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BY KEITH NUTHALL
BROAD agreement has been reached in the EU Council of Ministers on the shape of the next Euratom research programme, (2002-6) although Member States have yet to reach a consensus regarding its budget or the future direction of studies into fission production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENVIRONMENTAL crimes are in many ways the most damaging of offences, given that they can harm millions of people, whether through damaging the ozone layer, increasing pollution levels or damaging biodiversity. The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, (UNICRI), has published a study on this modern scourge.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers, (health), has adopted formal guidelines on the prudent use of antibiotics and other anti-microbial agents in human medicine, to contain the spread of resistance in viruses and bacteria to these pharmaceuticals.

This non-binding Recommendation asks national governments to provide public information on the subject, to use a precautionary ‘by prescription only’ approach, to carry out more research and to improve monitoring of consumption of these drugs.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE COCA-COLA Bottling Company has just(October 29) launched Diet Coke with Lemon in Canada, an event times to match the 20th anniversary of Diet Coke in the country; it is the first flavour extension for Diet Coke.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL AND ALAN OSBORN
EUROPEAN Union countries will have to ensure that at least two per cent of their transport fuel supplies are in the form of bio-fuels – made from sugar beet, cereals, maize and rape-seed – by 2005, under a European Commission directive to be proposed very shortly, said Franz Fischler, agriculture Commissioner.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has decided not to oppose the granting of Euro 143 million, (Pounds 86 million) state aid by Italy to the Franco-Italian company ST Microelectronics for three research projects costing Euro 456 million, (Pounds 275 million).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has signed an agreement with Russia on space research cooperation. EU research commissioner Phillipe Busquin and Russian space agency director general Youri Koptiev agreed a joint document on the Euro-Russian Space Partnership. The deal focuses on mutual assistance in the development of satellite navigation systems such as Galileo and Glonass, Brussels’ “global monitoring for environment and security” (GMES) initiative and launch services, notably the launch of Soyuz rockets from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
NEGOTIATIONS have been launched between the General Motors Corporation and the provincial government of Quebec, in Canada, that could result in transforming the region into a world leader for the production of lightweight metals used to make automobile components.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been ordered to conclude wide-ranging research agreements on nuclear energy with the Russian Federation, focusing on general safety within the industry and fusion power generation. Brussels has also been told by EU ministers to strike a deal with Kazakhstan on fusion research.…

KEITH NUTHALL
IT is common knowledge that the European Union is becoming increasingly involved in public water policy, legislating to control the environmental quality of water supplies and watercourses. Brussels ambitions to improve water services do not, however, end at the external borders of the EU.…