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MUCH NEEDED: The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Namibia, in partnership with the industrialisation and trade ministry and the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI), officially handed over advanced laboratory equipment to the NSI last Thursday at a ceremony held at the NSI testing and inspection centre in Walvis Bay. The new laboratory equipment was procured under the €6 million (N$117 million) programme to support the economic partnership agreement (EPA) implementation plan, which grants Namibian exports duty- and quota-free access to the EU market while allowing the country to protect its sensitive industries from full liberalisation. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED