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EU States Deadlocked on Genetically Modified Maize Approvals

10.06.2013 - European Union governments failed to agree on Monday whether to approve three genetically modified maize varieties for use in food and feed, the European Commission said. The...

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EU to Fine Lundbeck, Others for Blocking Generic Drugs

03.06.2013 - A European regulator will fine Denmark's Lundbeck and eight other makers of generic drugs for limiting the supply of cheaper medicines, two people with knowledge of the matter said...

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EU Probes Oil Majors on Price Manipulation

14.05.2013 - European authorities have raided offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil as part of a probe into suspected manipulation of oil prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions...

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EU to Ban Pesticides Blamed for Harming Bees

29.04.2013 - The European Union will ban three of the world's most widely-used pesticides for two years because of fears they are linked to a plunge in the population of bees critical to the...

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Crunch Vote Nears That Could Kill EU Carbon Fix

09.04.2013 - Months of bitter argument culminate next Tuesday in a make-or-break vote on an attempt to prop up the European Union carbon prices, which plunged to record lows earlier this year...

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New ECHA Committee Starts Working for Safe Biocidal Products

29.03.2013 - The first meeting of the Biocidal Products Committee from 26 to 27 March 2013 was one of the big milestones in preparation for the new regulation. The committee has started work on...

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EU Could Impose Pesticide Ban to Protect Bees

15.03.2013 - EU governments failed to agree a ban on three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees on Friday, but the European Commission could force one through by the summer...

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EU Regulators Approve Sinopec's European Storage Deal

08.03.2013 - EU competition regulators have cleared the acquisition of Dutch petroleum products and biodiesel storage firm Vesta Terminal by Chinese oil major Sinopec and Swiss-based energy...