Search Results for: South Africa

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released formal calls for proposals for funding from the newly agreed Trans-European Networks (TENs) programme for energy, announcing a deadline for applications of August 31. These will cover bids for seed funding from a Euro 155 million budget that will stretch until 2013, generally meeting 10% of costs for building energy infrastructure linking the 27 member states of the European Union (EU).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down planned tough draft proposals.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
WITH demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) surging across the globe, the Persian Gulf is at the epicentre of LNG developments due to its vast gas resources. But the rapid expansion of the sector is not without complications.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether large and medium sized companies in France unfairly and illegally benefit from artificially low electricity tariffs.

If the investigation, assessing compliance with European Union (EU) EU state aid regulations, finds that such tariffs are unlawful state subsidies, distorting competition within the EU single market, it could order their repayment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down planned tough draft proposals.…

BY MARK ROWE, in Stockholm
Interview with Anna Laestadius, Director Global Brand, Absolut Vodka.

*How would you describe the market for Absolut at the moment?

Absolut grew by seven per cent worldwide in 2006, from what we viewed as an already strong position, to a total volume of 89 million litres (2005, 83 million litres).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released formal calls for proposals for funding from the newly agreed Trans-European Networks (TENs) programme for energy, announcing a deadline for applications of August 31. These will cover bids for seed funding from a Euro 155 million budget that will stretch until 2013, generally meeting 10% of costs for building energy infrastructure linking the 27 member states of the European Union (EU).…

BY PAUL COCHRANE
SLATED European Union (EU) free trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries would dramatically boost commercial activity in the clothing, textile and apparel sectors if the agreements are passed, European Commission analysis says.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Organization for Standardization (ISO) (NOTE: It uses the American spelling for its name) is staging a meeting this October of a new technical committee charged with creating technical good practice standards for the aquaculture and wild fish sectors.…

BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
CIGARETTE counterfeiters have borne the brunt of recent Chinese government efforts to curb the country’s rampant trade in fake goods. However, Beijing’s recent efforts to rationalise and modernise the country’s cigarette industry – by some measures, the world’s largest – have unwittingly aided the counterfeiters.…