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INDUSTRY EXPERTS ARGUE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES' PROS AND CONS AT EMA WORKSHOP
A WORKSHOP held last week (Friday September 6th) to hear the views of interested parties on the conflicts of interest (COI) policies of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)has left the agency with a slew of sometimes conflicting opinions as it ponders the next step forward.…
EU VAT EXEMPTIONS FOR TRAVEL AGENTS APPLY TO ALL CUSTOMERS SAY JUDGES
A SPECIAL European Union (EU) VAT scheme allowing travel agents to pay one VAT payment on the profits they make from selling services applies to all their customers, and not just travellers, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. The European Commission argued at the ECJ that the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Poland and Portugal should not allow travel agents to use this perk for non-travelling customers buying non-core services, but its case was rejected.…
HUGE LOSSES IN EU VAT REVEALED BY STUDY
EUROPEAN Union (EU) treasuries are losing almost Euro EUR200 billion-a-year in unpaid VAT lost because of non-compliance or non-collection, a European Commission report has concluded. The Commission called on EU member states to simplify their VAT systems and broaden the tax base to improve collection, criticising “complicated tax systems with multiple rates…” It said governments should “broaden national tax bases and…limit tax exemptions and reductions…”
A study of data into 26 member states covering the years 2000 to 2011 calculated that EUR193 billion was lost in 2011, comparing predicted and actual VAT revenues.…
EDIBLE PACKAGING REACHES MASS MARKET, HOLDS POTENTIAL FOR CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTION
THE CONFECTIONERY sector has long been interested in edible packaging – the use of rice paper to contain sherbet being a classic example – but food technology companies are innovating hard to allow companies to boast their products generate no packaging waste.…
HUGE LOSSES IN EU VAT REVEALED BY STUDY
EUROPEAN Union (EU) treasuries are losing almost Euro EUR200 billion-a-year in unpaid VAT lost because of non-compliance or non-collection, a European Commission report has concluded. A study of data into 26 member states covering the years 2000 to 2011 calculated that EUR193 billion was lost in 2011, comparing predicted and actual VAT revenues.…
SAME STATE AID RULES DO NOT WORK FOR ALL LOCAL AIRPORTS, EU REGIONS REPRESENTATIVES SAY
REPRESENTATIVES of regions from France and Sweden have asked the European Commission to take into account major differences between regional airports in Europe which can receive public support to operate under its revised state aid guidelines.
Under the new rules, expected to be passed in January, airports with under 3 million passengers per year could receive public operational subsidies for up to 10 years, but afterwards they would have to survive on market-based revenues.…
UK AND FRANCE ORDERED TO PAY BACK EURO 2.1 MILLION IN MISSPENT LIVESTOCK SUBSIDIES
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered France and Britain to repay Euro EUR2.1 million in European Union (EU) livestock subsidies that its officials have decided were misspent. The orders follow investigations by Brussels that identified deficiencies in how French authorities verify the eligibility criteria for paying EU sheep premiums, resulting in a demand that the French government recover EUR1.335 million from French sheep farmers.…
LAWYERS ADVISE ON RESPONSE TO KENYA METAL MINING LICENSES SETBACK
Foreign mining companies may have a range of options to claim compensation against Kenya for revoking mining licenses granted between January 14 and May 15 and introducing new drilling charges and/or royalty schemes, leading arbitration law experts advise.
Lawyers at US-based international law firm King & Spalding say companies with investments whose licenses were cancelled earlier this month and/or whose revenues are hit by new charges and/or royalties may be able to claim through international investment arbitration tribunals.…
EIB FUNDS LYON AIRPORT EXPANSION
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Euro EUR140 million to Aéroports de Lyon, so the French operator can build a new passenger terminal at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport. The money will also finance the reconfiguration of existing terminals and aprons to increase their handling capacity.…
FOOD AND DRINK TECHNOLOGY REGULATORY ROUND UP – EURO 4 BILLION AVAILABLE FOR EU FOOD RESEARCH
FOOD technology innovation could have a European Union (EU) budget of Euro EUR4.1 billion to tap from 2014 to 2020 under the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. Political agreement over its funding and spending rules was secured in June, creating an overall pot of EUR70.2 billion, from which EUR4.1 billion could be earmarked for food and food-related research projects.…