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KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Environment Agency has reached a negative conclusion about the environmental impact of aquaculture in European Union (EU) lakes and seas, saying that the “dramatic increase” in the size of the industry since 1970 had created “an increased pressure on water and ecological quality in those waters affected.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BID has been launched by the European Commission to create a network of major radioactive waste management organisations across Europe, to boost co-operation on research into the disposal of radioactive waste. Brussels wants groups from seven European Union (EU) Member States – Belgium, Britain, Finland, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden – as well as Switzerland, to join the Net.Excel…

BY ALAN OSBORN
TEN of the 15 European Union (EU) Member States have so far failed to bring in national legislation putting into effect the end-of-life vehicles directive agreed in 2000 and could face legal action in the European Court of Justice, the Europe Commission announced today (Monday).…

BY ALAN OSBORN
FOLLOWING outrage over the explosion at the AZF fertiliser plant in Toulouse, France, which killed 29 people and injured 2,400, EU ministers have acted to tighten the so-called Seveso Two directive which forces companies to install safeguards to prevent industrial accidents and to minimise their effect.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the acquisition by US office supplies firm Staples of the office supplies distance-selling business of French company Guilbert. Brussels agreed that the take-over did not pose competition problems, because, although it would boost Staples’ position in Europe, the giant would still face strong rivals, notably the US-based Office Depot.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
A FRENCH company is launching its car repair warranty service in Sri Lanka, claiming that it is the first of its kind in south Asia. SAGE Guarantee Automobile said that it is investing Euro 1 million in the scheme, which it would use as a springboard to attack the Indian market.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
EU environment ministers have broadened the scope of new legislation amending the present Seveso Two directive which imposes duties on industrial plants to protect against and prepare for accidents. Changes made by the EU’s Council of Environment Ministers will highlight the importance of ensuring “appropriate safety distances between industrial establishments and major transport routes,” the European Commission said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CONCEPT of nation building is not new. Powerful governments have for centuries sought to create pliant political administrations which would do their bidding, without being directly under their control. It is, after all, in noone’s interest for a territory to descent into chaos.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN remained an averagely taxed economy compared with its competitor rich nations in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to a new report from this international think-tank. It says that the share of Britain’s GDP represented by tax take remained at 37.4 per cent in 2001, the same as in 2000.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE’S Suez and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have launched a joint drinking water improvements programme that will provide around Euro 300,000 in its first three years and will initially concentrate on the Volga-Caspian region.…