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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the acquisition of sole control of the luxury perfumes, beauty products and cosmetics company, the Nocibé Group, of France, by British equity and fund management company Charterhouse Capital Limited. Brussels concluded the deal would not cause competition problems, fast-tracking its approval without imposing any conditions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has responded positively to a European Parliament call for a new EU directive to promote heating and cooling from renewable energy sources. Speaking to MEPs, Piebalgs announced he would propose new legislation on this subject this year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a broadcast public health campaign, including the production and exchange of documentaries that are designed to persuade European Union (EU) citizens to adopt healthy lifestyle choices. EU health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said the "Health in Europe" involved the creation of a network of public broadcasters in Europe, committed to collaborate in producing such material.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE MULTILATERAL Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), of the World Bank, has issued US$313 million in guarantees to an international consortium wanting to develop a gold mine in remote, desolate Chukotka, Siberia. The money has been pledged to developer Canada’s Bema Gold Corporation and backers Société Générale, of France: Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank, of Germany; and Mitsubishi, of Japan.…

BY WESLEY GIBBINGS, in Port of Spain, Trinidad

WITH its multiple small jurisdictions, offshore tax havens and proximity to both drug producing countries in Latin America and the United States, the Caribbean has always been a focus of global anti-money laundering efforts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A FRENCHWOMAN is to take the vacant top job at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), replacing Briton Geoffrey Podger. Mrs Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle will be the new EFSA executive director; she is currently regional and interdepartmental director for agriculture and forestry for the Ile de France region, (which includes Paris).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE FRENCHWOMAN appointed to take the vacant top executive director job at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will need all her political skills to solve a potential budget crisis facing the agency. Mrs Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, currently director for agriculture and forestry for the Ile de France region, (which includes Paris), will need her connections as a senior member of France’s powerful food establishment as the EU debates its 2007-13 budget.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A FRENCHWOMAN is to take the vacant top job at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), replacing Briton Geoffrey Podger. Mrs Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle will be the new EFSA executive director; she is currently regional and interdepartmental director for agriculture and forestry for France’s the Ile de France region, which includes Paris.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) tax authorities must take into account financial losses incurred by taxpayers in a foreign EU member state when assessing tax, if they recognise such losses generated in their home country, the European Court of Justice has ruled.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROBAROMETER FOOD POLL

WHEN EU consumers think of food, more associate it with "taste" – 31%, than with "pleasure" – 29%, "hunger" – 27%, "health" – 19% and "necessity" – 15%, said a new opinion poll from EU survey organisation Eurobarometer.…