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INDIA LEATHER WRAP
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
DEMAND for ostrich leather, particularly from south Asia, has been one the result of the recent spread of foot-and-mouth disease across the globe, notably to Britain, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The problems have created a scarcity in the market for bovine leather and there have been industry reports from India saying that there has been a resulting good demand for printed leathers, especially ostrich leather print, reflecting positive opinions that it is distinctive and elegant.…
URANIUM DUTIES
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Union has voiced “disappointment and concern” at a decision by the US Department of Commerce to impose provisional countervailing duties on imports of low enriched uranium from the EU.
European Commission officials said that the case concerned uranium that had been processed for use in electricity generation.…
PHILIP MORRIS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CASE brought by the European Commission against the Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds corporations for their alleged involvement in cigarette smuggling has opened at the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Commission has now been formally joined in the case by Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, who have given mandate Commission lawyers to represent them.…
METAL FOIL DUTY
BY ALAN OSBORN
DEFINITIVE anti-dumping duties have been imposed by the European Union on aluminium foil exported by China and Russia. The EU Council of Ministers said that the duties would apply on imports of aluminium foil of a thickness of not less than 0.009 mm and not more than 0.018 mm, not backed, not further worked than rolled and in reels of a width not exceeding 650 mm.…
LUFTHANSA - AUSTRIAN AIRLINES
KEITH NUTHALL
THE COOPERATION agreement signed between Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines is facing an uncertain future, with the European Commission threatening to withhold regulatory approval because of concerns that it would damage competition in the German and Austrian travel market.
In a statement, the Commission claimed that it has reached a preliminary conclusion that the deal “would eliminate competition on a large number of routes between Austria and Germany.”…
ECJ - FRANCE - GAS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has decided to take France to the European Court of Justice, for failing to implement the EU gas directive before its August 2000 deadline. Paris has pointed out that draft legislation has been adopted, but Brussels asked the ECJ to order it to comply, because there is no date for it to be approved by the national assembly.…
OPEN SKIES CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s long running bid at the European Court of Justice to undermine the series of bilateral ‘open skies’ agreements struck between individual EU Member States, and the USA has taken a further step forward, with the opening of oral proceedings.…
OPEN SKIES CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is seeking legal authority to undermine the series of bilateral ‘open skies’ agreements struck between individual EU Member States, and the USA.
These deals allow airlines from both sides the right to fly to each others’ territory and on to another country, but not to undertake onward domestic flights to a neighbouring terminal.…
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING GUIDE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce has released an anti-counterfeiting guide, describing the wide range of options that companies can take, when trying to protect products and packaging against counterfeiters, especially by using specialist inks and dyes.
These include overt and covert methods, about which the guide gives practical advice to companies as to which to employ in a particular situation.…