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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s opposition to restrictions on personal alcohol imports between European Union (EU) member states, such as between France and Britain, could intensify after a new team of Commissioners takes office in November. Answering a European Parliament questionnaire, Latvia’s Ingrida Udre promised a strong line, assuming she is confirmed as taxation and customs union Commissioner.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA’S largest producer of chrysotile asbestos fibres, LAB Chrysotile, has announced it will indefinitely shut one of its two mines near Thetford Mines, Quebec, this November. The company has blamed the closure of its Black Lake mine, which will result in 450 job losses, on a high Canadian dollar in comparison to the US dollar and tough international competition.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE LATEST expansion project has been designed by the French architect Dominique Perrault and the design has been developed in association with Luxembourg architects Paczowski et Fritsch. M Perrault is internationally known for his large-scale projects, including the much-discussed (and controversial) National Library of France.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN, France, Finland, Spain and Germany are joining 15 countries in supplying experts to a new International Nuclear Safety Group, run by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The group will provide authoritative advice and guidance on safety approaches, policies and principles at nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities.…

BY EDWARD PETERS
THE PAST decade has seen China grasp an increasing share of the world’s cosmetic packaging industry. Low production prices and international manufacturing standards — to say nothing of an increasing appreciation of the beauty business — have all contributed to the People’s Republic upping its packaging profile.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the European Commission from January publishing consumer safety alerts from European Union (EU) Member States, a piece of cycling equipment has already been identified as dangerous: a Decathlon rear-mounted cycle carrier, now banned from being sold in France.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SATELLITE network that will create in-cab navigational aids for hauliers and encourage the development of space-technology road tolls has taken two big steps towards completion. American and European Union (EU) negotiators have struck a deal over the frequency that will be used by the Galileo system, following three years of talks bedevilled by problems over its potential interference with the US’s planned M-code military signal.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THEY’RE not to everybody’s taste, we quite agree, but there’s no doubt that flavoured cigars have a very devoted band of followers and can no longer be dismissed as a passing fancy. Indeed after speaking to a number of the big players it is easy to gain the impression that the flavoured, (or aromatic), segment has (along perhaps with filters) been the only one to buck the cigar sector’s trend of falling or stagnant sales in recent years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the acquisition of French coking plant Cokerie de Carling, by German companies Dillinger Hütte and Saarstahl (SAG), through their iron-making joint venture Rogesa. Following a month-long review, the Commission has concluded the deal does not pose competition concerns – approving the sale unconditionally – because of the small scale of the Franco-German border plant’s production.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A CONSORTIUM of seven major power companies is to apply for a license to build a new commercial power plant in the United States. EDF International North America, a subsidiary of Électricité de France, and the Westinghouse Electric Company, a BNFL subsidiary, are participating.…