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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BELGIAN government has committed its tenure of the EU presidency over the next six months to securing formal approval for the creation of a new research fund, pumping millions of Euro’s into steel industry research. This would replace the work carried out via the soon-to-be-defunct European Coal and Steel Community.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEP’s have backed moved to introduce EU pollution controls for ‘non-road mobile machinery,’ such as lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, chain saws and forestry equipment, although the European Parliament’s environment committee has baulked at proposals to grant concessions to large manufacturers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EMPLOYEES working abroad within the European Union, who require benefits after being forced into a part-time job by their employer, should claim social security from the country of their employment, not their home residence, the European Court of Justice has ruled.…

Keith Nuthall
ALTHOUGH petrol and diesel consumption rose by 45 per cent in the European Union between 1985 and 1998, technological improvements meant pollution by emissions such as nitrogen oxide actually fell during this time, a study from Eurostat, the EU statistical agency has claimed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has called on the World Trade Organisation to arbitrate in a dispute with Argentina over the time that it has to implement an earlier ruling opposing Argentine tanning industry controls on the export of raw and semi-tanned bovine hides.…

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THE EUROPEAN Union has promised to “significantly improve” its import quota and tariff arrangements for cotton exports from Egypt under an Association Agreement that has recently been signed by Brussels and Cairo. However European Commission officials told Textile Month that there was unlikely to be any dramatic increases in Egyptian shipments because of concessions already made by the EU to Egypt in recent years under a pre-existing economic cooperation agreement.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GOVERNMENT of Canada has formally made an application to host the ITER international fusion test reactor, at a site near Clarington, Ontario. Ottawa’s move was made in Moscow by its ambassador to Russia, Rod Irwin, in the presence of representatives of other countries involved in the project; it is the first such bid.…

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A REARGUARD action is being fought by the European Commission to save its ambitious proposals to impose a deadline of 2005 on the complete liberalisation of the EU electricity market. Following pressure from the French government, EU governments have agreed to rule the idea out, preferring a looser deadline, although this has yet to be formally agreed at the Council of Ministers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MORE details of the European Commission’s plan for a new and Sixth Framework Research Programme have been released from Brussels, with the announcement of a proposed new independent nuclear studies budget of Euro 900 million.

If the plan is approved by the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, this would be used for research into nuclear fission and fusion “centring around the treatment and storage of nuclear waste as well as reactor safety,” a Commission statement said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has unveiled its latest call for research proposals to develop e-learning which will attract EU funding; Euro 7.5 million has been made available for projects promoting ideals such as setting up virtual universities.

This money is part of the Commission’s e-learning initiative.…