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BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union competition Commissioner Mario Monti has called for close cooperation between international business regulators such as the European Commission and their opposite numbers in national governments and in north America. Speaking to the World Forum on Energy Regulation, in Rome, Monti said that by combining their efforts, competition authorities would “achieve more than each would be able to achieve on its own.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A RULING on car registration legislation at the European Court of Justice could remove red tape demands on European fleet managers whose companies’ employ workers living in more than one European Union country. Judges have stated national governments cannot insist a worker’s company car be registered in their home country, rather than where a company and its fleet management is based.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE 19th century saw imperial rivalry create the “Great Game”, when Russia and the British Empire tweaked one another’s tails in the region that following Russia’s Bolshevik revolution became known as Soviet Central Asia. The old Great Game was tied to control of India, and to gems and gold.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed filling legal loopholes that can allow countries suffering from foot and mouth disease and classical swine fever to export live animals to the European Union (EU). Proposed reforms would allow the EU to ban the import of all cloven hoofed species, notably wild animals where controls are currently too weak.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
UTILITY research units can bid for funding for international collaborative projects into sustainable energy systems from a pot of Euro 3 million released under the European Union’s (EU) sixth framework programme. In a formal call for proposals, the European Commission is looking to fund studies that may have medium and long term impact.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on member countries to contribute US$10 million to upgrade and overhaul the computer system it uses to ensure civil nuclear programmes are not exploited for military uses. IAEA inspectors are complaining that delays caused by their existing 1970’s hardware and software hamper their ability to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is pressing for an end to national vetoes over changes to parts of the European Union’s founding treaties as Member States prepare to launch, in Rome on October 4, the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) convened to approve the EU’s first formal constitution.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S decision to use non-binding guidelines for advising employers and employees on their respective rights regarding the workplace monitoring and privacy of e mails and Internet use has been criticised by a report by a specialist European Union employment affairs body.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THERE are many sights that one can rely on seeing in Paris every day. Patrons lining up at bakeries for fresh baguettes, traffic-filled streets choked amongst stunning architecture, perfectly lit River Seine views and busy cafes packed with people sitting, side-by-side, sipping over-priced drinks while watching other people walk by.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ANTI-TOBACCO European health Commissioner David Byrne has admitted that his officials are examining possible European Union legislation banning smoking in pubs, bars and restaurants, although he admits probable “cultural” opposition in parts of Europe. His move reflects mirrors and agreed law in his native Ireland.…