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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - A WORLD APART IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC?



WHILE Australia’s healthy economy is the envy of most countries in the world, and obviously this boosts the personal care product industry in the country – there are concerns that retailers and brands are over-charging consumers. Indeed, Australian consumers are paying as much as 50% more for the same cosmetics as United States and European consumers, according to a recent investigation by Australia’s consumer organisation Choice.…

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PASSENGER AND CABIN LUGGAGE SCREENING EVOLVE



REGULATORY change, shifting security risks, technical advances and airport operational requirements present a complex landscape for developing passenger and cabin luggage screening.

For example, the European Civil Aviation Conference’s (ECAC) detection standard 1 is the prevailing regime but the ECAC standard 2 becomes mandatory for European Union (EU) airports after 2019.…

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JAITAPUR POWER PLANT PROJECT CLEARS BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES



THE PROJECT to build a 9,900 megawatt Jaitapur nuclear power plant in India has cleared some significant procedural hurdles, the Indian parliament has been told: “Land has been acquired … statutory environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances have been obtained … and infrastructure works at the site are in progress.”…

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TURKEY’S ARSAN PONDERS QUALITY FINISHING INVESTMENTS TO PROTECT EXPORT SALES



The Arsan Textile Group, one of Turkey’s leading textile businesses, is to invest in its finishing department next year to help the company produce a more diverse range of fabrics. The company says it wants to meet growing demand for products with a variety of looks and textures from its clients, which include several major European brands.…

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CANADIAN URANIUM PRODUCER WELCOMES EU-CANADA TRADE DEAL



Cameco – Canada’s leading uranium producer – has given a cautious welcome to the prospect of eased restrictions on European investment in Canada’s uranium industry as part of the recently agreed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU).…

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EU FOOD LABELLING REGULATION PROMPTS CONCERN IN PALM OIL SECTOR



Battle lines have been drawn across the international palm oil industry as its companies prepare to comply with the incoming European Union (EU) food information regulation No 1169/2011, which comes into force from December 13, 2014, and requires product labels to list types of vegetable oil used in food.…

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OIL AND GAS RESEARCH PROJECTS OFFERED MORE EU MONEY



OIL, gas and petrochemical companies can bid for an increased pot of European Union (EU) funding for research projects under the new Horizon 2020 programme, which was approved in November. It has an overall budget exceeding Euro EUR78.6 billion and will run from January to 2020.…

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OIL EXPORTERS TO BENEFIT FROM EU-CANADA TRADE DEAL



EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian oil exporters are to benefit from a new free trade deal struck between the EU and Canada. Once the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been ratified (probably in 2015), it will lead to all existing non-food duties imposed on goods traded between the parties being scrapped.…

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GLOBAL AND REGIONAL STANDARDS PUT OIL AND GAS COMPANIES UNDER MORE PRESSURE TO OPERATE SUSTAINABLY



You’ve only got to read the annual reports of the major oil and gas companies to know that sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are part of the industry’s stock-in-trade these days. No company that values its global reputation or cares about its standing with foreign governments is going to ignore them.…

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EU SOW STALL RESTRICTIONS BOOST BELGIAN PIG EXPORTS



A rise of 7.7% in the value of pig meat exported by Belgium in the first half of 2013 (3.4 % increase by volume) was sparked by new European Union (EU) legislation covering the housing of pregnant sows, according to Joris Coenen, marketing manager at the Belgian Meat Office (VLAM).…

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