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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission will close the bluefin tuna fishery in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean for rest of 2007 because the annual quota of 16,779.5 tonnes has been exhausted. Fisheries controlled by (Greek) Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Portugal and Spain will affected.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE

THE BIG question with solar energy is whether it will become sufficiently profitable for major utilities to provide comprehensive services. After all, solar energy is more abundant than all other renewable resources; it’s free and it can be harnessed almost anywhere in the world.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

FEW issues have proved as globally divisive as the ability to modify crops genetically. For years, a line has been drawn between the cautious European Union (EU) and the go-for-it United States, which has seen them at loggerheads over trading genetically modified crops.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) research network Eureka is developing edible film packaging to prevent mixed pre-cut vegetables from sweating and losing their freshness. Eureka’s Researchers from the EUROAGRI-GREENTEC project says a key aim is to reduce packaging waste, through consumers eating the wrappings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SPANISH and Italian fishing businesses and regulators have been blasted by the European Commission for condoning or participated in unauthorised or illegal fishing practices. In the latest statistical report on such problems, which compared national fleets during 2005, the Commission notes that the number of cases was at all time high – 10,443 across the EU, compared with 9,660 in 2004.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A GROUNDBREAKING cooperation deal on protecting traditionally-made food products in overseas markets rolled into action yesterday (Tues 10-7), with China and European Union (EU) officials preparing legal protection for 10 lines each. The first EU agreement of its kind, the European Commission formally applied to register 10 EU food products within China’s geographical indications system.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced funding to help meat industry organisations promote sales of their products within the European Union (EU). The money will be matched by relevant national governments and by private sources. Italy will benefit the most: the Commission is to spend Euro 1.75 million over three years promoting quality beef and mutton from Italy’s San Daniele and Grana Padano regions; and Euro 2 million promoting over three years the same products from Italy’s Alpine regions, such as the Alto Adige.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A MAJOR international study has detected a direct link between cleaning products delivered through aerosols and asthma or other respiratory problems in adults. Spain’s Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology and Municipal Institute of Medical Research coordinated research institutes in Britain, Germany, Holland, Italy, Sweden and Canada to assess 3,503 men and women aged of 20-44 with no previous asthma problems who were told to use cleaning product aerosols regularly.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE EUROPEAN Commission has told just-drinks.com that it will power ahead with its proposed wine reforms, despite an overwhelmingly negative reaction at the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers. Brussels was “not in the least discouraged” by the criticism at yesterday’s council meeting, Commission wine spokesman Johan Reyniers said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has sent final legal warnings to 10 European Union (EU) member governments, telling them to abide by minimum standards for the training of professional drivers working in their countries. EU directive 2003/59 imposes requirements for initial qualification and continuing training: compulsory basic training of 280 hours, and periodic training of 35 hours every five years to update knowledge and skills.…