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EUROPEAN COMMISSION APPROVES MORE FUNDING FOR POLAND'S LODZ AIRPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved a further Polish government subsidy for the development of Poland’s ?ód? regional airport. This time, Euro 11.3 million (Zloty 40.1 million) will improve safety standards, notably air traffic control services. The decision follows last year’s Brussels-approved Euro 2.5 million (Zloty 9.7 million) grant improving security and fire fighting services.…
COMMISSION GOES TO COURT TO FORCE REFORM TO MALTESE SECOND HAND CAR LAWS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission may take another tilt at allegedly discriminatory car taxation policies, this time launching legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against Malta. Brussels considers the Maltese registration tax system unfairly penalises second hand vehicles, charging more tax than on vehicles registered initially in Malta.…
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND-UP - RUSSIAN AND EU BOOST FISHING COOPERATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IMPROVED cooperation between fisheries authorities in the European Union (EU) and Russia is to be established, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Brussels and Moscow. The deal covers fishing grounds in the Baltic and the north Atlantic and involves better contacts between the European Commission and Russia’s state committee for fisheries.…
RUSSIA'S BANS ON FISH IMPORTS PROVOKE DISBELIEF AMONGST EXPORTING NATIONS
BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA’S new-found belligerence and confidence is not confined to the political and military sphere: in recent years Russia has adopted an aggressive, take-it-or-leave it stance when it comes to fish, seafood and other food products.
The country has imposed a number of bans on fish products from its European neighbours, including salmon and other fresh fish from Norway, fishmeal, frozen fish and canned smoked sprats from Poland and a range of fish products from Latvia.…
OLAF HAILS SUCCESSFUL CHINA COUNTERFEIT CIGARETTE RAID
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF, with German and Polish police have broken an international cigarette smuggling ring, arresting 26 people and seizing millions of sticks. The arrests were made in Poland and Germany by the Polish Centralne Biuro ?ledcze…
EU ROUND UP - EU UNBUNDLING COMPROMISE PROPOSED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SLOVENIAN government has tabled compromise proposals to break the current political logjam at the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers over gas supply unbundling. As current EU president, Slovenia has suggested for instance that some joint ownership of energy producing and transmission utilities could occur if there were "additional safeguards" preventing conflicts of interest, and guaranteeing the "structural independence of decision making" by distribution operators.…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SAYS DIESEL DUTY SHOULD RISE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed European Commission proposals to increase the current European Union (EU) minimum excise tax rate on diesel to match that for unleaded petrol. However, MEPs have proposed phasing the increase from diesel’s current Euro 302/1,000 litres rate to unleaded petrol’s Euro 359/1,000 by 2015, with Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania having until 2016, but Spain, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Greece acting immediately.…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SAYS DIESEL DUTY SHOULD RISE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed proposals to increase the current EU minimum excise tax rate on diesel to match that for unleaded petrol. However, MEPs want to phase the increase from Euro 302/1,000 litres to Euro 359 by 2015, with Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania having until 2016 – Spain, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Greece acting immediately.…
REGIONAL TRADE DEALS PROMOTE GLOBAL TRADE IN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR
BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas; ALAN OSBORN, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in Tokyo; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut; RACHEL JONES, in Caracas; MARK ROWE; and KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round being slow to proceed since its 2001 launch – and only this year approaching something resembling and end game – free traders wanting to encourage global commerce have looked to bilateral and regional trade deals.…
POLAND FACES COURT ACTION OVER LOW CHILDREN'S CLOTHES VAT RATES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally threatened legal action against Poland over its charging of a reduced 7% VAT rate on children’s clothes, accessories and shoes which Brussels says breaks European Union (EU) law. Under the EU VAT directive 2006/112/EC, member states are bound to levy standard rate VAT of at least 15% on most products and services.…