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BY KEITH NUTHALL
In what it calls a signal of confidence in the former Soviet Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is investing 20 million euros to promote beer, wine and mineral waters in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
The European Commission has begin the first stage of legal proceedings against France and Germany over their procedures for the artificial insemination of beef cattle which it claims contravene EU legislation providing for the free provision of services.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE is a significant risk that Europe’s summer of blackouts could be repeated after 2008, unless effective investments are made in power generation and distribution plant, the Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE), has warned.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, has warned that atypical cases of BSE and scrapie have been discovered in France and specialists are conducting follow-up studies. The six unusual BSE cases and three scrapie cases were discovered around the country during routine checks by the French Agency for Food Safety.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN research consortium is testing an automatic accident alert system helping drivers motoring in a foreign country raise emergency services following an accident, reducing the risk they might die or suffer serious harm. The system would help motorists who may not know where to call for assistance and may not speak the language used by nearby police, ambulance services and fire fighters.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
The European Commission has begin the first stage of legal proceedings against France and Germany over their procedures for the artificial insemination of beef cattle which it claims contravene EU legislation providing for the free provision of services.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has given four French agricultural organisations an extra five months to pay heavy fines totalling Euro 15.4 million imposed by the European Commission for illegally fixing beef prices and restricting imports when demand was weakened by BSE in 2001.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has rejected a call from France that the European Union should increase the minimum EU excise duty on tobacco, to prevent tobacco smuggling into France from lower duty jurisdictions such as Germany while French duties are hiked.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to spend Euro 29.25 million on schemes promoting the consumption of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Britain.…

From Alan Osborn
The European Parliament has acted under its own initiative to put

up a plan to protect the EU’s tuna industry – both the fleet and the

canning sector. The Parliament has approved a report by a Spanish member,

Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA, which urges a reversal of present EU

policy towards the industry and calls for creation of a new

properly-staffed and financed unit within the European Commission to deal

with tuna.…