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ISO OFFERS NUCLEAR INDUSTRY GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NUCLEAR energy industry has always been a global business, and since the fall of communism, it has become more, not less international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.…

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EURO V AND VI APPROVED BY EU MINISTERS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved the imposition of new Euro V air pollution cleanliness standards on cars and vans, which will be enforced from 2009, while setting down some rules for a future Euro VI standard.…

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EU ROUND UP - EU LAUNCHES ENERGY SECURITY MONITORING NETWORK



BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS concerns increase about the security of the European Union’s (EU) supplies of oil and gas, the European Commission has put in place a network of security experts charged with monitoring threats to the EU’s energy flows and raising alarms if necessary.…

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ECJ RULES ON PUBLIC SERVANTS' EXCISE DUTY LIABILITY REGARDING VEHICLE TRANSFERS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has said European Union (EU) public service workers are liable to pay excise duty on cars acquired in a foreign EU member state, when they are transferred abroad for more than 185 days.…

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NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS OFFER ADVANCES FOR OIL AND GAS SECTOR



BY MARK ROWE, in London
NANOTECHNOLOGY has huge implications for the oil and gas industry, according to leading scientists who attended a conference on the impact of this cutting edge science on the environment at the Royal Society in London. They stressed the technology offers the prospect of carbon emission reduction, resource use minimisation, hazardous chemical substitution, the chance to dramatically reduce fraud, and pollution reversal techniques.…

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JAPANESE GOVERNMENT DRIVES R&D OF POLYMER FUEL CELLS



BY GAVIN BLAIR, in Tokyo
THE JAPANESE government is staging a comprehensive initiative to promote the development of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs), to help secure its future energy supplies, amidst increasing concern about the availability and cost of fossil fuels.…

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GULF AUTO MARKET EXPERIENCES STELLAR GROWTH



BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Dubai and Manama, Bahrain
THE CAR market in the Arab Gulf, particularly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is experiencing stellar growth across the board, fuelled by a surge in population and strong economic growth.

In the last five years, the UAE market has grown by over 300% to reach 2.5 million cars on the road, said Guy Edmunds, General Manager of Honda.…

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JAPAN PUSHES CUTTING-EDGE POWER GENERATING TECHNOLOGY



BY GAVIN BLAIR, in Tokyo
As the world’s third biggest energy consumer after the United States and China, Japan has long been concerned with its lack of self-sufficiency in power generation. The low level of food self-sufficiency (40%), which has always been something of a national obsession, looks positively healthy when compared to the 16% level for energy.…

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COMMISSION CRACKS DOWN ON ROMANIA, MALTA SECOND-HAND CAR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is demanding that Romania reforms its car registration taxation, which it thinks deters the import of second-hand cars, a key issue for fleets wanting to offload older vehicles. Romania is potentially a major market for EU used cars, given its 22 million population and lower wages.…

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EU CAR PRICE GAPS REMAIN WIDE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES



BY ALAN OSBORN, in London
YOU think the European Union (EU) is like the US – one big uniform market where prices are roughly the same wherever you buy? It is after all, legally and officially named the ‘Single European Market’.…

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