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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed clarification from the European Court of Justice over what subsidies can be paid by national governments to airports. In a case on Euro EUR350 million payments to Leipzig Halle airport, Germany, the court ruled the Commission could block subsidies, if it chooses, even when funding security, customs, and other government-mandated services.…

BY WANG FANGQING, MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, KARRYN MILLER and KEITH NUTHALL

EMERGING market coatings exporters sometimes claim tough environmental rules in rich jurisdictions are nothing but a form of protection. And while such arguments can always be contested, it is certainly true that the European Union’s (EU) ongoing and longstanding biocide review will throw up obstacles to Asia-Pacific coatings manufacturers wanting to secure sales in Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A SERIES of bilateral civil aviation agreements negotiated by the European Union (EU) have remained unenforced because some EU member states have failed to ratify their terms. The European Commission has issued a report branding this "unfortunate", noting this "has the consequence of delaying their entry into force".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MAJOR investments in renewable energy are being plotted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) as the European Union (EU) tries to make good on its renewable energy directive targets.

The latest project memoranda at the EIB show plans to lend up to Euro EUR300 million to leading Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo (and subsidiaries Mediocredito Italiano and Leasint) for on-lending to renewable and energy efficiency projects.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

IN print production, inspection has traditionally taken place at the very end of the converting chain, once an entire batch of processed material has come off the presses. Errors are commonly found at this final stage in the printing process, and because of this, printers have traditionally produced a surplus of printed material to deal with the inevitable erroneous products.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

International tobacco crime fighters combine their muscle

Criminals make a fortune out of smuggling and counterfeiting tobacco products. The USA and the European Union have specialist crime-fighting bodies charged with fighting this crime. They are increasingly cooperating with each other and using smarter tactics and tougher laws to make a difference.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

THE INDIAN government appears to be reassessing its nuclear energy policy following the Fukushima disaster and violent protests in India against a proposed nuclear plant with six 1,650 MW reactors at Jaitapur, Maharashtra.

Today (April 26) the government announced it would propose a new nuclear safety law to create an autonomous nuclear regulatory body in the country and it would invite the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) operational safety review team (OSART) to help with India nuclear industry safety reviews and audits.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has laid down the gauntlet to the fossil fuel sector, releasing a comprehensive long-term strategy that would halve the use of ‘conventionally-fuelled’ cars in urban transport by 2030, phasing them out in cities by 2050.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WHEN the offices of the Czech Republic’s registry for the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading System (ETS) received a fake bomb threat on January 18, it was an annoying interruption for some Prague office workers. But when returning to their desks, they realised their real bomb had gone off in their computer terminals.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

FRANCE is far ahead of the curve in terms of weaning itself off fossil fuels and sports the closest thing to energy independence of any country in Europe. Ever since 1974 when the government decided to rapidly expand the country’s nuclear power capacity, France has not felt the intense stress of energy insecurity nor been particularly impacted by the rising and falling prices of fuel.…