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EU VODKA LABELLING ROW



BY KEITH NUTHALL

POLAND, supported by Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden are resisting a European Commission proposal to allow vodka drinks to be sold in the European Union, even if some ingredients are non-traditional. Poland and its allies want vodka-labelled drinks to be based only on cereals and potatoes.…

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EU WTO ROUND UP



BY KEITH NUTHALL

NEW EFSA BOSS BUDGET ROW – LATEST ADVICE

THE FRENCHWOMAN appointed to take the vacant top executive director job at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will need all her political skills to solve a potential budget crisis facing the agency.…

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EU ROUND UP - EU COMPETITION INQUIRY GAS CROSSBORDER TRANSMISSION BIOFUELS, BIOMASS, EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission’s competition directorate general has said it will launch legal action against restrictive business practices and abuses of dominant positions in European Union (EU) gas markets. In a long awaited report, it promised to act against long-term downstream contracts and restricted access to capacity on gas pipelines, storage and inter-connectors between member states.…

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT EU SERVICES DIRECTIVE VOTE, SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH CARE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN) has called for further changes to the European Union’s (EU) proposed services directive, after the European Parliament voted for social care to be covered by the legislation. This would allow nursing agencies established for an (undefined) temporary period in a foreign EU member state – say Poland or Latvia – to provide nurses to children’s or old people’s homes in the UK.…

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CHP VAT DISCOUNT EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CHP RENEWABLE ENERGY COMBINATION CALL



BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) finance ministers have agreed to add district heating to the list of sectors for which member states can levy an optional reduced 5.5% VAT rate until 2010. The agreement was struck after Poland lifted its opposition to a deal following a dispute over social housing VAT.…

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EUROBAROMETER FOOD POLL



BY KEITH NUTHALL

WHEN European Union (EU) consumers think of food, more associate it with "taste" – 31%, than with "pleasure" – 29%, "hunger" – 27%, "health" – 19% and "necessity" – 15%. As usual with culturally diverse Europe, however, there were wide national variations.…

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POLAND EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS VODKA INGREDIENTS ROW



BY KEITH NUTHALL

POLAND, supported by Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden are resisting a European Commission proposal to allow vodka to be sold in the European Union (EU) using non-traditional ingredients. Poland and its allies want vodka-labelled drinks to be based only on cereals and potatoes.…

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EBRD POLAND COAL POWER GENERATION



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to invest Euro 70 million in Poland’s Dolna Odra coal-fired power station, buying a minority stake from Spain’s Endesa, which is buying its three plants. Endesa will revise coal purchases – currently shipped from Upper Silesia, and spend Euro 200 million on desulphurisation and other environmental equipment.…

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EU SPIRITS DIRECTIVE PROPOSAL VODKA INGREDIENTS ROW SOLUTION



BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Commission official has warned the Drinks Bulletin that there could be a tough fight ahead over agreeing proposals made before Christmas on reforming European Union (EU) rules on selling spirits. The senior official, who wanted to remain anonymous, said that although a political deal within the Commission had been struck to overcome concerns in Estonia, Finland, Poland and Sweden about allowing vodka to be made with ingredients other than the traditional grain, potato, sugar beat and molasses, this was far from the final result.…

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EU ENERGY POLICY, BIOMASS, EMISSIONS TRADING, GLOBAL WARMING, SECURITY OF SUPPLY



BY DEIRDRE MASON

THE MEDIA rush to pick up on the revival of nuclear energy as a serious UK option, made plain in the Department of Trade and Industry’s recent Energy Review consultation document, has diverted attention from which tail will, in practice, be wagging the UK energy dog over the coming months.…

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