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INNOVATION IN DRINKS PACKAGING MORE INTENSE THAN EVER IN GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE



BY MARK ROWE, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in TOKYO; RUSSELL BERMAN, in Washington DC; and MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa

INNOVATION in drinks packaging is more intense today than it has been for decades, with cutting edge innovation in intelligent materials, microchip integration and nanomaterials allowing designers to create boxes, bottles, cans and sacks that they could not dream of before.…

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EU RESEARCH PROJECT ISMAEL DEVELOPS TECHNOLOGY TO AID AIR MOVEMENTS IN BAD VISIBILITY



BY MARK ROWE

EVEN with the technological advances of recent years, fog and other poor weather conditions can still snarl up civil air traffic. But researchers from a project backed by the European Commission claim to be on the verge of commercialising a new traffic control system that will speed up airport movements in bad visibility.…

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EU ROUND UP - ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL STRUCK BY EU HEADS OF GOVERNMENT



BY KEITH NUTHALL

DOCUMENTS released by European Union (EU) heads of government detailing their approval of a Euro 3.9 billion in EU spending on energy investment projects includes a commitment to spend Euro 200 million on the Nabucco gas pipeline within Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and Romania.…

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GREEK CHEESE PRODUCERS SWIM IN EU MARKETING CASH, WHILE IRISH MEAT INDUSTRY GETS SMALL CHANGE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE GREEK cheese industry will receive Euro 2.6 million in marketing subsidies from the European Commission over three years, while the Irish meat sector – under pressure from the dioxin poisoning crisis – receives just Euro 234,000. Other winners included Italian meat producers, with Euro 1.9 million; and Bulgarian dairy producers who scored around Euro 1 million

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GREECE TOBACCO SECTOR UNDER PRESSURE FROM HEALTH REGULATION - BUT STILL THE WORLD'S NUMBER 1 FOR SMOKING DEMAND



BY MAKKI MARSEILLES

GREECE is something of a paradox in the tobacco sector. Its citizens smoke more cigarettes per capita than anywhere else in the world, yet its government is increasing anti-smoking legislation and its long-established leaf growing sector is shrinking towards virtual extinction.…

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GREEK CHEESE PRODUCERS SWIM IN EU MARKETING CASH, WHILE IRISH MEAT INDUSTRY GETS SMALL CHANGE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE GREEK cheese industry will receive Euro 2.6 million in marketing subsidies from the European Commission over three years, while the Irish meat sector – under pressure from the dioxin crisis – receives just Euro 234,000. In Brussels’ latest announcement this morning of marketing assistance to sell food outside the EU, it is releasing Euro 17.8 million.…

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GREEK GOVERNMENT LOSES APPEAL AGAINST EU GRANT REFUND DEMAND



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE GREEK government may have to repay the Euro 12.7 million in European Union (EU) development grants the European Commission says was wrongly paid to develop a new Athens International Airport at Spata. Greece has lost an appeal at the European Court of Justice Court of First Instance against a reimbursement demand from Brussels for money paid from its cohesion fund for regional development.…

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PARALLEL PACKAGING CAN BE BLOCKED WHEN DAMAGES ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER REPUTATIONS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

PARALLEL exporters of pharmaceuticals within the European Union (EU) can be blocked from changing packaging for selling in different member states if alterations could scupper sales by the original manufacturer. That is the conclusion of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general Eleanor Sharpston in a preliminary ruling in a case involving the Wellcome Foundation.…

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST GREECE OVER AIR SECURITY



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has given Greece a final warning it could take its government to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over security concerns. Brussels thinks Greece is breaking EU regulations by failing to regularly effectively audit all Greek airports for compliance with EU security standards.…

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GREEK GOVERNMENT CAN RESTRICT NON-GREEK EU HAULIERS FROM COMPLETE COMBINED TRANSPORT TRIPS: ECJ



BY KEITH NUTHALL

RESTRICTIONS on the rights of non-Greek European Union (EU) hauliers to freely deliver cargoes on the last road-leg of a combined transport shipment to Greece have been declared legal by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Its ruled Greek police were right in preventing an Austrian haulier choosing the railhead closest to his Greek customer to offload and deliver ordered goods.…

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