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BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOCAL authorities and water companies may be able to flout European law of bathing water quality, without facing the consequences, if the pollution problems they face are complex and intangible. That is the conclusion that may be drawn from a formal opinion issued at the European Court of Justice by advocate general Jean Mischo.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank has drawn up plans to lend Greece’s TERNA Energy up to Euro 75 million for building seven wind farms in the country, with a combined output of 144 MW. They would be sited in mainland Greece, Evia and Crete and would replace Greek fossil-fuel power generating capacity.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank has drawn up plans to lend Greece’s TERNA Energy up to Euro 75 million for building seven wind farms in the country, with a combined output of 144 MW. They would be sited in mainland Greece, Evia and Crete and would replace Greek fossil-fuel power generating capacity.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking Austria, Belgium, Greece and Italy to the European Court of Justice over their alleged failure to implement a 1999 directive on minimum welfare standards for laying hens.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EVERY year it seems, the international community has a pet topic in which it is fashionable to promote good behaviour, and this year the favoured cause seems to be water conservation. The World Bank, the UN Environment Programme and others have all produced weighty tomes on the need to conserve drinking water stocks.…

KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH travel agencies are amongst the most productive in the European Union (EU), according to a report on labour productivity written by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency. Its study assessed the added value created by each worker in a given year for a range of industries, Britain’s travel agencies were the second most productive in the holiday industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) may like to pose as the globe’s environmental crusader, setting a good example to the bad old dirty United States, but the latest figures from the European Environment Agency (EEA) – for 2001 – have shown that for a second year running, EU greenhouse gas emissions have risen.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AGREEMENT in principle over the proposed reforms to the European Union’s gas liberalisation directives has been secured at the European Parliament’s key industry committee, although it is proposing important changes. MEP’s called for amendments insisting upon close cooperation between the European Commission and national regulators regarding security of supply.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) may pose as the globe’s environmental crusader, but the latest figures from the European Environment Agency (EEA) – for 2001 – have shown that for a second year running, EU greenhouse gas emissions have risen.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH accountants are the second most lightly regulated in the European Union (EU), with their Danish colleagues having the most freedom according to a European Commission-funded survey, promoting liberalisation in Europe’s professions. Belgium, Austria and Germany – where heavy regulation is often favoured – have the union’s most tightly restricted accountancy professions.…