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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MAJOR fight against salmonella contamination of food production has been launched by the European Commission, which has secured approval for a regulation forcing member states to reduce the prevalence of the disease amongst their broiler (poultry meat) flocks to 1% or less by 2011.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW fishing access deal has been negotiated between the European Commission and the Ivory Coast. Running six years from this June, the agreement is designed to replace an existing deal in place since 1990. The new deal will focus entirely on tuna, wIth European Union (EU) fishing rights being cut from an existing 9,000 to 7,000 tonnes per year, to be exploited by 25 seiners and 15 surface long liners, (down from 34 and up from 11 respectively under the existing system).The…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPAIN is being taken to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission, which is seeking an order outlawing Spanish regulations insisting foods containing plant extracts such as guaraná, ginseng, espirulina and passiflore be authorised as medicines.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has censured the Spanish government for failing to ensure the sewage treatment systems of holiday resorts Sueca and La Ribera, in Valencia province, comply with the European Union urban waste water directive.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot has acted to shore up the shaky future of EU global positioning satellite network Galileo, which has been designed to offer hauliers reliable high-tech navigation services from 2010. Squabbles amongst the consortium chosen to build Galileo’s network and satellites over allocation of work have been highlighted in a report to the EU Council of Ministers from Barrot, who voiced “concern” over “the status of concession negotiations.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) health Commissioner is pressing EU member states to take more action against tuberculosis, which while still rare in Europe, is reasserting itself worldwide amidst special concern about treatment resistant strains. Markos Kyprianou said: “Though the overall prevalence of TB in the EU is among the lowest in the world, TB among vulnerable populations in the EU has increased.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has formally established the EU agency that will handle the EU’s participation in the ITER international fusion project. Called the European Domestic Agency, it will be based in Barcelona, Spain, has a current budget of Euro 9.6 billion, and has been authorised to work for 35 years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected arguments by the European Commission that when a member state receives funding to reduce the size of its fishing fleet, it should not re-issue licences left unused when boats are transferred to a non-European Union (EU) register.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN and 10 other European Union (EU) member states have been attacked by an unusual alliance of electrical goods manufacturers and environmentalists for failing to properly implement the EU WEEE directive on waste from electrical and electronic equipment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MAJOR American golf clothing chain has failed to secure European Union (EU)-wide trademark rights to its name, because European Court of Justice (ECJ) judges found it insufficiently distinctive. Golf USA Inc franchises more than 100 golf clothing and equipment stores in 32 US states and 11 other countries: Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, South Korea, Mexico, Spain and Sweden.…