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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SUPERVISION of embattled European Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF may increase after a highly critical report from the Court of Auditors – the EU’s financial watchdog. The court accused OLAF of failing to ensure its inquiries followed the law, noting: “There is no independent check on the legality of actions undertaken…and that the fundamental rights of persons under investigation are respected”.…

BY MARK ROWE
CAN insurers help reduce risk by funding initiatives for the emergency services? Companies are increasingly looking at how they can support emergency services and, thereby, lessen the impact of insurance claims. The thinking is by helping to improve the efficiency of emergency services, the impact of natural and manmade disasters, including terrorism, can be mitigated in terms of people making insurance claims.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INSURANCE industry is being asked to comment on European Commission plans to table a European Union (EU) ‘floods directive’ telling member states to limit the potential risks posed by floods and plan for dealing with any that arise.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is developing an information technology system that will provide real time advice to emergency services on reducing the damage from maritime disasters involving natural or man-made pollution. The DISMAR, or Data Integration System for Marine Pollution and Water Quality system is now being tested.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LONDONERS accept air pollution in their city is bad, but Glasgow citizens, maybe surprisingly, think their community is pretty clean, with a more positive assessment about local smog than residents in Luxembourg City and Copenhagen. These opinions were culled by a European Commission Eurobarometer poll, which says 84% of Londoners “strongly or somewhat” agree that local air pollution is “a big problem”.…

From Alan Osborn
An acquisition by the 3I Group plc of joint control of the Italian toy retailer Giochi Preziosi has been approved by the European Commission which said it saw no violation of EU competition regulations. 3I Group, an international venture capital company, will share control with Fingiochi, the present controlling shareholder of Giochi Preziosi which besides the wholesale and retail of toys is also active in the retailing of Christmas decorations, shoes, stationery products, confectionery, baby products and promotional gadgets in Italy.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has blocked a European Commission bid to lift national bans imposed by Austria, France, Germany, Greece and Luxembourg on eight GM maize and oil seed rape corn products. This was despite their already being authorised by the Commission and the European Food Safety Authority.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SUPERVISION of embattled European Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF may increase after a highly critical report from the Court of Auditors – the EU’s financial watchdog. The court accused OLAF of failing to ensure its inquiries followed the law, noting: “There is no independent check on the legality of actions undertaken…and that the fundamental rights of persons under investigation are respected”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FRENCH government has adopted delaying tactics in its opposition to a proposed European Union (EU) directive establishing welfare rules for broiler chickens, calling for additional studies into the legislation. It asked the EU Council of Ministers to refer a European Commission impact study on the directive to the council’s special agriculture committee.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SUPERVISION of embattled European Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF may increase after a highly critical report from the Court of Auditors – the EU’s financial watchdog. The court accused OLAF of failing to ensure its inquiries followed the law, noting: “There is no independent check on the legality of actions undertaken…and that the fundamental rights of persons under investigation are respected”.…