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EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY WARNS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS STILL BEDEVIL EUROPE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEED to limit particulate matter in Britain and continental western Europe has been underlined by the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest assessment of pollution in Europe. In its fourth annual environmental health check of Europe, central Asia and Asiatic Russia, the agency concluded that much of western, central and south east Europe, especially urban areas, "experience daily average PM10 concentrations in excess of 50 ?g/m3…
BRITAIN MUST CATCH UP OVER LOW SULPHUR FUELS - EU REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH road transport sector has to play catch up with many of its European Union (EU) competitors regarding the introduction of sulphur-free fuels, a report from the European Commission has shown. It shows that as long ago as 2005, member states such as Germany, Italy and Ireland were already selling this environmentally-friendly petrol and diesel, while Britain was still selling low sulphur fuel, of between 10 and 50 parts per million sulphur content.…
EU ROUND UP - EU AND RUSSIA CONSIDER REPAIRING STRAINED ENERGY RELATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CHINK of light has emerged in the perennially taut energy relations between the European Union (EU) and Russia: both sides have agreed to establish a committee to examine how a system of gas unbundling ‘reciprocity’ might work.…
ROAD HAULIERS FACE NEW THEFT RISK - STEALING LORRIES FOR SCRAP VALUE
BY MARK ROWE
LORRIES are increasingly being stolen for their value as scrap and recycled materials, UK authorities have warned the road haulage industry. The rise in thefts of lorries has been blamed partly on the high prices now paid for scrap metal on the international markets – driven in part by China’s insatiable demand for metal – and on thieves who have realized that almost any part of a lorry, from wheel hubs to side panels, axles, catalytic converters, a plastic chair or the gold in the wiring looms has a recyclable value.…
BRITAIN MUST CATCH UP OVER LOW SULPHUR FUELS - EU REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH road transport sector has to play catch up with many of its European Union (EU) competitors regarding the introduction of sulphur-free fuels, a report from the European Commission has shown. Although the UK Petroleum Industry Association has indicated it expects Britain to switch to sulphur-free fuels by a 2009 deadline imposed by the European Union (EU), in June the government admitted the issue was complicated because "the UK fuel distribution network can only accommodate a single grade of diesel", preventing small introductory sales of sulphur-free diesel.…
NEW EU MEMBERS BULGARIA AND ROMANIA OFFER NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WESTERN EUROPEAN COSMETICS PRODUCERS
BY MARK ROWE
OTHER member states of the European Union (EU) may have had reservations about the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the once-exclusive EU euroclub, but such sentiments are not shared by the international cosmetics industry. With western European markets reaching a plateau of maturity, the real expansion and investment opportunities lie further east.…
EU ENVIRONMENT AGENCY SAYS UK PARTICULATE MATTER EXPOSURE COMPARATIVELY LOW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN is comparatively free of particulate matter PM10 which can cause serious respiratory problems, the latest Europe-wide pollution survey from the European Environment Agency (EEA) has concluded. It said the "highest urban concentrations were observed in Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain" plus western Balkan cities, with northern Italy’s Po Valley, parts of Belgium and the Netherlands, and southern Spain being the worst affected.…
RUSSIA DAIRY PRODUCT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS HITS EASTERN EUROPEAN PRODUCERS HARD
BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA’S new-found belligerence and confidence is not confined to the political and military sphere: in the past four years – and increasingly so in the past 12 months – Russia has adopted an aggressive, take-it-or-leave it stance when it comes to imports of dairy and other food products.…
EU MONEY LAUNDERING DIRECTIVES FORCES PATCHY PROGRESS IN AML CONTROLS FOR EU ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX ADVISORS
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE MONEY Laundering Bulletin has found effects of the European Union’s (EU) second money laundering directive’s (2MLD) extension of EU anti-money laundering regulations to a range of businesses and professions are complicated by differences in the definition of the professions between the 27 member states.…
BRITAIN IS FERTILE GROUND FOR EU INSTITUTION FRAUDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is common currency amongst extreme British Eurosceptics that business and government on the continent of Europe is a cesspit of dishonesty and corruption, against which Britain shines like a beacon of virtue and decency.
Allowing "Europeans" who lack Britain’s traditional sense of fair play and transparency control over the laws and regulations mandated by the "Mother of Parliaments" is heresy to such folk.…