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BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU consumer affairs Commissioner David Byrne has revealed details of a planned new European directive on food labelling to a round table on food quality, safety and production, that could lead to a dramatic expansion of the ingredient information that must be printed.…

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed voluntary commitments to improve passenger services that have been made by the Association of European Airlines. In a meeting with the AEA, transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio said that she welcomed the promises, which include notifying passengers promptly about delays and cancellation and delivering luggage “as quickly as possible.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that the EU Council of Ministers imposes definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables from the Czech Republic, (47.1 per cent), Russia, (50.7 per cent), Thailand, (42.8 per cent), and Turkey, (31 per cent).…

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has published guidelines that encourage local and national public authorities to use EU legislation on public procurement to promote the purchase of environmentally friendly goods and services. Brussels’ “interpretive communication” on the subject does not advise local and national governments adapt procurement practices so that environmental good practice automatically becomes a sales condition.…

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THE BOARD of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has been asked to consider granting a new and larger loan, to invest in a Ukrainian developer, so it can build a 271-room four-star international hotel in central Kiev, to be run by Radisson SAS Hotels.…

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THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank has announced that it is lending US$80 million to Philips Semiconductors Philippines Inc., (PSPI), a subsidiary of the Dutch electronics giant Philips, which will guarantee the loan. The money will help the Asian operation construct a second integrated circuits assembly and test facility in Calamba, Philippines.…

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NASA and the European Space Agency, (ESA), have adapted their plans for the joint Cassini-Huygens mission, that is supposed to relay scientific data from the Saturn moon Titan. Scientists have had to adapt the path of the Cassini orbiter, and will make several modifications to the Huygens probe – due to enter Titan’s atmosphere in January 2005 – to ensure the maximum efficiency of its communications system.…

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has authorised the creation of a joint venture called SuperH, involving Hitachi Ltd., of Japan, and Dutch firm ST Microelectronics N.V.; it will consolidate, in a stand-alone company, the two companies’ existing co-operation in the development of microprocessor cores.…

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EUROPEAN Union ministers have been asked to agree the final details of the powers and responsibilities of a European Data Protection Supervisor, who would control the release of the vast amounts of personal data held by the institutions of the EU.…

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked for electronics research teams – from both the private and public sector – to bid for money from a budget to promote studies and demonstration projects, regarding innovative computing-related technologies.

Using some of the last money still available from the outgoing Fifth Framework Programme of research, which will be wound up by the end of this year, the Commission has announced that it has earmarked Euro 450 million for grants, with a deadline for applications for the bulk of the projects of October 17.…