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BY ALAN OSBORN

A MAJOR battle is looming over the European Union’s (EU) alcohol policy, with Britain seen by many as the major opponent of tougher anti-drink legislation amongst the 25 member states. A Communication (formal policy paper) ‘on a strategy on alcohol-related harm’ is being drawn up by the European Commission, but while this is not due for adoption before mid-2006, furious lobbying on both sides is already evident.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SPANISH government is likely to lose a European Court of Justice (ECJ) battle with the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to secure additional fishing rights in coastal waters around the Atlantic frontier between Spain and France.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has referred the creation of a proposed aircraft refuelling joint venture between Spanish petrol companies Shell Espana and Cepsa to Spain’s competition authorities, which may block the deal. The new business SIS would work in Spanish mainland and Balearic island airports.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a six-year fishing access deal struck between the European Commission and the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of the Comoros. Replacing a 1988 agreement with this Islamic republic, the new deal will come into force on New Years Day.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has allowed France and Spain to use VAT rules departing from standard EU practice regarding tax declarations for investment gold. These sales can be exempt of VAT under EU legislation, meaning they maybe do not generate income for customs authorities.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SPANISH government has become the latest European Union (EU) government to be censured by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to implement mandated EU fishing quota administration, monitoring and inspections. The court found that Spain had also failed to prevent fishing after quotas had been exhausted, and not taken “penal or administrative measures against the captains of ships (or any one else responsible) for breaking these limits”.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) has created a new electronic library simplifying access to more than 1,000 of the UN agency’s publications on work place issues. This ILO Insight archive covers issues including labour, employment, social protection, women at work, occupational safety and health, child labour, management, training, labour statistics and more.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH, French and Spanish governments have come under increased political pressure to improve their conservation of fishing stocks and monitoring of illicit catches through rulings from the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

Judges backed claims from the European Commission that Spain had failed to stage inspections of fishing vessels as mandated by European Union (EU) legislation, had not prevented fishing after quotas had been exhausted, and not taken “penal or administrative measures against anyone for breaking these limits”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LAST people most farmers would like controlling European agricultural policy are glib public relations experts, armed with palm-top digital personal organisers and a sheaf of focus group studies. Such complaints have often been levelled at the Blair government, accused of bending with the wind of public opinion.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has confirmed that countries in its eastern Europe and central Asia area of focus are booming because of high oil prices. Its annual 2004 Transition Report says Russia and the Ukraine are experiencing “skyrocketing annual growth”, making the former Warsaw Pact the world’s second-fastest-growing region (up 6.1%), next to China and its southern neighbours.…