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FINANCIAL ADVISORS STRUGGLE TO IMPLEMENT EU MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION



BY ALAN OSBORN
As with many financial service providers in the EU, the definition of financial adviser differs, often significantly, from one country to another. In its very basic sense – i.e. the provision of financial advice pure and simple, without the add-on of other services that could involve the handling of client money – the profession of fee-paid advisor is a limited one and probably confined to only a few thousand people in Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.…

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BRUSSELS ADVISES UTILITIES ON CROSS-BORDER ELECTRICITY TRADES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
CROSS-BORDER flows of electricity within the European Union, Norway and Switzerland increased between 2003 and 2005 by just 0.7% to 10% of all electricity consumed in the bloc, said a report on the weak progress in such energy trades.…

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SCIENTISTS DEVELOP WHEELCHAIR STEERED BY BRAIN WAVES ALONE



BY MONICA DOBIE
STEERING wheelchairs by brainwaves along may seem science fiction, but it may become a welcome reality for people suffering from paralysis with very limited mobility.

Scientists working for the European Union (EU) funded research project MAIA have developed special software allowing a person to control wheelchairs mentally.…

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EFTA STATES WILL RECEIVE FORMAL ADVICE FROM EFSA



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Free Trade Area (EFTA) of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein is planning to use the services of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which was established as a European Union (EU) agency.…

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GLOBAL DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGY NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION CONTROLS BECOME EVER MORE COMPREHENSIVE



BY DEIRDRE MASON
FIFTY years ago, the signing of the Euratom Treaty ushered in a system of European non-proliferation controls designed to prevent nuclear-associated technology being exploited for the illicit production of nuclear weaponry. And today, after the anniversary of the three agreements signed on March 25, 1957 that gave the European Communities – later the European Union (EU) – their legal basis, that ‘dual-use technology’ system continues to be refined.…

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION HELPS BLOCK SWISS PACKAGING DEAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PLANNED forced merger of the carton packaging businesses of Norway Elopak and Switzerland’s SIG has been abandoned, after the European Commission opened a detailed competition inquiry. Brussels has acknowledged the deal has collapsed, with a public tender offer for SIG shares by Elopak owner Ferd and Luxembourg-based investment fund CVC failing.…

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EU HEARING FOCUSES ON VAT FRAUD CONTROLS



BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels, and KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union VAT fraud is still growing at such a pace, that the accuracy of member states’ trade statistics remains under serious threat, a recent seminar of tax experts and accountants sponsored by the European Commission concluded.…

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USA MONEY LAUNDERING REPORT IS BIBLE FOR GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRIME FIGHTERS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States’ diplomatic service is surely the largest and best resourced international network of experts in the world, and this is born out by the depth of the narcotics strategy report – or INCSR to use its acronym.…

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BIOTECHNOLOGY GROUP ACCUSES SWITZERLAND AND ISRAEL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VIOLATIONS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REPORT from the US-based Biotechnology Industry Organisation for the US Trade Representative office has accused Switzerland an Israel of intellectual property violations in its sector, which covers bio-pharmaceuticals. Calling for Switzerland to be placed on a US-government watch list, it said reforms to the Swiss patent law agreed by the country’s national council in December could “undermine…patent protection for certain biotechnology inventions in Switzerland.”…

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TUNISIA AND EFTA LAUNCH FREE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
SWISS tobacco manufacturers are set to benefit from free trade agreement negotiations launched between the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) – of which Switzerland is a key member – and Tunisia. An EFTA note on the talks stressed that Switzerland’s third largest export item to Tunisia was tobacco, representing 10% of all consignments.…

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