SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture

South African citrus fruit - COPA backs tougher controls

Brussels, 23/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 23 April, COPA-COGECA called once again on the European Commission and the member states to adopt “without delay” measures to step up controls of imports on citrus fruit from South Africa. The agricultural organisations of the EU are calling for these measures to be adopted at the forthcoming meeting of the EU Standing Committee on Plant Health (29-30 April), in order to prevent the spread of black spot disease.

COPA-COGECA wrote to...