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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has renewed its European Union (EU) fishing access deal with Mauritania, initialling a new six year deal that involves a two-year protocol, but which should be renewed twice automatically, unless serious political problems emerge.

Brussels is being bullish about the deal, claiming: "It is the most important fisheries agreement concluded by the EU with a third country both in financial terms and as regards fishing opportunities for EU vessels"

And the agreement does will provide fishing rights for about 200 EU vessels on crustaceans (mainly shrimps), hake and other demersal species), cepaholopods, small pelagics and tuna.…

BY MARK ROWE, in Munich

FOOD allergies can only be truly understood if they are studied at a pan-European level, according to scientists at a key European science convention. Dr Sian Astley, of the Institute of Food Research (IFR), in Norwich, said that only by studying allergies across different countries could the scale of the problem be understood.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

NATURAL gas prices rose steeply in the European Union (EU) during 2005, a report from EU statistical agency Eurostat has confirmed: up 16% for domestic customers and 33% for industrial users. There were significant variations between member states: for instance for households, prices rose by 30% in Slovakia; 27% in Luxembourg and the Czech Republic; and 25% in Ireland, while prices remained nearly stable in Estonia and increased just 5% in Denmark and 8% in Italy.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking legal action against five member states for failing to comply with a range of accounting-related European Union (EU) laws. Acting in its official role as guardian of EU treaties and legislation, these include:

*Taking Austria to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to implement a 2000 directive on financial transparency regarding transactions between member states and other public bodies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITAIN is expected to help lead an increase in gross production of cattle in the European Union (EU), reversing a decline in slaughtered stock and live exports that has continued since 2003, says European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN ALARMING 20.3% of European Union (EU) laying hen poultry flocks are infected with salmonella, a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report has warned. The Czech Republic (62.5%), Poland (55.9%), Spain (51.6%), Lithuania (50%) and Portugal (47.7%) have the most serious problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced more grants for promoting wine sales within the European Union: Spain’s Institut del Cava Euro 909,794 over three years; Italy’s National Confederation for Voluntary Consortia for the Oversight of the Denominations of Origin (FEDERDOC) Euro 442,250 over two years; and Hungary’s Tokai wine federation Tokaj Vinum Hungaricum Egyesület Euro 556,749, over three years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

NURSING organisations have been asked to join European Commission public consultation on whether there should be a European Union (EU) directive encouraging the transfer of organs across EU national borders. There are wide differences between the number of donors in European countries, from 34.6 donors per million population (ppm) in Spain to 13.8 ppm in Britain, 6 ppm in Greece and 0.5ppm in Romania.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has drawn up plans to lend Portuguese utility EDP (Energias de Portugal) up to Euro 180 million to retrofit three coal-fired power stations, one in southern Portugal (4 units 314 MWe each); and two in Spain’s Asturias region (350 MWe and 556 MWe).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has unveiled plans to lend up to Euro 727.50 million to build up to 30 wind farms in Spain, with a combined capacity of around 900 MWe. These medium and large scale wind farms would be set up this year and next in economically hard pressed areas across Spain, classed by the European Union (EU) as ‘Objective 1’ and so eligible for various EU regional aid programmes.…