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DERRY AIRPORT NORTHERN IRELAND BRITAIN IRELAND STATE AID
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the subsidising by GBPounds 10.4 million from the British and Irish governments of Derry City Council-funded capital development projects at the City of Derry airport. These are a runway safety scheme, allowing more aircraft types to land, and helping the council finance previous improvements’ cost overruns.…
EU ROUND-UP - MOROCCO, MAURITANIA, QUOTA TIMETABLE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers and the European Parliament have approved a new fishing agreement with Morocco, despite controversy over its covering waters off the disputed territory of the Western Sahara. The Polisario Liberation Front has since 1975 been fighting Morocco for self-determination over the largely desert territory.…
ECJ EUROFOOD CASE IRELAND ITALY PARMALAT
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) may have helped Italian courts control any insolvency proceedings of a Parmalat subsidiary in Ireland, Eurofood. Control of winding-up this financing company for the Parmalat group has been claimed by both Italian and Irish courts and the ECJ was asked about how European law affects the choice of jurisdiction over such matters.…
EU MICRONESIA FISHING DEAL, SPAIN ECJ FISHING RIGHTS FAILURE, CAVIARE QUOTAS IRAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has taken another step towards securing valuable fishing rights for its fleets in the Pacific, with the EU Council of Ministers approving an access agreement with Micronesia. For nine years, Spanish and Portuguese longliners along with Spanish and French freezer seiners will be able to fish the archipelago’s rich tuna fishing grounds north of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.…
ECJ CADBURY SCHWEPPES TAX CASE
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
CADBURY Schweppes may scupper an attempt by Britain’s Inland Revenue to levy GBPounds 8.6 million taxes from an Ireland-based subsidiary. It wanted to charge Cadbury Schweppes Treasury International (CSTI), alleging it was a shell company for dodging higher British tax rates.…
EU FOOD LEGISLATION REPORT
BY ALAN OSBORN
INTRODUCTION
WITH the approval in May of two key regulations covering respectively nutrition and health claims and the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods the EU has taken an important step forward in setting the legal framework for the food industry in Europe.…
GM FOODSTUFFS CONTROLS EUROPEAN COMMISSION REPORT/REFORMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed reforms to the scientific basis and transparency of decisions on approving or banning genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foodstuffs. This follows concerns from member states that too many GM products are being approved for sale in the European Union (EU).…
ECJ EUROFOOD CASE IRELAND ITALY PARMALAT
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) may have helped Italian courts control any insolvency proceedings of a Parmalat subsidiary in Ireland, Eurofood. Control of winding-up this financing company for the Parmalat group has been claimed by both Italian and Irish courts and the ECJ was asked about how European law affects the choice of jurisdiction over such matters.…
ECJ CADBURY-SCHWEPPES CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CADBURY Schweppes may scupper an attempt by Britain’s Inland Revenue to levy GBPounds 8.6 million taxes from an Ireland-based subsidiary. It wanted to charge Cadbury Schweppes Treasury International (CSTI), alleging it was a shell for dodging higher British tax rates.…
SPAIN BRITAIN IRELAND QUOTA ACCESS IRISH BOX EU ACCESSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BID by the Spanish government to secure more North Sea and Baltic Sea access rights for its fishermen has been thrown out by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). After Spain joined the European Union in 1986, it was given some special transitional access to these waters (from 1996), but these expired in 2002, leaving Spanish vessels – claimed Madrid – with unfairly limited quotas.…