Brussels, 23/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to nine countries (Germany, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal) on Thursday 21 February 2013, inviting them to take measures to comply with the provisions of Directive 2008/120/EC on the welfare of sows (see EUROPE 10791). It then went on to the next stage of infringement proceedings against these countries on Thursday 23 January 2014.
The Commission decided to...