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EU RESEARCH PROJECT TO SCALE UP AVIATION BIOFUELS
A NEW EUR16 million research project – majority funded by the European Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020 programme – will scale up industrial production and consumption of sustainable aviation fuel, made from lipids such as used cooking oil. Researchers will also investigate Camelina a drought-resistant non-food crop grown on marginal Mediterranean agricultural land.…
REPORT SHOWS MEPs ARE MOONLIGHTING
MEMBERS of the European Parliament (MEPs) are risking conflicts of interest and potentially breaching their code of conduct by accepting extra paid work Transparency International EU revealed in a July 10 report. ‘Moonlighting in Brussels – side jobs and ethics concerns at the European Parliament’ showed 31% of the 751 MEPs declared sidelines, up to 104 earning above EUR100,000 over the past four years, and between nine and 30 earning more from the extra work than their EUR8,484 monthly salaries.…
EU MINISTERS AND MEPS STRIKE DEAL OVER EU ML CRIMINALISATION LAW
AGREEMENT has been struck between the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers on criminalising money laundering across the EU through a new EU directive. Ministers and MEPs will now hold formal votes and debates on a common legal text with a view to securing formal approval for the legislation this year.…
VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN AVIATION – IATA CONFERENCE
VIRTUAL reality (VR) systems are increasingly available and useful for the civil aviation sector – with their training benefits a key focus of an International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference. Its first ever Aviation Virtual & Augmented Reality Summit (AVARS), in Geneva, June 5 and 6, (2018), showed how shocking viewers through VR can really make a difference – the death of a virtual passenger underlined the importance of such tech in safety training.…
REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU LAUNCHES SECURITY UNION PROPOSALS FIGHTING CROSS-BORDER CRIME
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has launched a wide-range of initiatives to fight fraud, counterfeiting and corruption as it seeks to help law enforcers gain an advantage against cross-border crime.
A key element of this work is the so-called EU ‘security union’, about which proposals were tabled by the European Commission in April.…
MEPS CALL ON SPAIN TO BLOCK HSBC WHISTLEBLOWER EXTRADITION
Green and European Free Alliance (EFA) members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling on the Spanish government to block a requested extradition to Switzerland of a French-Italian whistleblower arrested in Spain on April 4. Hervé Falciani revealed details of 100,000 accounts held by French nationals, including politicians and celebrities, to France’s then finance minister Christine Lagarde (now managing director of the International Monetary Fund – IMF) in 2006 and 2007 when working as a computer scientist at HSBC’s Swiss affiliate.…
INNOVATION SHOWCASES THE KEY AS COSMOPROF KEEPS EXPANDING
THE ORGANISERS of Italy’s premier beauty trade fair, Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, are claiming a record number of visitors and international buyers attending this year’s 51st edition of the event from March 15-19. Exceeding the 250,000 visitors from last year’s Cosmoprof, attending foreign buyers, distributors and retail representatives grew 11% in 2018, year-on-year.…
ADULT INCONTINENCE TRIGGERED INNOVATION IN 2017 AND CONTINUES TO OFFER SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR NONWOVENS
THE NONWOVEN adult incontinence market in Europe is offering hygiene product manufacturers and brands a chance to profit in a wider sanitary segment that has been and remains highly competitive.
Western Europe has a high per capita consumption in sanitary protection and a fiercely competitive retailing environment, according to Miles Agbanrin, an analyst for market researcher Euromonitor International.…
US CLOTHING SECTOR LOOKS TO INNOVATION TO SHARPEN EDGE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) conference in Washington DC, on April 25, has heard how the clothing sector needs to boost innovation to sharpen its competitive edge in commercially uncertain times.
Whether creating prototypes from designs within minutes through 3D printing, fabrics being dyed as completed pieces and introducing wearable technology throughout wardrobes, speakers stressed how new concepts could all become mainstream in the clothing industry’s future.…
HARMONISED TAX APPROACH FOR NOVEL TOBACCO PRODUCTS WILL BECOME A REALITY ONCE THEY REACH THE MASS, EXPERTS SAY
THE DECISION of the European Commission not to propose a harmonised European Union (EU) approach for excise duty on e-cigarettes and other novel tobacco products has been welcomed by the tobacco sector for avoiding punitive taxation on a nascent segment.
But should such rules ultimately be introduced the tobacco sector may not oppose them if they reflect the lower health risks involved in consuming such products by enabling lower excise duty bands.…