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THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed a proposed European Union (EU) programme to boost nuclear safety outside the EU, but has called for neighbouring countries to be given priority in spending.

In a series of consultative amendments approved yesterday (Wednesday November 20), the parliament said that said countries would get preferred funding if they already benefited from EU ‘pre-accession assistance’ for countries wanting to join the EU and those eligible for ‘European neighbourhood instrument’ spending.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian oil exporters are to benefit from a new free trade deal struck between the EU and Canada. Once the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been ratified (probably in 2015), it will lead to all existing non-food duties imposed on goods traded between the parties being scrapped.…

POLAND has become one of the hottest destinations in Europe for commercial real estate investment as investors look to capitalise on the country’s continued economic stability and potential for growth. Given the financial fragility of many other European Union (EU) states, this 38 million population country, which avoided recession during the credit crunch, is increasingly regarded as a key commercial property market.…

The 5th European Innovation Summit, organised by Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) and held at the European Parliament (EP) 30 September-2 October, found the big names in EU research agreed that it was high time for a “wake up Europe” call.  A five-point declaration addressed to EU policy-makers and the EU member state governments was agreed at the summit after several speakers had sought to identify and suggest ways of removing the obstacles standing in the way of Europe becoming a successful innovation economy.…

Poland’s new reverse-charge VAT law on certain steel products is causing confusion within the Polish steel industry. Introduced on October 1 to curb growing tax frauds, some producers and distributors fear they are unsure how to implement the new rules and that an incorrect interpretation could even spark bankruptcy.…

THE DIRECTOR of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has said continued pathogen contamination involving meat traded across Europe underlines the need to fight opposition to European Commission proposals to modernise meat inspection systems.

Stephen Rossides called on meat inspectors not to block future progress: “The current meat inspection system is focused on old risks,” Rossides said.…

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) food and feed safety rapid alert network (RASFF) has warned of continued detections of salmonella contamination of imported meat and meat products across Europe. In most instances, consignments were exported from other EU member states. It reported six salmonella meat contamination cases between October 21 and 24 for instance.…

The Russian government has once again questioned the quality of Polish meat imported into its territory, raising concerns in Poland that Russia might impose import restrictions or a ban. On October 4 Russia’s meat inspectorate, Rosselkhoznadzor, said laboratory tests had turned up pathogenic bacteria in poultry and frozen pork from two plants in Poland.…

POLAND, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will collectively receive EUR2.5 million from the European Commission to prevent spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) from Russia and Belarus.

The Commission said the money is for “preventive measures which include cleansing and disinfection of vehicles, surveillance and laboratory testing, awareness campaigns and even the use of wild boar repellents and preventive early slaughter of pigs in risk backyard farms”.…

The Polish government has introduced reverse-charge VAT mechanisms for the steel sector, to crack down on tax evasion in Poland’s steel market.

This means steel consumers rather than producers will pay VAT to the government. Warsaw acted using new powers granted by the EU in July, which allow national governments to impose reverse charges without asking the EU Council of Ministers permission, as in the past.…