MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 25th 2005
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Tuesday, January 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Australia's South Seas fisheries “expansionist attitude”
Uruguay's head of the Fisheries Department Captain Yamandu Flangini warned about the “expansionist attitudes” behind developed countries maritime policies which could lead to serious limiting of fisheries activities and recalled that two Uruguayan longliners have already suffered the consequences of this initiative.
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Tuesday, January 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
EC forces end to Gibraltar offshore tax regime.
The European Commission has formally requested the United Kingdom to abolish the Exempt Company tax regime in Gibraltar by the end of 2010 at the latest because the scheme violates the EC Treaty's ban on state aid liable to distort competition, said an EC spokesman.
