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BY KEITH NUTHALL
ISSUES of commercial crime have been moving up the European Union’s (EU) policy agenda in recent years. With the arrival of a 25-member European Commission under Jose Barroso, the subject has even greater prominence and involves the responsibilities of three new Commissioners.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) chemical control package REACH that has been causing metal mineral mining companies some concern is moving steadily towards the Brussels statute book, with the European Parliament preparing to start formal debates this autumn. In the meantime, the European Commission is still fine tuning the proposals, which it has already formally tabled for agreement by ministers and MEPs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW study on proposed European Union (EU) chemical control scheme REACH has estimated its true cost to the sector and allied industries such as paints and coatings companies at just 0.06% of annual sales. Written by academics from Tufts University, Boston, USA, and commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the study says total direct costs from the current REACH proposals to Europe’s chemicals industry would be around Euro 3.5 billion within 11 years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved French nuclear group Areva and Anglo-German-Dutch outfit Urenco launching a joint venture where Areva acquires joint control over Urenco’s Enrichment Technology Company. It develops and manufactures centrifuges for uranium enrichment. Brussels backed the deal after Areva and Urenco promised to act independently, notably over future capacity decisions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RIGHT of companies to export waste around the European Union (EU) for storage in disused mines has been strengthened by the European Court of Justice. Judges said a Belgian environmental regulator should not have independently redesignated as waste for disposal salt residues Siomab SA wanted to bury in salt mines at Teutschenthal, Germany.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
COMPANIES whose employees endure long stressful commutes to work are at a greater risk of losing their workers due to heart attacks according to German research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study said people are three times more likely to suffer a heart attack within an hour of driving a car or bicycle in a traffic jam than if they would be in activities away from traffic.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A STUDY ordered into the effects of European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH has been roundly criticised by members of the European Parliament committee that ordered it. Wiesbaden-based company Arthur D. Little’s report claimed that REACH could cause “a 2.9% loss in GDP and a 24.7% loss in (chemical and related industry) production”.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE CARMEUSE Group of Liege, Belgium, one of the world’s largest producers of lime, is to strengthen its presence in eastern Europe with a major investment in Romania that is being supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ANTIMONY mine in Macedonia will be a focus of an international effort to prevent cross-border environmental threats in south-eastern Europe. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have agreed to cooperate on managing pollution risks from the Lojane Mine, which has also been a source of chromium.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) current Dutch presidency has ruled out securing political approval for the EU’s proposed directive on energy efficiency and energy services in the remainder of its 2004 presidency. Speaking to the European Parliament’s energy committee, the Netherlands’ economic affairs Minister Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst said the proposed directive on the security of electricity supply would take priority.…