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14 Current news of Europäische Kommission

New test eliminates need for skin irritancy tests on rabbits

02-May-2007 - The Scientific Advisory Committee of European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) has announced the validation of five new "in-vitro" tests, which take an important step towards ending the practice of using rabbits in skin and eye irritancy testing. These tests will apply to ...

allergies animal experiments cell cultures +4

Harmonised rules for dangerous goods transport

05-Jan-2007 - The European Commission has proposed to harmonise the rules for the transport of dangerous goods by making them as user-friendly as possible. The new proposal integrates the existing rules into one piece of EU law, which covers all three land transport modes: road, rail and inland waterway. It ...

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Commission fines producers and traders of synthetic rubber EUR 519 million for price fixing cartel

01-Dec-2006 - The European Commission has fined five groups of companies a total of EUR 519 million for participating in a cartel to fix prices and share customers for certain types of synthetic rubber (Butadiene Rubber - BR and Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber - ESBR), in violation of the EC Treaty's ban on ...

Bayer Dow immunity +2

UCB Obtains European Antitrust Clearance for Take-Over of SCHWARZ PHARMA

23-Nov-2006 - UCB announced that the EU Commission has cleared the proposed take-over of SCHWARZ PHARMA by UCB. As announced on November 10, 2006, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has allowed the waiting period to expire without expressing any concerns. Therefore, the take-over of SCHWARZ PHARMA by UCB ...

Schwarz Pharma UCB