A new set of rules for organic farming has been endorsed by the European Council (EC) with an aim to provide uniform quality organic food items to consumers across the continent. The EC says that the new rules will simplify and harmonise ...
Tags: organic food, Organic Farming
Jeremy Morton, partner at Harbottle & Lewis, takes a look at the new updated EU trademark legislation regarding counterfeits in transit, and it what it means for IP owners. Good news for intellectual property has arrived in the form of ...
Tags: Counterfeit, Opinion, EU trademark legislation, Jeremy morton
Poland is planning to sell its hard coal stockpiles to Ukraine in order to raise cash to inject liquidity into the country's struggling state-owned coal miners, development minister Mateusz Morawiecki, said Monday. "There is a coal ...
Tags: coal, coking coal, anthracite
South African Poultry Association has banned the import of poultry products from countries infected with the avian influenza (AI) virus. South African Poultry Association's (SAPA) Poultry Disease Management Agency director Dr Charlotte ...
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The European Commission has adopted protective measures in order to control and prevent the avian influenza from spreading within the affected member states to other states and to third countries while minimising disturbance to trade. ...
EU chemicals production in October expanded by 1.8 per cent compared to the year prior, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report released today. The October reading confirmed the recovery trend followed by the EU chemical ...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Chemicals
The use of biomaterials and more benign chemicals in coatings in Europe is accelerating as whole supply chains give greater priority to sustainablity, particularly as a means of protecting the environment. At the same time, however, ...
Tags: standards for biomaterials, sustainability of products
According to data released by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai, the country’s exports of steel long products to the non-EU countries totaled 3.954 million tons in the January-September period, decreasing by 7.9% ...
According to data released by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai, the country's steel exports made to the non-European countries totaled 3.546 million tons in January-August, falling by 9.2% year on year. In the given ...
Tags: steel, Construction, Decoration, Steel Flats
In the January-August period this year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 3.546 million metric tons, down by 9.2 percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 4.868 million metric tons, up ...
Tags: Flat Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Industry data processed by Gimav in its annual Industry Report paint a very clear picture of the brilliant condition Italy's glass processing machine building industry is enjoying. Of course, in this case exports are synonymous with ...
Tags: Glass, Construction
According to statistics released by the Italian steel producers association (Federacciai), Italy’s exports of steel products from the non-EU countries totaled 2.203 million tons in the first five months of this year, decreasing by 9% ...
Tags: Exports of Steel, Mineral
In the January-May period this year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 2.203 million metric tons, down by nine percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 3.332 million metric tons, up 27.3 ...
Tags: Flat Steel, Non-EU Countries
Compared to the 2010-2011 two-year period, the drop in demand from the European continent seems to have turned around and the EU is once again the number one purchaser of Italian glass processing machines, accessories, and special products, ...
Tags: glass, Construction
According to the Turkey's Steel Exporters' Association (CIB), the slowdown in the global economy, the falling demand from export markets and the general falling prices of commodities in international trade had a negative effect on ...
Tags: Steel Export, Mineral