Commission steps up controls on Asian food imports
On Tuesday 19 March 2002, the EU Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal...
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EP condemns as premature proposals to phase out tobacco subsidies
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The European Parliament has adopted a non-binding Opinion condemning the Commission's attempts to begin phasing...
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MEPs support stricter regulation of vitamins
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On 13 March 2002, the European Parliament adopted a report on the Directive on food...
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Commission acts against unfair competition from non-EU airlines
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On 12 March the European Commission proposed a legal measure "to react against unfair competition...
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Attack on subsidised non-EU airlines could increase EU-US trade tensions
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The European Commission has plans to penalise non-EU airlines, receiving "unfair" state subsidies, by introducing...
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Commission calls for changes in drugs patent rules for developing countries
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The EU has presented a proposal to the WTO concerning access to medicines for developing...
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G10 Medicines Group makes recommendations to enhance pharmaceutical competitiveness
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On 26 February 2002, the G10 Medicines Group adopted recommendations to enhance competitiveness in the...
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Spain warns EU about food safety risks of enlargement
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Spain's agriculture Minister Miguel Arias Canete declared last week that the candidate countries need to...
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EU gets emergency powers on food safety
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The EU's Regulation on food law, introducing emergency powers to take steps in case of...
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EU to ease tests on American "guaranteed hormone-free" beef
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The Standing Veterinary Committee has given a favourable opinion to a European Commission proposal to...
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