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STATE AID APPROVED FOR GERMAN AND FRENCH AIRPORTS
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved public subsidy investments into three airports in Germany (Dortmund, Leipzig/Halle and Niederrhein-Weeze) and three in France (Angoulême, Pau Pyrénées and Nîmes). In all cases, it found government-related financial injections were in line with European Union (EU) state aid rules.…
NEW COMMISSIONER NOMINEES OUTLINE FOOD SECTOR REFORMS, SHOULD THEY BE CONFIRMED IN THEIR JOBS
IRISH Environment Minister Phil Hogan has been nominated as the new agriculture commissioner for the European Union (EU), with responsibility for ensuring a smooth production of food ingredients across Europe. Assuming he is confirmed by the European Parliament, he should start his new job on November 1.…
SUCKLER COWS SECTOR COULD BE HIT BY EU-US TRADE AGREEMENT, STUDY SAYS
THE CONCLUSION of a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the US could have serious adverse consequences for the EU suckler cows sector, European experts claim. A new study presented yesterday (Wednesday) in the European Parliament in Brussels argues US-sourced beef imports could increase in volume and fall in price.…
NEW MICROSOFT CONSUMER CHANNELS CFO LOOKING TO GENERATE ENERGETIC GROWTH
Kevin McCarthy, the recently appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Microsoft’s Consumer Channels Group, is planning to use his expertise in manufacturing and managing consumer space to spin energised growth into what is, as he puts it, is “already an amazing business model.”…
NEW MICROSOFT CONSUMER CHANNELS CFO LOOKING TO GENERATE ENERGETIC GROWTH
Kevin McCarthy, the recently appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Microsoft’s Consumer Channels Group, is planning to use his expertise in manufacturing and managing consumer space to spin energised growth into what is, as he puts it, is “already an amazing business model.”…
BRUSSELS SAYS MEMBER STATES ANTI-FRAUD ACTION MAYBE TOO WEAK
THE LATEST European Commission annual report on European Union (EU) anti-fraud measures has highlighted concerns that member states may be doing far too little to detect EU-related financial crime. Keith Nuthall reports.
A 2013 Report on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests noted that some member states reported “very low numbers of fraudulent irregularities” – but the Commission does not believe this is because they are clean.…
BRUSSELS SAYS NATIONAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS ON EU SPENDING NEED REFORM
THE LATEST European Commission annual report on European Union (EU) anti-fraud measures has claimed member states may be doing too little to detect EU-related financial crime. Brussels’ 2013 Report on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests noted some member states reported “very low numbers of fraudulent irregularities”.…
FALLING PRICES AND POOR FARMER-PROCESSOR RELATIONSHIP HURT BEEF INDUSTRY
IRELAND’S beef sector is facing tough times – slim profits and poor prices are hurting farmers, industry experts say. Declining beef prices have already cost Irish farmers EUR106 million (USD144.1 million) this year so far, Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) general secretary Eddie Punch told globalmeatnews.com.…
EU ROUND UP – BRUSSELS SAYS MEMBER STATES ANTI-FRAUD ACTION MAYBE TOO WEAK
THE LATEST European Commission annual report on European Union (EU) anti-fraud measures has highlighted concerns that member states may be doing far too little to detect EU-related financial crime.
Brussels’ 2013 Report on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests noted that some member states reported “very low numbers of fraudulent irregularities”.…
US AND EU DAIRY INDUSTRY PUSH HARD FOR THEIR INTERESTS IN TTIP TALKS, BUT DEAL IS POSSIBLE
European dairy producers have expressed alarm at talks on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), arguing that European producers may face lower prices and standards from the ambitious European Union (EU)-USA trade pact. But as the sixth round of negotiations got underway in Brussels in July, some processors argued that European producers stand to gain from a liberalised market across the Atlantic.…