Brussels, 27/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - Russia's membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) should mean the lifting of a large number of import restrictions on live animals coming from the EU, a spokesperson for the European Commission said on Thursday 23 August (see EUROPE 10672).
The Commission expects Russia to respect “the basic principles of” the WTO agreement, and “remove the unjustified restrictions” imposed on imports of live cattle and small ruminants because of...