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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released a policy paper recommending that a dedicated European tobacco and nicotine products agency be set up, mirroring the creation of EU agencies to regulate the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industries. The agency should, it suggests, have the authority to authorise the sale of tobacco products on the EU market, as well as order and conduct research into tobacco and nicotine.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is largely on track for a timely start to its emissions trading system on January 1, with the unconditional approval in late October of six more CO2 emission allocation plans, from Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Portugal.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL corruption watchdog Transparency International has confirmed Britain’s place as one of the world’s cleaner countries, ranking it 11th in its annual league table of government probity. In a report containing few surprises, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland and Singapore were lauded has having the most honest governments, while the graft-ridden administrations of Nigeria, Bangladesh and Haiti were bottom of the table.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) report has claimed more Britons work excessive hours than other Europeans, with 15.5% of UK citizens working more than 50 hours a week, while in other EU countries the proportion ranges from 1.4% in the Netherlands to 6.2% in Greece and Ireland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) tourists can now take their pets to any EU member country, except Britain, Ireland, Sweden and Malta, if they obtain a harmonised pet passport, which came into force on October 1. These are issued following a rabies vaccination, with tattoos identifying animals, (from 2012 embedded microchips will be required).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) may have created a new opportunity to market health insurance to European Union (EU) immigrants, underlining the value of commercial policies in preventing deportation. Judges ruled that a neither children possessing citizenship of one EU country, or their parents, can be forced from a different EU state, if the child has “sickness insurance covering all risks in the host country” as well as resources ensuring they do not “burden the (local) social assistance scheme”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AFTER 30 years of discussions, a European Union (EU) Company Statute is now in place, allowing the creation of European holding companies, joint subsidiaries or merged operations, theoretically able to work seamlessly in at least two member states.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IRELAND’S former finance minister Charlie McCreevy has signalled a retreat from using European Union (EU) law to force financial disclosure form companies when he takes office as EU internal market Commissioner on November 1. At a European Parliament hearing yesterday (Thurs 7-10), he said would probably limit himself to making voluntary recommendations on disclosure.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS European Union (EU) debates reforms to its working time rules designed to make it harder for Britain to opt-out of this EU legislation, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report has claimed more Britons work excessive hours than other Europeans.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening legal action against France, Germany, Luxembourg and Denmark, for failing to implement key European Union (EU) road safety rules. The Commission claims that France and Denmark have failed to introduce directive 2003/26/EC on technical roadside spot checks of commercial vehicles.…