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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11364
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) plant health

Russian embargo on Dutch flowers?

Brussels, 22/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 21 July, the Russian authorities declared that flowers produced in the Netherlands represent a sanitary “threat” to Russia.

Russia is therefore planning to introduce an embargo on flowers from the Netherlands. According to the Russian authorities, Dutch flowers could be banned because the harmful organisms they contain pose a serious threat to the country's economy and agricultural production. The Netherlands is the biggest exporter of...

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