also lay down rules on liability, for instance, if stored CO2 leached into the environment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has managed to cajole European Union (EU) member states into supporting substantial reform of the EU’s wine common market organisation, although differences remain over the details. The EU Council of Ministers (agriculture) debated the Commission’s reform plans extensively yesterday (Mon 18 Sep), and a council communiqué revealed there was no support for the status quo.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a common European Union (EU) labelling system for veal, albeit with enough flexibility to accommodate national traditions. Brussels wants a cap of 12 months for the age of calves whose meat is sold as ‘veal’ in a local language.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a common European Union (EU) labelling system for veal, albeit with enough flexibility to accommodate national traditions. Brussels wants a cap of 12 months for the age of calves whose meat is sold as ‘veal’ in a local language.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

AS befits its wider membership and longer history, Interpol is better known internationally than Europol though it has fewer staff and a smaller budget. But the similarities between the two organisations are more important than the differences. Neither is a hands-on police force.…

BY LIZ HALL

SIX years ago, government representatives from nine South American countries gathered in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, to sign a document of great importance to those concerned with fighting money-laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF).

On December 8, 2000, representatives of the governments of the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, signed the Founding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formally establishing GAFISUD, a regional body modelled on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).…

BY MARK ROWE

WHILE personal care product sales for the 15 countries that made up the European Union (EU) before 2003, plus Switzerland and Norway, increased by just 1% in 2005/2006 on the previous year – eastern Europe is a more enticing prospect for the industry, and has been singled out by major organisations and companies as a shining light for sales, investment and production.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

CURRENT European Union (EU) president Finland will this year urge fellow member states to raise the political profile of alcohol across Europe as a threat to public health, bringing in specific measures to curb abuses. Its views are particularly important this year, because the European Commission is buffing up just such a plan for release in September or October, and the Finns will be pushing or agreement at the EU Council of Ministers in December.…