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Governments and global organisations such as the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have participated in an emergency exercise in Morocco, responding to a simulated dirty radioactive bomb. With pretend attacks happening at the port of Tangier Med and Marrakech medina, ICAO worked with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and others on managing a hypothetical radioactive release into the atmosphere.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has voted to reduce the support the European Union (EU) gives to the traditional biofuel sector, backing European Commission proposals to amend the renewable energy directive (2009/28/EC). MEPs agreed that the law should insist that first-generation biofuels (from long-standing sources, notably food crops) should not exceed 6% of EU energy consumption in transport by 2020, compared to the 10% target for all biofuels in the existing legislation.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has now formally approved a new European Union (EU) offshore oil and gas drilling directive, designed to prevent accidents such as the Deepwater Horizon spill happening in coastal EU sea waters.

These new rules will require oil and gas firms to prove they can cover potential liabilities from accidents and submit major hazard reports and emergency response plans to regulators before drilling operations start.…

may be a big concept, but the road to making personal care product packaging greener is made of small incremental steps that can both provide green marketing benefits and reduce costs.

Recent innovations include reducing the size of containers, while maintaining the volume of product they hold, alongside innovations in using renewable resources and keeping packaging waste out of landfills.…

SUSTAINABILITY may be a big concept, but the road to making personal care product packaging greener is made of small incremental steps that can both provide green marketing benefits and reduce costs.

Recent innovations include reducing the size of containers, while maintaining the volume of product they hold, alongside innovations in using renewable resources and keeping packaging waste out of landfills.…

A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research project has been researching the pharmaceutical applications of active ingredients extracted from herbs and aromatic plants found in Morocco. The Euro EUR442,000 MAP2ERA project has been coordinated by Morocco’s Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, working with the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN) in France, Spain’s University of Alicante and Giraf PM, a German project management company.…

A PLANNED deepening of trade relations between the European Union (EU) and Morocco should streamline customs procedures for the EU clothing and textile industry, whether importing or exporting products from this key north African trading partner, the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex) has told just-style.com.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Moroccan medicine manufacturing sector could prosper through a new trade agreement now being negotiated between the EU and Morocco. The EU imported just Euro EUR17 million’s worth of pharmaceuticals from Morocco in 2012, while Morocco imported EUR330 million’s worth of EU-made medicines that year.…

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) cosmetics sector could prosper by a new trade agreement now being negotiated between the EU and Morocco. The EU imported just USD30.6 million’s worth of cosmetics and perfumes from Morocco in 2011, while Morocco imported USD173.2 million’s worth of EU-made cosmetics and perfumes that year.…

THE MOROCCAN Society of Tobacco (formerly Imperial Tobacco Maroc) has welcomed the launch of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Morocco to forge a so-called ‘deep and comprehensive free trade agreement’ (DCFTA) between them. The deal would remove trade regulations and harmonise industrial standards, noted Ghassan Khaber, communications and institutional relations manager at the north African country’s dominant tobacco manufacturer.…