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CHIPITA SAYS REPORTED SLOVAK DEAL IS NOT FOR SURE
Greek savoury snacks specialist company Chipita has refused to confirm or deny reports that it plans to build a new plant for its products in Slovakia. The company told just-food.com that “it is interested in many markets (including Slovakia) and is constantly looking for opportunities.…
DUTCH POULTRY HATCHING FIRM PLOTS MOVE INTO RUSSIA
THE NETHERLANDS-based Hendrix Genetics plans to build a complex producing hatching eggs for turkey chicks in Russia this year, according to the Russian ministry of agriculture.
Ina report, it has said the new complex will be able to produce 6.5 million hatching eggs per year, and the potential to increase volumes in future.…
GREECE COSMETICS MARKET STILL SMALLER THAN BEFORE START OF COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC CRISIS
SEVEN years of recession and two years of capital controls have taken their toll not only on the Greek economy but also on the country’s cosmetics market, although local companies have been maintaining their focus on R&D and exports. According to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (Elstat), the overall turnover retail index for cosmetics and pharmaceutical products in February 2017 was 58.8% of sales in 2010 – the year marking the beginning of Greece’s financial and economic turmoil.…
EUROPE COAL SECTOR DECLINES AS POWER SOURCE - BUT PROCESS IS UNEVEN
EUROPEAN electricity industry federation Eurelectric hews closely to the views of its national associations, so when all but two of its members made a commitment in April (2017) not to fund investments in new-build coal-fired power plants after 2020, the energy sector can be sure this is a solid promise.…
EIB AND EBRD LEND EURO 467 MILLION TO FRAPORT CONSORTIUM TO IMPROVE 14 GREEK AIRPORTS
GREECE is to benefit from nearly EUR500 million’s worth of financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) to finance regional airports whose concessions were approved as complying with European Union (EU) competition law in March.…
EU CONSUMER HEALTH WARNING DATABASE REPORT INDICATES RISE IN REPORTS ON AUTOS AND PARTS DURING 2016
AUTOMOTIVE parts and vehicles have become the second most dangerous category of goods in the European Union (EU) in 2016, according to the most recent annual report of the EU’s ‘Rapid Alert System for non-food dangerous products’, or RAPEX.
The system routes safety alerts about consumer products within the 28 member states of the EU.…
EU MEMBER STATES CLEAR WAY FORWARD TO CREATE EUROPEAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR – BUT MAYBE JUST FOR 17 MEMBER STATES
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has taken a significant step towards the creation of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), but its chosen procedure may mean the powers of EU anti-fraud office OLAF will be undiminished, at least for some countries.
The latest European Council – the EU summit of heads of government – on March 9 agreed that the creation of the EPPO should be mandated through the EU’s ‘enhanced cooperation’ procedure.…
CETA WILL BOOST MARKET ACCESS FOR CHEESE, SAYS EUROPEAN DAIRY INDUSTRY
EUROPEAN Union (EU) exports of cheese to Canada will increase substantially, by some 128%, as a result of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada, which the European Parliament approved provisionally on February 15, say EU dairy associations.…
GLOBAL OLIVE OIL SECTOR BECOMES MORE DIVERSE AS EMERGING COUNTRY PRODUCERS DEVELOP OUTPUT
THE OLIVE oil industry has traditionally been dominated by some key major European players, notably Spain, Italy and Greece, but with global consumption rising, production is emerging in countries which have previously relied on imports.
International Oil Council statistics show how new production centres are being created.…
EUROPE CONTINUES TO EXPAND ENERGY PRICE PLAN CHOICES
WHILE Japan has freed up its electricity market, in 2015, end-user price regulation was still applied to household electricity markets in 12 European Union (EU) member states (46% of electricity and 54% of gas price offers from different service providers), Europe’s electricity industry association Eurelectric spokesperson Anamaria Olaru told Energy World.…