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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its updated Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, which has been strengthened in line with concerns sparked by the September 11 attacks in the USA; these revisions were approved by the IAEA Board of Governors.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
LANDOWNERS in British Columbia (BC), Canada, are appealing against a court decision confirming the right of mining companies to exploit minerals under local land that they do not own. The case involved Western Industrial Clay Products, who staked a claim to clay under a couple’s ranch in Kamloops, BC, to make cat litter.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
JUSTICE and home affairs ministers of the 15 European Union (EU) member states (and the 10 countries due to join the EU on May1) are close to an agreement on a framework directive establishing the mutual recognition principle in matters involving the confiscation of the proceeds of crime.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNET public consultation has been launched by the European Commission into a planned directive laying down clear rules on the transfer of a company’s registered office from one European Union (EU) country to another.

EU internal market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein said “I encourage all businesses, associations and lawyers with an interest in company law to respond.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to formally associate itself with the international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which was formed in 2002 – with the key support of Britain’s Tony Blair – to fight corruption in the natural gas, oil and mining sectors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPECIALISTS at the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, are continuing investigations into apparently unlinked outbreaks of “atypical” BSE strains in Italy and Japan to establish whether or not they are new strains of the disease.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SPANISH professor of shipping sciences has told a European Parliament inquiry into the Prestige disaster that the ill-fated tanker’s captain Apostolos Mangouras should not be blamed for the tragedy. Instead, said Felipe Louzán Lago, also a merchant navy captain, blamed the Spanish authorities for not allowing Mr Mangouras to sail to a port of refuge.…

From Alan Osborn
The European Parliament has acted under its own initiative to put

up a plan to protect the EU’s tuna industry – both the fleet and the

canning sector. The Parliament has approved a report by a Spanish member,

Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA, which urges a reversal of present EU

policy towards the industry and calls for creation of a new

properly-staffed and financed unit within the European Commission to deal

with tuna.…

BY PHILIP FINE

A LAW allowing insurance companies to levy premium surcharges on first-time drivers and motorists who have previously driven without coverage, has been struck down by a California court. A Los Angeles judge said state legislators had overstepped their authority when approving a bill allowing insurance companies to levy lower premiums on experienced drivers who have maintained coverage.…

BY RICHARD HURST
The Ivory Coast used to be a model of stability in west Africa, but the outbreak of civil war has done little to improve the country’s status in terms of money laundering, said an assessment by the US State Department.…