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BY MONICA DOBIE
ONLY half of tainted meat subject to formal recalls in the United States from 1998 to 2002 was actually returned, according to a recent study at Ohio State University. It suggests that improved record-keeping and information about retail outlets that sold recalled products could lead to more returns.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states search for a comprehensive withholding tax solution on preventing tax avoidance via savings accounts, the Council of Ministers has reformed how national tax authorities cooperate to fight fraud. The updated directive allows them to conduct simultaneous control checks on taxpayers operating in several countries of the EU, sharing information obtained.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ONLY half of tainted meat subject to formal recalls in the United States from 1998 to 2002 was actually returned, according to a recent study at Ohio State University, published in the Food Control journal, which has questioned the safety of the current system.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Security Council has been asked to pressure Serbia & Montenegro into restarting effective cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal on former Yugoslavia. A letter from court president Judge Theodor Meron has attacked “extremely serious” persistent failures to help the court, such as failing to execute arrest warrants.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GROUNDBREAKING legal watchdog has started its first investigations into whether governments are abiding by the international Aarhus Convention on environmental decision-making and information dissemination. This convention compliance committee can rule on breaches, telling governments they need to release information or consult more widely on proposals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ATTACK has been made on the United States, European Union (EU), and other textile importing jurisdictions for waiting until the last minute to abolish most restrictive quotas under the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Agreement on Textile and Clothing.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEED to help developing countries acquire the software and technical know-how to interpret space imagery that boosts the environmental management of their territories has been examined at an international conference in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. This regional workshop on the use of space technology for natural resources management, environmental monitoring and disaster management, staged by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the European Space Agency and the Sudanese government, heard an appeal from Tanzania for assistance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers is backing the creation of harmonised rules for the type approval of non-road mobile machinery engines (and tractors) manufactured in Europe, as regards their net power, net torque and specific fuel consumption.…

Keith Nuthall
NEGOTIATIONS on a comprehensive open skies deal involving the European Union (EU) and the United States are being held up, with the US refusing to allow EU carriers cabotage rights within America. The European Commission also wants EU companies to be able to buy majority control of US airlines.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations has warned of an increase in road accidents in Austria and its eastern neighbours, following their accession to the European Union (EU). A UN report has noted Austria’s plans for a “huge new network” of roads to Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.…