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BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union gas federation Eurogas is hopeful that the proposed EU directive on securing Europe’s gas supplies will be substantially recast, after opposition from the industry to proposals allowing the European Commission to intervene in the market to depress high prices.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE WORLD Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have agreed to fund a US$55.77 million environmental management programme in Zambia’s copper mining region. The Copperbelt Environmental Project (CEP) will try to improve the compliance of Zambian copper producers with the country’s environmental regulations.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE WORLD Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have agreed to fund a US$55.77 million environmental management programme in Zambia’s copper mining region; the decision should tackle concerns that the bank – which has long been suggesting the programme – has been dragging its feet over releasing funding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MEXICAN government has launched the first stage of disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation, (formal talks), over claims that the reimposition by the United States of anti-dumping duties on its exports of oil country tubular goods broke global trading regulations.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
TOBACCO companies, trade unions and governments have agreed that employment in the tobacco sector “needs to be reviewed in terms of recent economic and social developments.” The three sides, meeting under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva last month (February), accepted that the sector’s jobs in industrialised countries and some developing countries “have either been stagnating or declining, although tobacco production, especially cigarettes, has been increasing due to higher demand worldwide supported by state-of-the-art technology and corporate consolidation.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Office of Zoonoses, the world animal health institution, has reported tests confirming an outbreak of avian influenza subtype H7 in two Connecticut, USA, chicken farms, threatening the health of 2.3 million birds. State authorities are working with the US Department of Agriculture regarding local quarantine restrictions and movement controls.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is planning to lend Euro 12.5 million to Serbia & Montenegro fruit juice company fresh&Co. The loan will help the company strengthen its brands and its distribution networks. A bank memorandum said that the loan would enable the company to “provide a good example to other local food companies and retailers of good practice in distribution,” adding it would “also contribute to continued improvement of quality and availability of fruit juices in the market.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission is seeking opinions on a proposal to adapt

the International Accounting Standards system, which many European Union (EU) companies are obliged to use from 2005, as a “starting point” for an EU-wide consolidated tax base.…

BY FRITZ BRETT
UK insurance consumers will benefit from a new 7-year regulation adopted by the European Commission providing for a block exemption authorising certain types of co-operation agreements between companies, say industry officials. The regulation, drawn up after intensive consultations with the industry, including the Association of British Insurers, covers agreements that include the establishment of non-binding standard policy conditions, the exchange of statistical information for the calculation of risks and the creation of insurance pools.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
LEADERS of international organisations are lining up to speak at the major textile trade conference being staged by the European Commission in Brussels in May 5-6.

Pascal Lamy, European Union trade commissioner, is to speak on the importance of quota elimination for the strengthening of the multilateral system.…