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BRITISH SCIENTISTS LEAD PROJECT TO MEASURE THE UNMEASURABLE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BRITISH science team is leading new European Union (EU) research that seeks to measure phenomena that have thus far been un-measurable. The UK National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, is heading up a ‘measurement of naturalness’ project that is part of the EU Sixth Framework Project ‘measuring the impossible’ series of studies.…
EC LAUNCHES HARMONISED EU VEAL STANDARDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a common European Union (EU) labelling system for veal, albeit with enough flexibility to accommodate national traditions. Brussels wants a cap of 12 months for the age of calves whose meat is sold as ‘veal’ in a local language.…
ECJ RULES ON MEAT AND BONE MEAL POWER INCINERATION EXPORTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a common European Union (EU) labelling system for veal, albeit with enough flexibility to accommodate national traditions. Brussels wants a cap of 12 months for the age of calves whose meat is sold as ‘veal’ in a local language.…
EU COMMISSION CLEARS DUTCH PLASTICS DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the acquisition of sole control of Dutch plastics product manufacturer Synbra Group BV by investment house GIMA BV, also of the Netherlands. Acting as the European Union’s senior competition authority, the Commission has cleared the deal without conditions.…
DUTCH BITUMEN CARTEL COMPANIES FINED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH bitumen suppliers BP and Shell are amongst 14 companies fined Euro 266,717 for participating in a cartel setting the price of this crucial construction material in the Netherlands. The secret agreement included eight suppliers, also including Esha, Klöckner Bitumen, Kuwait Petroleum, Nynäs, Total and Wintershall, and six construction firms: Ballast Nedam, Dura Vermeer, Heijmans, Hollandsche Beton Groep (now part of Koninklijke BAM Groep), Koninklijke BAM Groep and Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin.…
IEA SAYS WIND POWER ON THE INCREASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency (IEA) has said in its latest annual report that wind energy still only satisfies 1.2% of power demand in its 20 rich country members, although that proportion is increasing fast in some cases. It said that from 1995 to 2005, the contribution of wind power to national electricity demand rose from 0.2%, with 12 IEA members being in the European Union (EU).…
DUTCH LAUNCH EMISSIONS-FREE SCOOTER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DUTCH engineering team has developed an emissions-free scooter that uses heat generated from braking to help recharge its battery. Epyon, a spin-off company from the Netherlands’ Delft Technology University, has designed a hybrid hydrogen-battery energy supply enabling its models to outperform standard scooters without pollution.…
EU COMMISSION TABLES VAT CONCESSIONS FOR HOUSE RESTORATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked European Union (EU) ministers to authorise until January 2011 the right of the Isle of Man and 13 foreign EU member states to levy low rates of VAT on certain building repair services.…
SMITHFIELDS - SARA LEE DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of the Netherlands-based Sara Lee Foods Europe by a joint venture of US-based Smithfield Foods and Oaktree Capital Management. Smithfield and Sara Lee both produce processed meat products in Europe.…
FEE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING CONFERENCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER states of the European Union (EU) have been encouraged at a European Federation of Accountants (FEE) sponsored-conference in Brussels to follow in the European Commission’s footsteps and adopt accrual accounting practices. EU budget Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite told the ‘Modernising accounting in the Public Sector – Exchange of Experience’ conference that the system, now largely installed at the Commission, offered national governments major benefits.…