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BY KEITH NUTHALL

DIPLOMATIC grumbles are emerging about the European Union’s (EU) REACH chemical control system, claiming its complexity could break EU commitments under the being made at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) technical barriers to trade agreement. A meeting of the WTO technical barriers to trade committee heard Argentina, Brazil, the USA, South Korea, Australia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, Chile, China, Mexico and Thailand raise concerns that REACH could impose illegally difficult tasks on exporters.…

BY MARK ROWE, in London, JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo, and RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

PERSONAL care products – soaps, cosmetics, lotions and hair products – have always been important consumers of vegetable and animal-based oils and fats. Yet, this is a complex sub-sector of the global oils and fats industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ENVIRONMENTAL health officers may think there are a lot of smokers in the UK – in 2005, 24% of adults aged 16 or over in Britain smoked cigarettes, but spare a thought for officials in Greece – home of Europe’s keenest smokers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is seeking a mandate from European Union (EU) ministers to negotiate a new international Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with major trading partners, including the US, Japan, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Brussels claims such an agreement would boost cooperation and legal protection over counterfeiting.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is seeking a mandate from European Union (EU) ministers to formally negotiate a new international Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with major trading partners, including the US, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Brussels claims such an agreement would boost cooperation and legal protection over counterfeiting in and between these jurisdictions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BULGARIA’S first European Union (EU) Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva, who handles Brussels’ consumer affairs brief, has called for the introduction of an EU-wide system mandating declarations of origin for all imported non-EU food and drink products. There is no such standard system in the EU, in contrast to the USA and Japan.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels

CONFECTIONARY consumers will need to note a clear perceived benefit from nanotechnology when applied to their products if there is not to be a re-run of debate similar to that surrounding the introduction of GMOs: that was the message from scientists and other food experts speaking at an EU seminar last week entitled "From Safe Food to Healthy Diets."…

BY MARK ROWE and PAUL COCHRANE

IT is something of an understatement to describe Iran as a peripheral player on the international paint scene. The country’s share of the world market in paints and varnishes in 2007 is, according to research analysts Gobi International, just 0.5%.…

BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris

AUTO manufacturers in Europe are calling for greater support from national governments and European Union (EU) institutions in promoting eco-driving – where good motoring styles are adopted which reduce the greenhouse gas and other polluting emissions from vehicles.…

BY CHRISTOPHER JONES, in Paris

ROAD haulage companies and fleet operators can be convinced of the benefits of eco-driving, but often find it hard to maintain momentum after the initial flurry of interest. This was one of the key findings from a two-day conference on eco-driving organised by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, attended by delegates from across the globe.…