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RUSSIAN VET AGENCY ACCUSES EU COUNTERPARTS OF COLLIDING WITH EUROPEAN MEAT SMUGGLERS



RUSSIA’S federal veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance service Rosselkhoznadzor has accused European Union (EU) regulators of collaborating with smugglers sneaking meat into Russia, breaching its EU import ban. An official spokesperson for the agency was speaking after 575 tonnes of meat and fat back pork in 26 refrigerated containers from the EU were confiscated by the Russian Federal Customs Service at the Kingisepp customs point, east of Estonia, near St Petersburg.…

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EU ROUND UP – ECHA REVISES PROPOSED CADMIUM IN PAINT BAN



THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has proposed revised restrictions on the use of cadmium and its compounds in paints, allowing trace elements under certain circumstances.

The revised proposal also bans cadmium where it is more than 0.01% by weight of a paint, (0.1% for paints with a zinc content of more than 10% by weight), while the earlier proposal had no maximum, simply saying that cadmium “shall not be used in paints”.…

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CANADA-EU TRADE AGREEMENT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS IN NURSING



THE COMPREHENSIVE Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU) will make it easier for both jurisdictions to recognise each other’s nursing certifications. Political leaders celebrated the end of negotiations in September in Ottawa, Canada (Sept 26).…

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EU COMMISSION APPROVES TAKEOVER OF ALUMINIUM COMPANY CORIALIS



The European Commission today cleared the acquisition of the Corialis Group, a European supplier of aluminium extrusion services and aluminium doors and windows, by Advent International Corporation, a US investment firm. A Commission communiqué said the deal “would not raise competition concerns as Advent is not active in any market in which Corialis is active” at present, notably the aluminium sector.…

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STEEL INDUSTRY WANTS CLEAR SIGNAL FROM EUROPEAN SUMMIT ON EMISSIONS POLICIES



The European steel industry has asked for a signal from the European Council that it can keep on working in Europe and Germany especially, working with an emissions control system that enables it to compete globally. Speaking to Steel First ahead of the European summit which begins tomorrow (Oct 23), Bernd Overmaat, the compliance spokesperson for the world’s largest steel producer ThyssenKrupp AG, said emission certificates should be allocated free of charge under the EU’s emissions trading system.

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ENERGY AND CLIMATE JOINED IN ONE PORTFOLIO IN JUNCKER COMMISSION



THE INCOMING president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has united the Commission’s portfolios of energy and climate action, nominating Spain’s Miguel Arias Cañete as energy and climate commissioner. If confirmed by the European Parliament, he will serve for the next five years.…

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EU ROUND UP – FOUR NEW COMMISSIONERS SHARE EU POLICY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PLASTICS



THE PLASTICS industry will be especially influenced over the next five years by four new European Union (EU) commissioners who have been nominated to serve in the new European Commission of its incoming president Jean-Claude Juncker. Assuming they are confirmed in their positions and begin work on November 1, a key figure will be new health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, a former Lithuanian health minister who will be responsible for food contact materials and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).…

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EU/WTO ROUND UP – AMERICAN CONCERN OVER CLAIMED EU BIOTECH FOOT-DRAGGING



THE AMERICAN government has complained of delays by the outgoing European Commission that leaves office on November 1 regarding the authorisation of new bio-tech food products and ingredients for use in the European Union (EU). In a strongly worded message to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) disputes settlement body, the US said that the EU had failed to leave decisions to regulatory committees acting on European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) advice.…

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EUROPE INVESTS IN LIGNITE DESPITE CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS



LIGNITE power station units are still being built and modernised in the European Union (EU), raising warnings from environmentalists that this could negate EU emissions controls. There are lignite projects in various stages of approval, planning or construction in Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovenia, for instance.…

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NEW AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER PREPARES FOR DAIRY LIBERALISATION



THE NEW European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has promised to start preparing to abolish milk production constraints as a matter of urgency when he takes up his post on November 1. At a confirmation hearing in Brussels on October 2, he promised European Parliament agriculture committee members that small farmers with limited incomes would be particular beneficiaries of the planned end of the dairy quota regime from March 2015.…

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