Pints all round: EU scraps ban on Imperial measurements
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The European Commission has abandoned plans to ban the use of pints, pounds and miles, imperial measures used in Britain and Ireland in the face of overwhelming public opinion, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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At their summit in Brussels, EU leaders hope to agree on a slimmed-down version of their draft constitution, which was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005. Here are some of the key elements of the charter and whether they are likely to be scrapped or salvaged under a new treaty:
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Wiped from the face of the currency The European Commission has admitted the new euro coin - designed to sport a revised map showing the expanded happy band of brothers - is "not exactly the one the commission has proposed" after the powers that be decided to omit Turkey from the monetary celebration of the EU.â¦
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The European Union said Monday it was suspending its World Trade Organisation complaint against India&#39;s import duties on alcoholic drinks.
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The European Union has failed in its attempt to get special protection for food and drinks brands associated with their place of production, reports say.
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By Geoff Meade; John Duckers  New laws on the testing of thousands of chemicals in daily use will be approved by Euro-MPs today - heralding the European Union's biggest-ever single piece of legislation.
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The European Commission changed its mind Wednesday and abandoned its earlier plan to permit laboratory-made seeds in food without being labeled as such.
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Coca-Cola ended a five-year battle with the European Union yesterday, agreeing to change the sales practices that helped to make it so successful.
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The EU has banned unsafe cheese from a British dairy and told member states to &quot;trace and destroy&quot; any found in circulation, the European Commission has announced.
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Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a law approved Wednesday.
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[JURIST] BBC News is reporting that incoming EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has withdrawn his proposed slate of Commissioners from consideration by the European Parliament after a dispute over the inclusion of controversial Justice portfolio
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Heads off EC investigation The European Commission has ended its antitrust investigation into Apple after the computing giant agreed to cut the price UK consumers pay to download music for their iPods.â¦
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A European ban on exports of British livestock, meat and dairy products, imposed after the foot-and-mouth outbreak, is lifted.
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Nous crachons sur la baie noire - tool of Anglo spies French ministers and other government bigwigs (perruques-grands?) will no longer be allowed to use BlackBerries, in sharp contrast to British MPs.â¦
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By JAN SLIVA  STRASBOURG, France - Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a law approved Wednesday.
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Coca-Cola is putting an end to a 5-year-old antitrust investigation in the European Union by agreeing to stop business practices that were viewed as unfair.
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The European Union ended two years of limbo at the weekend by agreeing new guidelines for the 27-member club&#39;s future and throwing off the shackles of the failed constitution.