Luxembourg, 20/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - A total of 12 member states may not be ready to implement the 1999 directive on protecting laying hens when it comes into effect on 1 January 2012. At the Agriculture Council on Thursday 20 October, the Commission threatened the 12 (Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Portugal and Romania) with legal proceedings. Health Commissioner John Dalli once again refused to push back the deadline for removing...