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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ATTACK by France and Germany on the European Commission’s ‘health check’ reforms to phase out European Union (EU) dairy quotas by 2015 is gathering support, with 16 member states backing increased subsidies. Having failed to persuade the Commission to abandon quota liberalisation, a growing Franco-German-led alliance at the EU Council of Ministers is backing increased subsides while restrictive production quotas expand from 2010 and disappear in 2015.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMANY’S key Frankfurt airport has become the first airport to receive certification for carbon reduction efforts under a new European scheme. ‘Airport Carbon Accreditation’ is operated by the European Commission, ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference), air traffic control organisation EUROCONTROL and UNEP (UN Environmental Programme).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

IN-CAR technology recording and analysing driver motoring styles, then releasing alarms if motorists depart from these norms in dangerous circumstances, has been unveiled by a European Union-funded research project. Researchers from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Italy and Lithuania in the DRIVSCO network say their system produces fewer false alarms than sensors focused on standardised driver-error prompts and external risks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

DESPITE being granted special emergency subsidies, Europe’s hard-pressed dairy farmers are increasing their protests across Europe. Yesterday (MONDAY 21 SEPT), a group of producers set hay on fire and spilt milk in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

A NEW crisis over the presence of genetically modified (GM) ingredients in food and livestock feed has once more focused attention on the European Union’s (EU’s) controversial GM policies. It has especially raised the spectre of job losses, farm bankruptcies and higher consumer prices if a relaxation of the current de facto zero tolerance restriction applying to unauthorised GM products is not agreed soon.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITISH dealers of Vauxhall and Opel cars can draw comfort from a European Commission pledge to prevent the planned Magna International and Sberbank takeover of Opel/Vauxhall being framed to close UK plants ahead of those in Germany. Speaking to the European Parliament, European Union (EU) competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that the German government’s offer of Euro 4.5 billion to the planned New Opel company owned by Magna/Sberbank must not have strings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned the German government it must not at string to its support of the planned Magna International and Sberbank takeover of Opel requiring the protection of German jobs and plant.

In a speech yesterday (Sept 14) to the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, European Union (EU) competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that Berlin’s offer of Euro 4.5 billion to the planned New Opel company "cannot be subject – de jure or de facto – to additional conditions concerning the location of investments and/or the geographic distribution of restructuring efforts."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has signed another open skies deal with a near neighbour, with the Caspian Sea republic of Azerbaijan. The deal follows the usual model, allowing all EU airlines access to Azeri airports and Azeri airlines access to airports in the EU.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THE USE of robots in the international cosmetics industry is becoming increasingly commonplace taking what was once the figment of science fiction films into practical manufacturing.

In an industry revolving around aesthetics, robots are making it easier than ever for cosmetics manufacturers to make products more quickly, in larger quantities, and more sustainably.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GIVEN contract packing is often undertaken by larger businesses and of course, packers usually welcome economies of scale, cross-border trades within the European Union (EU) is commonplace within Europe.

And as a result, naturally, keeping on top of EU legislation is essential for contract packing clients and suppliers.…