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EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HEARS OPPOSITION TO WINE REFORM PROPOSALS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has claimed consensus has been reached at the EU Council of Ministers over having to boost competitiveness in the EU wine sector. Speaking after the European Commission’s long-awaited reform proposals received their first debate at the council, Mr Fischer Boel said: "There was clear general agreement on the need for fundamental reform".…
EU PROMOTES EUROPEAN WINE SALES FOR HUNGARY ITALY AND SPAIN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced its latest batch of grants for promoting wine sales within the European Union (EU). Brussels will grant 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 the next two years; and Hungary’s Tokai wine federation Tokaj Vinum Hungaricum Egyesület Euro 556,749, also over three years.…
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME RESEARCH BUDGET 7FP FOOD RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOOD, biotechnology and agriculture research projects will command budgets of Euro 1.9 billion from 2007-13 under a draft rewritten European Union (EU) seventh framework programme (FP7). Other targeted research budgets under the Euro 54.5 billion scheme proposed by the European Commission of potential relevance to the food sector include Euro 5.9 billion on health, Euro 1.8 million on environmental research, plus Euro 3.4 billion on nanotechnology, materials, and manufacturing.…
PORTUGAL MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONL FEATURE
BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante
IMPROVEMENTS in Portugal’s ability to detect crime detection, combined with increased vulnerability within the tourist property development arena, mean we could see another Operation White Whale in the next few years, its tip emerging in Portugal rather than Spain, experts warn.…
EU POPULATION FALL - HIGHER EDUCATION IMPACT EUROPEAN COMMISSION
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
FIGURES from European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat have shown how sharply some populations in Europe will fall by 2050, potentially creating serious excess capacity in higher education institutions. Germany and Italy illustrate this most starkly. Eurostat projects that Germany’s 2005 population of 82.6 million will fall to 74.6 million in 2050; and while there were 58.2 million Italian residents in 2005, there will be just 52.7 million in 2050.…
EU AFLATOXINS NUTS ALERT AS CODEX DRAWS UP RULES TO FIGHT PROBLEM
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union food safety alert service RASFF has warned of nut aflatoxin contaminations, as global food standards agency Codex Alimentarius develops guidelines on the problem. RASFF highlighted aflatoxins in Iranian pistachio nuts, Israeli groundnuts, and Azerbaijani hazelnuts sold in Italy; Iranian pistachios sold in Spain and Germany; American almonds in Spain; amongst other incidents.…
EU POPULATION FALL - EUROSTAT STATISTICS - HIGHER EDUCATION IMPACT
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
FIGURES from European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat have shown how sharply some populations in Europe will fall by 2050, potentially creating serious excess capacity in higher education institutions. Germany and Italy illustrate this most starkly. Eurostat projects that Germany’s 2005 population of 82.6 million will fall to 74.6 million in 2050; and while there were 58.2 million Italian residents in 2005, there will be just 52.7 million in 2050.…
EU ROUND UP - OLAF, IP CRIME, ETC
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF is always at the centre of Brussels’ efforts to suppress the torrents of financial crime that mar its well-intentioned efforts. OLAF’s old boss has been reappointed, but there’s still trouble afoot. Keith Nuthall reports.…
NETHERLANDS LEASING TAKEOVER - EUROPEAN COMMISSION
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has concluded an overlap in Netherlands fleet leasing and management services is not sufficiently serious to block a planned takeover of international leasing and body repair company Athlon by a subsidiary of Holland’s Rabobank.…
GERMANY COSMETICS BAN SPAIN
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SPANISH-made body lightening lotion called NIUMA has been withdrawn from sale in Germany because its ingredients include the potentially harmful substance hydroquinone (at a proportion of 5.7 %; +/- 0.1 %). The European Commission’s RAPEX consumer-alert service reported there had been a "voluntary withdrawal from the market", with "information/warnings displayed" at retail stores.…