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EU VAT FORUM PILOT EXTENDED ONE MORE YEAR THE EUROPEAN Commission is to carry out an evaluation of the European Union (EU) regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 that says EU listed companies must use international financial reporting standards (IFRS) to produce their consolidated accounts.…

THE JAPANESE pharma sector may have previously lagged behind its counterparts in Europe and north America helping the very poorest people in the developing world, but the enthusiasm with which five of Japan’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have embraced the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund indicates a sea change in policy.…

MEAT consumption will never reach previous levels, Tassos Haniotis, director of economic analysis at the European Commission’s directorate general for agriculture said yesterday (Tuesday).

He was speaking during the launch of the European Commission report on prospects for agricultural markets and income in the European Union (EU) between 2013 and 2023.…

THE EXPANSION of the Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (PMIA) in Medina, Saudi Arabia, has long been overdue, with the facility having struggled to handle the spike in pilgrims visiting the two holy sites of Mecca and Medina. In a first for the Gulf region, the expansion is a public-private partnership, with Turkey’s TAV Airports Holding Company operating a 25-year concession that is expected to be rolled out elsewhere in the kingdom.…

IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional. Both commercial markets and governments are swayed by sentiment as well as hard cash – and currently both influences are failing to pull in co-gen’s favour.…

IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional. Both commercial markets and governments are swayed by sentiment as well as hard cash – and currently both influences are failing to pull in co-gen’s favour.…

SPANISH meat producers secured increasingly healthy prices in 2013 as the country crept out of recession in the second half, figures from its ministry of agriculture, food and the environment (MAGRAMA) show.

Category E pork (55% – 59% leanness) rose by 11.4% on 2012 to average EUR1.936 per kilo, 10.3% greater than the European Union (EU) average, peaking at EUR2.171/Kg.…

REPRESENTATIVES of the biofuels industry have attacked European Commission energy targets for 2030 for not including anything mandatory targets for manufacturing second-generation biofuels and for planning to scrap transport fuels emissions plans.

“Europe should set a binding target for sustainable transport, and a dedicated sub-target for advanced biofuels, combined with the GHG (greenhouse gas) emission reduction goal, to ensure that future growth in the EU (European Union) biofuels market comes from the best performing biofuels,” said CEOs of energy and transport companies such as Dong Energy (Denmark), BTG Biomass Technology Group (Netherlands) and British Airways in a joint statement issued under the umbrella of the Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels (LSB) advocacy group.…

The European Union (EU) needs to tailor its energy policy and carbon Emissions Trading System (ETS) approach to the realities of the steel sector, Theo Henrar, chairman of the management board of Tata Steel Nederland told Steel First.

“The ETS is one-size-fits-all and is putting energy intensive industries in competitive disadvantage,” he said, calling for realistic benchmarks to be used when calculating the CO2 emissions allowances for the industry.…

HIGHWAY and transport officials in charge of network management need to deepen the knowledge of their local highways and rail systems to develop an efficient strategy to manage it, according to Daniel Van Motman, senior traffic management advisor at the City of Amsterdam.…