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BY MARK ROWE
CLIMATE change, the general scientific consensus now holds, is taking place, and will continue to do so even were we to stop our fossil fuel emissions overnight. And while there may be jests to the effect that hotter summers would be good news for drinks manufacturers, the reality is that the drinks sector faces as many challenges as any other industry, both in terms of ingredient and energy supplies, production adjustments and related commercial issues.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project called VASOPLUS is developing a new drug that can promote the formation of blood vessels in damaged hearts, without the usual side effects generated by such medicines. The initiative, which includes scientists from Belgium, Germany, Italy and South Africa, has been focusing on a signaling protein called ‘placental growth factor’ (PlGF), which controls blood formation within essential organs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
Europe’s food and drink companies have voiced “serious concern” to the German government – the new president of the EU – over new obstacles being placed by Russia to EU food exporters. IN a memorandum to Germany, the confederation of the food and drink industries of the EU (CIAA) says that since the EU enlargement in May 2004 there have arisen numerous non-tariff barriers “such as veterinary or sanitary certificates and other discriminatory procedures.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has raised serious concerns about the key European Union (EU) packaging and packaging waste directive as regards the beverage packaging. In a policy review it noted legal problems associated with Germany’s non-refillable container mandatory deposit system: "the use of taxation to drive packaging policy can potentially disrupt the internal market if the taxes are applied in a way that protects local producers," it said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has thrown out Germany’s challenge to the European Union’s (EU) tobacco advertising directive, which means it will have to ban smoking-related ads from newspapers, magazines, radio and the Internet. Germany was supposed to have implemented the law by August 2005, but it has instead fought its legality, claiming Brussels had exceeded its powers by passing a law banning tobacco advertising using EU powers designed to improve trade rather than hinder it.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

IN an era when military intervention has been given a bad name through the Iraq morass, serving with the army, navy or air force might not be the immediate choice of many nurses as a career path which helps the needy.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London

EUROPEAN manufacturers have been given the go-ahead to use explosive chemicals as igniters for airbags after a new European Union (EU) law had threatened to put them out of business. The new legislation drawn up by the European Commission in Brussels last year (2005) was principally aimed at the fireworks industry and laid down new regulations to ensure safety in handling, storage and transportation binding across the 25 member countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN science project has said it is ready to move ahead with tire giant Goodyear to commercialise tested and new tire sensors that can warn motorists of potential blowouts, skids, aquaplanes and other potentially dangerous accidents. The EUREKA research network’s TYRESENSE project said it is "ready to hit the ground running" with the sensors, which are a few square millimeters in size and embedded into tire treads.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union will not appeal against the World Trade Organisation disputes hearing ruling that backed an American complaint that Brussels has illegally blocked imports of genetically modified food during its moratorium on market approvals to 2003, and some continuing national bans by member states: in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Luxembourg.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has raised serious concerns about the key European Union (EU) packaging and packaging waste directive as regards the drinks industry. In a detailed policy review it has noted the legal problems associated with Germany’s non-refillable container mandatory deposit system: "the use of taxation to drive packaging policy can potentially disrupt the internal market if the taxes are applied in a way that protects local producers," it said.…