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Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has moved from temporary offices in Brussels to its permanent home in Cologne, Germany. Post to Postfach 10 12 53, D-50452 Köln, Germany; actual address Ottoplatz 1, D-50679, Cologne.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMAN clay producer Fuchs is at the centre of a row involving the contamination of animal feed with dioxin, after its kaolin – used by agricultural to separate potato peels from potatoes – was found to contain the cancer-causing chemical.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH and German governments have agreed to combine their efforts to fight climate change, sharing expertise and holding high-level meetings on issues ranging from transport to energy efficient buildings. German and British scientists will also share research vessels and high-latitude long-range monitoring aircraft.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the acquisition by Germany’s Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG (MRW) of German company Fuchs. MRW produces and distributes steel tubes as well as steel and input stock for the production of tubes. Its parent company Salzgitter – also a German company – manufactures steel products, including large welded diameter tubes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RIGHT of companies to export waste around the European Union (EU) for storage in disused mines has been strengthened by the European Court of Justice. Judges said a Belgian environmental regulator should not have independently redesignated as waste for disposal salt residues Siomab SA wanted to bury in salt mines at Teutschenthal, Germany.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INCOMING industry Commissioner of the European Union (EU) has promised to investigate “alternative approaches aimed at promoting innovation” in the EU pharmaceutical sector. Such reforms would follow “deliberations on pricing and reimbursement methods” said Germany’s Günter Verheugen in a note to the European Parliament.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OPPORTINITY for companies to buy efficient robots to tackle unpopular or dangerous jobs is increasing fast, with orders for industrial robots rising by 18% worldwide January-June this year, a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) report has said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening legal action against France, Germany, Luxembourg and Denmark, for failing to implement key European Union (EU) road safety rules. The Commission claims that France and Denmark have failed to introduce directive 2003/26/EC on technical roadside spot checks of commercial vehicles.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening to take France, Germany, Luxembourg and Denmark to the European Court of Justice for failing to implement European Union laws mandating roadside spot checks on lorries and cars. These roadworthiness tests include examinations of speed limiters and exhaust emissions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening legal action against France, Germany, Luxembourg and Denmark, for failing to implement key European Union (EU) road safety rules. Brussels has given them two months to announce plans to deal with the problem, or face a possible case at the European Court of Justice (ECJ).…