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...The introduction of new initiatives such as REACH (the European Union's draft law on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) is inevitably going to play a greater role in deal activity going forward. It is likely to change the economics of certain chemicals, or families of chemicals, both in terms of one-off as well as ongoing compliance costs....
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Some forces in European Union politics favour the intergovernmental approach, while others favour the supranational. Supporters of supranationalism argue that it allows integration to proceed at a faster pace than would otherwise be possible. Where decisions must be made by governments acting unanimously, decisions can take years to be made, if they are made ever. Supporters of intergovernmentalism argue that supranationalism is a threat to national sovereignity, and to democracy, claiming that only national governments can possess the necessary democratic legitimacy. Intergovernmentalism has historically been favoured by France, and by more Eurosceptic nations such as Britain and Denmark; while more integrationist nations such as Belgium, Germany, and Italy have tended to prefer the supranational approach.
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European Union law comprises a large number of overlapping legal and institutional structures. This is a result of its being defined by successive international treaties. In recent years, considerable efforts have been made to consolidate and simplify the treaties, culminating with the final draft of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. If this proposed treaty is adopted, it will replace the set of overlapping treaties that form the current constitution of the EU with a single text.
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Market access to the European Union market is generally open, with the exception of the agriculture sector. The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) creates distortions and instability on world agricultural markets. Internal prices remain higher than the international market level for many commodities and access to the EU market continues to be very limited. CAP reforms agreed by EU member states in 2003 and 2004 have begun the process of separating farm support from production, thereby reducing incentives to over-produce and making the EU farm sector more market-oriented. But these reforms have not reduced the total level of EU farm support, improved market access or addressed export subsidies. These issues are central to Australia's ambitions for a successful outcome in the WTO Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations.
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There are 18 individual applications from biotech companies for commercial approval of GM crops in European Union countries. Two of those are for the UK, from Monsanto for maize and Bayer for oilseed rape, both to be used in animal feed and food products.
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