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BY KEITH NUTHALL
CELEBRATED European Union (EU) whistleblower Paul van Buitenen is back working at the European Commission, after one year of personal leave, being posted on the same floor as his new boss and old political sparring partner, internal affairs Commissioner Neil Kinnock.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A THREAT is emerging of European legal action against countries that allow public procurement tenders to stipulate that Intel processors must be used in computers bought by public sector purchasers. The European Commission has warned France, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden of possible action, saying such conditions could break European free trade laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LEGAL final warning letters have been sent by the European Commission to Britain, Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain and Sweden, calling on them to swiftly implement a directive guaranteeing consumer protection when insurance companies are wound up.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Commissioner has broken a Brussels taboo akin to the Pope calling for quickie divorces and free contraception, he has called on the European Commission to propose fewer regulations. Frits Bolkestein, the Dutch internal market Commissioner told a Netherlands newspaper NRC Handelsblad that tougher safeguards should be written into the new European Union (EU) constitution to curb his own institution’s “tendency to over regulate”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that Adidas can only prevent rivals using variations of its vertical stripes symbol by proving that consumers associate its mark with those used by other companies. If consumers view rival symbols “purely as an embellishment”, Adidas cannot use its trademark rights to suppress them, the ECJ said, intervening in a Netherlands case involving Fitnessworld Trading Ltd.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KEY European Union scientific committee has opposed a ban imposed by the Dutch government on copper-based anti-fouling coatings being applied to pleasure boats sailed in the Netherlands, opening the way for possible legal action by the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report says that the Netherlands, out of all EU countries, has received the largest economic boost from investment in communications and information technology. Much of the resulting labour productivity growth has been concentrated in knowledge intensive activities, notably high technology and medium high technology manufacturing, said the developed world think tank.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PHILIPS scientists in the Netherlands say they have developed a way of overcoming problems of low brightness and slow movement of images (via pixels) in electronic paper (e-paper). Their breakthrough, involving an ‘electro-wetting’ technique using oil, water and electric currents “could ease the development of wireless, animated newspapers and books” said the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has given competition clearance to the takeover by Volkswagen’s financial arm of a stake in the Dutch car leasing company Pon Financial Services. The deal will lead to the joint control of Pon with VW importer in the Netherlands Pon Holdings BV.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal for failing to implement the package of measures approved last year to liberalise the European Union (EU) telecommunications sector.

Brussels noted that only Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Finland, and Sweden had implemented the EU’s framework, authorisations, access and universal service directives into their national legislation by this month (NOTE: OCTOBER).…