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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has signed another fishing access deal with a weak African state – this time with west Africa’s Guinea Bissau, which has recently been criticised for being a staging point for Europe-bound illegal narcotics from south America.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity launched by the European Union (EU) is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan in eight European countries. The EU-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) project is studying the dietary, genetic, physiological and psychological factors behind obesity, so that more sophisticated food control policies can be developed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity launched by the European Union (EU) is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan in eight European countries. The EU-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) project is studying the dietary, genetic, physiological and psychological factors behind obesity, so that more sophisticated food control policies can be developed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan. The European Union (EU)-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) is devising a method of predicting weight change in response to different dietary nutrients and is examining how carbohydrate and high dietary protein enhances fullness feelings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has relaunched its bid to split the amount of European Union (EU) subsidies paid to EU cotton producers from the volume of cotton sent to market, following an embarrassing court reversal last September. Then, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) overturned a 2003 reform along these lines, because of weaknesses in an earlier impact study that had ignored labour expenses and the potential effects on the European ginning industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has launched a research project – called EuroMedCitrusNet – aimed at reducing the transfer of pathogens from citrus fruits, through processing into final food and drink products, such as juice. Researchers will look at processing chains amongst key Mediterranean suppliers, boosting training and technology, while increasing small and medium-sized citrus fruit business participation in food safety research.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) has called for British hauliers to adopt the same road worthiness standards abroad than at home, after a European Commission statistical report indicated a flawed safety record driving in other European Union (EU) countries.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
The Poseidon pipeline being built by Edison of Italy and DEPA of Greece to promote more effective competition on the Italian gas market is to be exempted from the third party access rules of the EU’s Gas Directive for a limited period of time, the European Commission has agreed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) environment Commissioner will push ahead with legal action after EU member states continued to de-list bathing areas from officially-approved beaches subject to cleanliness tests, especially in Mediterranean holiday spots about to be flooded with British holidaymakers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
Italian ports had the most seizures of counterfeit cigarettes, said OLAF, which said customs teams found 27.7 million sticks in four containers. There were three containers found in Spain with 26.6 million sticks in total; 25.6 million sticks in five containers in Britain; 21.2 million in three containers in Greece; 15.4 million in two containers in Romania; 10 million in one Germany container; and 9.5 million in a Belgium container.…