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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10843
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) animal health

Facilitating exports of non-domestic ungulates

Brussels, 08/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 7 May, the European Commission announced that elephants, giraffes and rhinoceroses could be imported more easily into the European Union by approved bodies, such as zoos, under new rules that seek to reduce the risk of trafficking these non-domestic ungulates.

The proposal by the European Commission was endorsed by member states' experts at the meeting of the Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH).

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