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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has released Euro 8.6 million from its EU Solidarity Fund – designed to help national governments cope with national disasters – to assist continuing clean up operations following the Prestige oil spill, off Galicia, Spain.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal for failing to implement the package of measures approved last year to liberalise the European Union (EU) telecommunications sector.

Brussels noted that only Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Finland, and Sweden had implemented the EU’s framework, authorisations, access and universal service directives into their national legislation by this month (NOTE: OCTOBER).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
The European Commission is formally threatening Portugal with legal action at the European Court of Justice over irrigation works linked to the Abrilongo dam project, which Brussels claims threatens the Campo Maior special protection area, set up to protect wild bird species such as the Crane, Little Bustard and Great Bustard.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LEGAL final warning letters have been sent by the European Commission to Britain, Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain and Sweden, calling on them to swiftly implement a directive guaranteeing consumer protection when insurance companies are wound up.…

Keith Nuthall
THE GREEKS are the European Union’s highest spenders on clothing and footwear, taking into account the proportion of annual household income spent on these items, according to figures released by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical agency. Greek consumers devoted 11 per cent of their spending on clothing and footwear in 2001 and 2000 – the latest available comparative statistics covering the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally proposed the plan announced at the inconclusive World Trade Organisation summit in Cancun, Mexico, to decouple cotton grower aid payments from production rates, converting them into direct payments. Although Brussels has shied from complete decoupling, its stated aim is to remove incentives for growers to over-produce cotton.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FISHING boat operators, and fish processing and marketing groups in of the Azores and Madeira, (part of Portugal), Spain’s Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Reunion (in the Indian Ocean) should be guaranteed Euro 60 million in subsidies over the next four years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed Euro 15 million a year in subsidies are made to the fishing industries of the Azores and Madeira, (part of Portugal), Spain’s Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Reunion. Brussels says they need compensation because they are part of the EU but far from European markets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FISH farming businesses in of Portugal’s Madeira and Spain’s Canary Islands should be guaranteed subsidies over the next four years. The European Commission wants European Union ministers to subsidise businesses in these outlying areas. In the Canary Islands, fish farms would claim Euro 1,300 per tonne of aquaculture products for up to a regional total of 1,157 tonnes-a-year, and in Maderia, they would claim Euro 1,080 per tonne up to 50 tonnes-a-year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENHANCED powers, responsibilities and resources are being proposed for the new European Maritime Safety Agency to enable it to fight tanker pollution. The European Commission has proposed that it should buy or lease specialist anti-pollution vessels. It also wants its work expanded to cover maritime security and seafarer training.…