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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE POWER generation industry has always been a globalised business, especially regarding the manufacture of equipment, but with the opening of national electricity markets, especially in Europe, it has become increasingly international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming more and more important.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EURO 35 million Catalonia regional government loan to Spanish confectionary producer Chupa Chups was legal under European Union state aid laws, the European Commission has concluded. However, after an investigation into public support of the company, it concluded Euro 900,000 subsidies were illegal aid, ordering a repayment of Euro 100,000.…

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
ANOTHER attempt by the Spanish government to force the European Union (EU) into giving it new fishing rights in the North Sea and the Baltic has been slapped down by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Madrid for a third time now, has claimed unfair treatment from the EU Council of Ministers for ignoring its plea for fishing rights based on special transitional rights to these waters from 1996 to 2002, which were replaced by closely restricted access afterwards.…

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
SPAIN is being taken to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission over Spanish regulations insisting foods containing plant extracts such as guaraná, ginseng, espirulina and passiflore be authorised as medicines. Applications are long and complex process, breaking European Union free trade rules alleges Brussels.…

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
SPAIN’S wine-making province La Rioja is heading a Spanish team tasked with helping the Serbia agriculture ministry resurrect a once thriving local wine industry. The European Agency for Reconstruction-managed Euro 1.4 million project will improve quality assurance and vineyard registration and classification.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states have given a cool reception to the European Commission’s January energy package on forging a tough EU-wide programme of boosting energy capacity in Europe. At a special EU Council of Ministers meeting, a majority of governments, including the UK, opposed a proposed binding 2020 target of sourcing 20% of all energy consumption from renewable sources.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned Spain it may ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to levy heavy daily recurring funds if it continues to ignore an ECJ ruling that it reduces pollution in shellfish waters in the Ría de Vigo, Galicia.…