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BY KEITH NUTHALL
GOODS transport firms wanting to exploit full scale liberalisation of the European Union’s (EU) postal services may see swift progress this month, with the EU’s German presidency pushing reforms at the EU summit, June 21-22, in Brussels. This follows debates last week at the EU Council of Ministers, after which Germany’s economics minister Michael Glos said: “Clear progress is discernable on the path towards the liberalisation of the European postal services,” adding he was “very confident that a positive decision will be taken in the near future”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
HAMBURG airport, Germany, has started operating a hydrogen filling station for two fuel-cell-driven STILL tractors and a people-carrier which will be in daily use. The transportable supply unit has been established as a joint venture involving the airport, the Hamburg Regional Initiative for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, Wasserstoffgesellschaft Hamburg and the Linde Group.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MINIMUM excise duty rates for alcohol across the European Union (EU) look set to rise by 4.5%, with the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee yesterday (Wednesday 27/6) backing a compromise deal negotiated with EU member states by EU taxation Commissioner Lázló Kovács.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) report has said that 101,335 deaths a year in Britain can be attributed to environmental problems, which could be reduced making them less deadly. Indeed, across Europe, the WHO says “well-tested environmental health interventions could reduce total deaths…by almost 20%.”…

BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Court of First Instance of the European Communities has rejected a bid by German cosmetics manufacturer Grether to prevent the EU-wide registration of the ‘FENNEL’ trademark by Thailand’s Crisgo for compact powder, lipstick, eye-shadow, eye-liner, blusher, nail polish and mascara’.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MINIMUM excise duty rates for alcohol across the European Union (EU) look set to rise by 4.5%, with the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee yesterday (Wednesday 27/6) backing a compromise deal negotiated with EU member states by EU taxation Commissioner Lázló Kovács.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GOODS transport firms wanting to exploit full scale liberalisation of the European Union’s (EU) postal services may see swift progress this month, with the EU’s German presidency pushing reforms at the EU summit, June 21-22, in Brussels. This follows debates last week at the EU Council of Ministers, after which Germany’s economics minister Michael Glos said: “Clear progress is discernable on the path towards the liberalisation of the European postal services,” adding he was “very confident that a positive decision will be taken in the near future”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MINIMUM excise duty rates for alcohol across the European Union (EU) look set to rise by 4.5%, with the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee yesterday (Wednesday 27/6) backing a compromise deal negotiated with EU member states by EU taxation Commissioner Lázló Kovács.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is planning to propose a directive writing into European Union (EU) law the target accepted by EU ministers earlier this year that 20% of Europe’s energy be renewable by 2020.

Speaking to a Paris energy conference, EU energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said: “By the end of this year, I will table a new ‘umbrella renewables directive’.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris has called on Germany to reconsider its decision to phase-out nuclear power within 15 years, warning it could hit the country’s economy, its security of energy supply and its greenhouse gas emissions record.…