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EU GREEN PAPER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SOCIAL care organisations have been asked to comment on a green paper issued by the European Commission, which calls for guidance over whether common European Union rules regarding the return of illegal immigrants to their home countries should be made binding on EU Member States.…
US TARIFFS
Keith Nuthall
AUTOMOBILE industry products and components from the United States will be a focus of retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union because of Washington’s controversial ‘safeguard’ duties protecting the American steel industry.
The European Commission has asked EU ministers to approve a selected range of products, where the levying of duty will cause pain to US exporters.…
EU SECURITY
Keith Nuthall
A POLITICAL dispute between the European Parliament and the European Union Council of Ministers could delay legislation improving security standards at EU airports following the September 11 disaster. MEP’s are insisting that airports and airlines do not foot the whole bill and that costs should be shared with Member States, because damage from airline terrorism is not just felt in the air industry.…
ICAO - EU
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to seek authorisation from European Union member governments to negotiate the EU’s formal accession to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Brussels said that as a non-member, the EU carried little weight in the adoption of essential international transport rules, being able to participate only if specifically invited.…
ICAO - EU
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to seek authorisation from European Union member governments to negotiate the formal accession of the EU to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Brussels said that in spite of the EU’s economic strength and the independent political power of its institutions, it carried little weight in the adoption of essential international rules in the transport sector.…
EASTERN EUROPE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW pan-European pharmaceuticals company called Consilient Health has been launched in Brussels to help pharmaceutical companies from the eastern and southern European countries seeking membership of the European Union to integrate with its market and regulatory structures.…
AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GOAL of creating a European Aviation Safety Agency to police common European Union rules affecting the sector has been achieved, with the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers settling last minute differences.
Resulting final amendments have been approved by MEP’s and the proposal will now return to the Council of Ministers for formal rubber-stamping rather than being haggled over in a time-consuming conciliation committee.…
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation meeting has issued detailed recommendations on how to improve industrial relations in the oil and gas production and refining industries. The paper concludes that industrial relations in the sector will become more complex as it juggles environmental and social concerns with cost reduction.…
VIBRATION INJURIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FINAL agreement has been secured on an updated European Union directive on employees’ safety from exposure to mechanical vibrations, with the deadline companies have to introduce technical changes reducing exposure being cut from 2011 to 2010. This was agreed by a European Parliament- EU Council of Ministers conciliation committee.…