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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has cleared the way for German judges to order cosmetics giant Hans Schwarzkopf GmbH to label its hair dyes with health warnings about chemical ingredients that may be harmful to human health.

At present, Schwarzkopf includes these warnings for its Igora Royal range only on an enclosed leaflet, with its outer packaging and tube being printed with the note: “For commercial use only.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH government is being questioned by the European Commission over claims that its officials are breaking EU law by restricting the amount of tobacco brought into the country from other Member States. Brussels will use the replies to decide whether to start legal proceedings, which could reach the European Court if Justice.…

BY BEATA PLONKA, in Cracow, Poland
THE POLISH Ministry of Defence has banned irregular civilian flights from the airspace above the capital Warsaw. Only controlled regular traffic has been allowed in from October 15, along with aircraft owned by the military and emergency services.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA should formally become a member of the World Trade Organisation by March 2002, a move that will make it subject to the rights and obligations of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. The accession follows 15 years of negotiations, and was approved by a formal meeting of the WTO’s China working party.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has launched its long awaited cross-border out-of-court disputes settlement system, which involves each Member State, (plus Iceland and Norway), setting up a central national contact point, where consumers can get information and assistance in fighting their cases.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
Britain is the key source within the OECD countries for scientists and engineers working in America, according to the latest Science, Technology and Industry indicators published by the organisation. They show that 7,086 scientists and engineers from the UK are at present working in the US, followed by 5,351 from Canada, 2,298 from Germany and 1,843 from Korea.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
NEGOTIATIONS have been launched between the General Motors Corporation and the provincial government of Quebec, in Canada, that could result in transforming the region into a world leader for the production of lightweight metals used to make automobile components.…

BY ALAN OSBORN AND KEITH NUTHALL
A NUMBER of tax regimes run by European Union countries are being investigated by the European Commission, which is following up suspicions that they are so loose, they amount to a breach of the EU’s competition laws.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
SRI Lankan aluminium extrusions manufacturer Lanka Aluminium Industries Ltd has announced that it has experienced its first year of sales decline, after six years of a consistent profit hikes.

Its annual report said that the last financial year saw sales volumes decline 10 per cent over the previous year, although turnover was up due to price increases.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL AND ALAN OSBORN
EUROPEAN Union countries will have to ensure that at least two per cent of their transport fuel supplies are in the form of bio-fuels – made from sugar beet, cereals, maize and rape-seed – by 2005, under a European Commission directive to be proposed very shortly, said Franz Fischler, agriculture Commissioner.…