Brussels, 16/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - In its adoption (570 votes in favour, 63 against and 19 abstentions), on Tuesday 15 April, of the report by Marit Paulsen (ALDE, Sweden) on the proposed regulation on animal health, the European Parliament made considerable changes to the initial proposal to toughen the measures to fight animal disease and allow the EU to act swiftly and responsibly in the event of an emergency. The issue of cloning was not discussed.
The new provisions, as amended by...