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BRIBERY GOES THIRD PARTY TO AVOID LAW ENFORCEMENT SQUEEZE
IS the suitcase or manila envelope full of cash still a favoured means of exchange between briber and bribed, or has bribery become so sophisticated that such basic methods are now foresworn? It would appear so – at least, third parties are now readily employed to obscure a bribe trail.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLANS ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT REFUELLING AND CHARGING NETWORKS: WILL VEHICLE SALES FOLLOW?
THE QUESTION of whether publicly-supported refuelling and recharging stations are needed to jump-start demand for electric, hydrogen and other alternatively-powered vehicles seems almost as old as the conundrum about the chicken and the egg. Yet, a clear answer has yet to be supplied – and with green vehicle sales still generally weak – the European Commission has decided that for Europe, it might as well push ahead with proactively creating refuelling/charging networks anyway.…
BRUSSELS TO PROPOSE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES ON SHALE GAS EXPLORATION IN EUROPE
THE EUROPEAN Commission looks set to propose binding legislative standards for the 27 European Union (EU) member states to follow in exploring unconventional fossil fuel resources amid public concern over the environmental and social impact consequences of the main production method – hydraulic fracturing or fracking.…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WANTS A STRONGER TOBACCO PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE, BUT ECONOMIC CONCERNS MIGHT DERAIL PLANS
POLITICAL battle-lines are being drawn over the oncoming debates at the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers on the shape of the revised tobacco products directive. While formal amendments have yet to be proposed, preliminary discussions are giving the industry a good idea of the challenges to be faced over the coming months.…
POLAND AND BALTIC STATES PUSH AHEAD WITH FRACKING PLANS
As Poland’s shale gas rush ramps up in earnest, companies offering locally-sourced minerals used in hydraulic fracturing look set to profit. The industry, nascent as it is in Poland, comprises a hodgepodge of contractors and subcontractors, each sourcing different materials from different places.…
BRUSSELS PREDICTS HALT TO GROWTH OF EU POULTRY SECTOR
A EUROPEAN Commission food market data report has predicted that the long-running growth on European Union (EU) poultry meat production will finally end next year (2014), registering an anticipated dip of 0.7%.
Brussels noted that higher feed prices have forced up poultry meat prices, to reach Euro EUR196/100 kg in January 2013, up 9% against a five year average.…
OUTLOOK UNCERTAIN FOR LITHUANIA’S NUCLEAR FUTURE
LITHUANIA’S plans to build the Visaginas nuclear power plant, hailed the first modern nuclear alternative to Russian energy in the Baltic States, have been stalled since Lithuanian voters opposed the idea in an October 2012 referendum.
However, a general election held the same day as the referendum and the resulting newly elected Social Democrat-led government has formed a commission within the energy ministry to recalculate the project’s cost estimates, reporting in March.…
THAILAND ACCEPTS EU BEEF IMPORTS – BUT BRUSSELS STILL HAS CONCERNS
THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed Thailand lifting its longstanding ban on bovine product imports from European Union (EU) member states, but has complained that Bangkok is insisting on expensive inspections for approved exporters.
Live cattle, beef, veal and other bovine products from Austria, Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia and Spain have been prevented from entering Thailand since 2001 over concerns about BSE.…
BRUSSELS LOSES PATIENCE OVER SOW STALL WELFARE RULES FAILURES
THE FAILURE of nine European Union (EU) member states to properly protect the welfare pregnant sows – breaking an EU law agreed 12 years ago – has caused the European Commission to threaten legal action over the issue.
It has given the governments of Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal two months to say how they will resolve the problem or face a possible case at the European Court of Justice (ECJ).…
BRUSSELS TO ASK ALL EU COUNTRIES TO TEST BEEF PRODUCTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF HORSEMEAT
THE EUROPEAN Commission will ask all 27 European Union (EU) member countries to test representative samples of beef meet products to see if they contain any horsemeat, following the recent frozen food scandal.
“The idea is to have the DNA testing over the month of March and to publish the results on April 15,” EU health and consumer policy commissioner Tonio Borg said during a press conference in Brussels last night (Wednesday) after an emergency meeting with agriculture ministers of the seven EU countries affected by the horsemeat scam – the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sweden and France.…