Brussels, 19/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission will begin infringement proceedings in coming days against 14 countries (France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain) which have yet to implement the directive on the welfare of laying hens, European Health Commissioner John Dalli announced on Thursday 19 January (see EUROPE 10495). EU countries had until 1 January 2012, a transition period of 13...