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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE COUNCIL of Europe’s committee of ministers has adopted the “first international text harmonising ethical and legal standards in biomedical research”. Once ratified, the protocol will cover the non-EU council’s 45 council member countries, including Russia. It sets standards concerning acceptable risks for research participants, and details information they should receive before giving their consent.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN research network has developed a quality offset press that it claims is flexible enough to thrive in the plastic films, paper or aluminium packaging sectors. The independent EUREKA network’s ‘variable sleeve offset printing’ project had to reduce the cost of machine parts printing variable sizes “as there are no standard sizes in packaging applications”, said a project memorandum.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ANTI-DUMPING duties imposed since 1997 on certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel from Russia and Romania will probably be suspended because of concerns they were based on corrupted data. The European Commission has said their founding calculations could have been influenced by two cartels, (an European Union (EU)-Japan and a purely European network), that were formally unmasked last year.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed itself to supporting in the medium-term the construction of independent power producers in Slovakia, as part of the country’s ongoing electricity sector liberalisation. In a new strategy for the new European Union (EU) member country, the EBRD said it would “work with developers of independent plants”, complimenting the privatisation of electricity utility Slovenske Elektrarne.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
Italy, the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation have suffered particularly serious thefts from museums and other cultural sites according to figures from Interpol. In a new table published by the international police organisation Italy reports a total of 18,715 thefts – far more than any other country – of which 2,875 represented liturgical objects.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DOMINANCE of fossil fuels in energy production is set to continue for the next 30 years, even growing a little, the European Environment Agency (EEA)’s latest ‘environmental signals’ report has predicted. Despite the European Union’s (EU) efforts to promote renewable energy, it is “not expected to raise its share significantly” of energy production sources, while “nuclear energy is projected to decline”, it predicted.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA is trying to force the European Union (EU) to swiftly adopt a single union-wide system for meat veterinary certificates, banning EU meat exports from June 1 over the issue, although the European Commission expects this to end soon.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
The European Commissioner for transport and energy, Loyola de Palacio, has been given a special “Climate Killer Award” by a coalition of environmental NGOs including Friends of the Earth and the Climate Action Network. Mrs de Palacio was given the award, said the group, “in recognition of her repeated efforts to destabilise EU support for the Kyoto Protocol and related policies”.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, has lent US$35 million loan to OJSC Experimental-Cannery Lebedyansky, a key branded packed juices and juice drinks producer in Russia. The loan will support expansion and modernisation plans, boosting production efficiency and capacity, expanding the company’s product range, and strengthening distribution.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
INSURANCE is facing a huge acceleration of new EU legislation, which will lead to additional burdens right across the industry, Gérard de La Martinière (SPELLING CORRECT), the Comité Européen des Assurances’ (CEA) new president warned in Brussels today.…