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EU LOOKS SOUTH FOR ENERGY SECURITY BLANKET
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is casting around for a coherent policy on securing its external energy supplies, and while it is unsure of securing a solid deal with Russia, it is making ever more strident overtures to north Africa, the Caucasus and central Asia.…
EU SAYS CIGARETTE COUNTERFEITING BOOMING - CHINA TO BLAME
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned of a continued surge in counterfeits of cigarettes entering the European Union (EU), with more than 32.6 million fake packets seized by customs officials last year. That said, this actually represents a fall in numbers from 2004, being 78% of the 41 million seized in that year.…
CHINESE GARLIC SMUGGLING PROBED BY OLAF
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF is investigating China garlic smuggling, with low production costs and high EU duties generating high illegal profits. OLAF claims Euro 60 million in duties are being lost, with only meat (of all kinds) and sugar subject to more food-fraud inquiries – 17 are ongoing into garlic.…
EU WARNS OF INCREASED CLOTHING COUNTERFEITING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned of a continued boom in counterfeits of clothing and accessory products entering the European Union (EU), with more than 10.9 million fake items seized by customs officials last year. This is 140% more than the numbers of seizures in 2004.…
MARKS & SPENCER WITHDRAWS TURKISH DRESS OVER SAFETY CONCERNS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MARKS & Spencer-sold children’s red check shirt dress has been withdrawn from sale in Britain over safety concerns, the European Commission’s RAPEX consumer alert service has reported. It said the Turkey-made dress had a waist cord that "poses a risk of entrapment and a tripping hazard" because it is "not centrally fixed".…
EC IDENTIFIES CLOTHING, TEXTILE COUNTERFEITING HOTSPOTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INDIA has been branded a serious hotspot for counterfeit books, in a global European Commission survey of countries where product fakes are manufactured. The Commission’s directorate general (DG) for trade gathered information from companies, diplomatic missions and trade federations.…
EC IDENTIFIES CLOTHING, TEXTILE COUNTERFEITING HOTSPOTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HONG Kong and China have been branded as the world’s serious hotspots for counterfeit clothing and accessories, in a global European Commission survey of countries where product fakes are manufactured. The Commission’s directorate general (DG) for trade gathered the information from companies, diplomatic missions and trade federations.…
IRAN TOBACCO MARKET REPORT
BY PAUL COCHRANE
The Iranian tobacco market has been partly opened up to international players in the past five years and growth is expected to rise strongly, but development of the sector is beset by extraordinarily high rates of smuggling and governmental regulations.…
CHINA CHAMOIS LEATHER DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY PROPOSED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that definitive anti-dumping duties of 58.9% are imposed on imports into the European Union (EU) of chamois leather from China. Brussels has also proposed a provisional duty imposed since March be withheld and not retuned to Chinese exporters.…
EU ROUND UP - EU COMMISSION RELEASES TENS ENERGY PRIORITIES, ALGERIA GAS INCLUDED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a list of priority projects under its 2007-13 trans European network (TENs) energy programme. Three of the 10 gas pipeline projects link Europe to Algeria, a key alternative source to Russia, and there are also priority gas pipelines to Libya and Turkey listed.…