Brussels, 22/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - COPA-COGECA, the agricultural and cooperative organisations in the EU, gave a welcome, on Monday 20 February, to some parts of the recent European Commission report (see EUROPE 10552) on efforts to protect the soil, but were critical of the administrative costs the new directive would impose.
COPA-COGECA argues that a new EU soil directive would “result in far more costs and administrative requirements than benefits.” “In fact, the EU already has...