Luxembourg, 17/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - In Luxembourg on Tuesday 17 June, the agriculture ministers of the countries of the EU were divided over the degree of protection to be provided by the EU in respect of imports of plants from third countries.
The liberal countries took position in favour of an open system (negative list: i.e. a list of products which cannot be imported). Others, such as France and Spain, called for a more closed system (positive list: i.e. comprising only those...