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BY KEITH NUTHALL

IN a month highlighting that many European Union (EU) countries are living beyond their financial means, it was timely perhaps for the European Commission to note that member states also have unsustainable water policies.

In short, many EU governments are failing to prevent the abstraction of fresh water at rates exceeding nature’s ability to replenish supplies.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

According to the US department of agriculture (USDA), about 70% of the 2.5 billion litres of fruit and vegetable juices sold in Mexico in 2009 were produced domestically. Mexico exported USdollar USD266.99 million worth of juices in 2009, compared to USD308.23 million in 2008 and USD247.29 million in 2007, according the UN Comtrade database.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ROLL-OUT of the European eCall in-car emergency system is approaching critical mass with 20 countries committed to its infrastructure. Belgium, Denmark, Luxemburg, Malta and Romania have now joined Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland and other supporters: Britain and France remain outsiders.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Mexico have agreed to combine their efforts in drafting by 2013 legally binding controls on the use of mercury in their territories. The commitment comes in a new ‘strategic partnership’ agreed last week (May 16) at the fifth EU-Mexico summit, staged in Comillas, northern Spain.…

BY GERARD O’DWYER

IF there is one region where high standards in fighting money laundering and terrorist finance are expected, it is surely the five Nordic states: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Notwithstanding the criticism leveled at Iceland’s financial regulators during the credit crunch, all five countries have admirable traditions of public openness, government efficiency and international cooperation, especially amongst themselves.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is pumping Euro 11.9 million into a new international effort to create a vaccine that destroys HIV completely in patients. The five year (2010-2015) CUT’HIV project is being coordinated by the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, and also includes Finland’s FIT Biotech Oy Ltd, Germany’s Geneart AG, and other university researchers from Britain, Germany, Spain, Peru and Mozambique.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CATALAN sparkling wine producer Freixenet SA has failed to persuade the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to permit the pan-European trademarking of its classic frosted glass bottle (in black and white). This case focused on whether judges thought the design was sufficiently distinctive and famous across Europe for it to attract trademark rights preventing other drinks producers aping this bottle.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

ON the face of it, the UK, with other leading western European Union (EU) countries, leads the pack in terms of drawing up and submitting its River Basin Management (RBM) plans to the European Commission – the key first stage requirement of the EU’s Water Framework Directive (WFD).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CHINA and Hong Kong were the most common sources of personal care products reported last year through the European Union’s (EU) RAPEX consumer alert service as being potentially unsafe or breaching the EU cosmetics directive.

In a report, the European Commission said there were 86 RAPEX personal care product notifications last year, up from 81 in 2008 – both were around 5% of total notifications.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SCIENTISTS from across Europe will use genetic expertise to improve livestock breeding and meat quality, focusing especially pork, notably chorizo and Parma ham. The EXCELMEAT project is led by Bristol-based the University of the West of England (UWE) and part funded by the European Union (EU).…