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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11038

14 March 2014
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) consumers
European parliament wants full labelling for nano-materials

Brussels, 13/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 12 March, the European Parliament opposed the European Commission's proposal on labelling rules for nano-materials in food.

The Commission's proposal, which was tabled in December 2013, is quite simply “erroneous and irrelevant”, said the Parliament in a resolution which was adopted at its plenary session by 402 votes in favour, 258 against and 14 abstentions. This accusation relates in particular to the Commission's idea of informing...

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