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BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITAIN is one of only seven European countries that are fully complying with key guidelines on institutional oversight of financial information issued by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR). Its standard No.1 advises on how the harmonisation of institutional oversight systems in Europe maybe achieved, especially regarding enforcement of good practice.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BREATH tests carried out on 10 European Commissioners to show the dangers of smoking have failed to demonstrate the health risks, at least of passive smoking, with all officials passing with flying colours – including some ex-smokers. They were checked for carbon monoxide contamination, a key tobacco smoke toxin, but none had CO levels exceeding the CO pollution warning level in European Union cities: 8.5 ppm (parts per million), which is exceeded in smokers’ breath, said a Commission memorandum.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CEREAL production and prices in the European Union (EU) both slumped in 2005, compared with 2004, according to the latest food market figures from EU statistical agency Eurostat. Faced with a bumper harvest in 2004, producers struggled to secure good prices, even by cutting back on production, a process aided by poor weather.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has ordered its committees of national officials to stage a "thorough examination" of the official EU definition of vodka, because of a row between member states over its terms. Poland, supported by Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden, is resisting a European Commission proposal to allow vodka to continue being sold in the EU using non-traditional ingredients.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

NEW EFSA BOSS BUDGET ROW – LATEST ADVICE

THE FRENCHWOMAN appointed to take the vacant top executive director job at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will need all her political skills to solve a potential budget crisis facing the agency.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

POLAND, supported by Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden are resisting a European Commission proposal to allow vodka drinks to be sold in the European Union, even if some ingredients are non-traditional. Poland and its allies want vodka-labelled drinks to be based only on cereals and potatoes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

POLAND, supported by Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden are resisting a European Commission proposal to allow vodka to be sold in the European Union (EU) using non-traditional ingredients. Poland and its allies want vodka-labelled drinks to be based only on cereals and potatoes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN) has called for further changes to the European Union’s (EU) proposed services directive, after the European Parliament voted for social care to be covered by the legislation. This would allow nursing agencies established for an (undefined) temporary period in a foreign EU member state – say Poland or Latvia – to provide nurses to children’s or old people’s homes in the UK.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has formally announced that it is lending Euro 40 million to Latvia state energy company JSC Latvenergo to replace its TEC-2 thermal power plant in the capital Riga by a state-of-the-art combined heat and power (CHP) plant.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

THE LATEST round of European Union (EU) proposals to tighten up laws fighting the use of illegally unsafe commercial shipping, announced on November 23, 2005, will place shippers who want to continue operating in EU-controlled waters under closer scrutiny than ever, says the European Commission.…