Luxembourg, 17/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 16 June, the Council of the EU adopted without debate a decision giving the European Commission a mandate to carry out negotiations for agreements between the European Union and third countries on the trade in organic products.
The current rules on organic production allow third countries to apply to the Commission for unilateral recognition of equivalence. This situation is discriminatory to European producers, who do not have the option...