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THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) will scrap the last remaining export refund available for meat exporters, following a 20 year liberalisation process.

Yesterday, (Thursday) the EU’s ‘management committee for the common organisation of agricultural markets: animal products’ agreed to scrap refunds payable for exports of frozen whole chickens (65-70%) to certain destinations, notably in the Middle East and the Commonwealth of Independent States (ex-USSR countries).…

WITH Europe’s economy still struggling to deal with the fall-out of the global financial crisis, its co-generation sector has had to fight to expand, or in some cases hold its position. Tightening national government budgets have meant that the co-gen industry has had to argue persuasively for public subsidies and tax breaks, or even the right to have equal treatment with renewable energies.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament (EP) public health and environment committee, which is handling the draft tobacco products directive (TPD), went a step further from the European Commission on July 10, when it voted to introduce a “positive list” of approved ingredients to be used in tobacco products.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released documents showing that it wants the US to ban future export restrictions on selling energy products raw materials to the European Union (EU), during negotiations for the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. This would be the world’s largest bilateral trade deal.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has now formally approved a new European Union (EU) offshore oil and gas drilling directive, designed to prevent accidents such as the Deepwater Horizon spill happening in coastal EU sea waters.

These new rules will require oil and gas firms to prove they can cover potential liabilities from accidents and submit major hazard reports and emergency response plans to regulators before drilling operations start.…

REVISED European Union (EU) nuclear safety rules proposed by the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, may undermine the authority of national safety regulators and complicate the work of nuclear operators, according to Foratom, the organisation representing the interests of the European nuclear industry.…

EASTERN European textile and clothing companies used to have a cost advantage in serving wealthy western European markets, but that has long been eclipsed by Asian competition – added value technical textiles may offer them a sustainable future.

In Poland’s hard-pressed textile industry, its fast-growing technical branch may constitute the future of the national industry, experts in the country’s industry say.…

THE COMMERCIAL property sector in Croatia, which is to join the European Union (EU) on July 1, is anticipating a boost to several key sectors as a result of the country’s long-awaited accession. However, the industry remains understandably cautious given the continuing economic difficulties being faced by the EU.…

Poland confirmed plans in 2012 to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant with a view to importing supplies from Qatar, it seemed like the latest example of eastern European energy ministries trying to avoid energy dependence on Russia. Plans to develop shale gas in Poland and the Baltic States fall into the same category, along with policies to build energy infrastructure linking Poland and its Nordic and Baltic neighbours.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the acquisition of Polish personal care products retailer Polbita by Austrian banking group Erste and the Italian-owned Polish bank Alior Bank. Brussels waved through the deal imposing no conditions using its fast-track simplified merger review procedure.…