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BY KEITH NUTHALL

GIVEN contract packing is often undertaken by larger businesses and of course, packers usually welcome economies of scale, cross-border trades within the European Union (EU) is commonplace within Europe.

And as a result, naturally, keeping on top of EU legislation is essential for contract packing clients and suppliers.…

By David Haworth

Among many things the ambitious Swedish presidency of the European Union hopes to achieve in the next five months is a revival of the so-called ‘Lisbon Process’.

The what?

A few may recall this initiative was launched in 2000 to chart the way the EU would become "the world’s most dynamic, knowledge-based economy."…

BY ANDREW CAVE

Food commodity prices are seldom out of the news nowadays, due to a mushrooming global population, the food-for-fuel controversy, an increasing focus on sustainability and the continued growth of the organic sector. However, beyond the generality of crop prices spiralling to new highs in 2007 and 2008 and then plummeting – in some cases – back to where they were before the boom, the picture is far from uniform.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

INTERNATIONAL talks are underway to secure Ukraine funding to pay Russia for natural gas to ensure deliveries to Europe can be guaranteed this winter.

The European Commission, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have been meeting with Russian and Ukraine officials to head off a repeat of last winter’s supply crisis.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has opened nine case files as it attempts to force European Union (EU) member states to comply with EU accounting and auditing directives. Brussels is taking four briefs to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding Austria, Ireland, Italy and Spain, which it accuses of failing to comply with the 2006 statutory audit directive (2006/43/EC).…

By Alan Osborn

The world economic crisis has already begun to affect innovation and research in the better-off countries but this may not be all bad news says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the association of the world’s 30 leading economies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A KEY advisory body within the European Union (EU) has warned that UK and other European dealers may have to import more cars in future from Asia, north America and elsewhere, because it fears the recession may cause structural under-capacity amongst EU manufacturers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project will establish a consortium of microbial resource centres – called EMbaRC – (NOTE: MIX OF CASES IS CORRECT) harmonising across Europe ways of conserving and identifying samples of organisms such as bacteria, viruses and micro-fungi.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A KEY advisory body within the European Union (EU) has called for special efforts to prevent recession-prompted rationalisation within the European auto sector going leading to long-term under-capacity in the sector.

The European Economic and Social Committee (a long established expert group that must be consulted on a range of issues by other EU institutions) has warned in a formal opinion that "care must be taken not to equate structural problems with overcapacity alone."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AS the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) begins its first coordinated enforcement checks of the REACH chemical control system, Europe’s top adhesives industry federation has stressed concerns about its potential uneven application country-to-country.

ECHA announced on April 30 it has launched ‘REACH-EN-FORCE-1’, a joint enforcement project with national inspectors checking pre-registrations, registrations and work on REACH safety data sheets.…