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WTO Appellate Body in Clove Cigarettes – Faites vos Jeux
The WTO Appellate Body’s Report in ‘Clove cigarettes’ was issued on 4 April. It is a dream ‘Trade and public health’ case and therefore generally a superb ‘trade and regulatory autonomy’ case. Under...
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Use of Fair Trade labels in procurement decisions – Court of Justice of the...
The Court of Justice of the EU has further completed its views on the use of criteria linked to sustainable development. These are criteria which do not simply refer to environmental characteristics of...
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EC, UK et al comments on Belgian nano-register delay its roll-out. No...
The European Commission, the United Kingdom, The Czech Republic, Italy and Ireland have all issued detailed comments on the ‘nano register’ notified by Belgium. Belgium itself had summarised the draft...
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Be careful what you ask for. A first review of the WTO EU seals Panel.
After leaks, the Panel’s ruling in EU Seals is finally out. As it was only released this afternoon, I have not as yet had time to read it thoroughly. However diagonal reading reveals that by and large...
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Belgian nano-register inches forward
I reported earlier on the delay incurred by the Belgian nano register. Following objections under the EU’s transparency Directive, the Belgian register stood still. The Belgian Government is now...
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Now Denmark joins the nano notification fray.
Denmark has adopted its regime for notification preparations and products containing nanomaterials. (Belgium ‘s regime as far as I am aware has still not been finally adopted – it is not the kind of...
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The Belgian Council of State (the highest administrative court) has annulled the Flemish waste agency’s export permit in the so-called ‘Slufter’ case, involving large quantities of toxic dredging spoil...
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