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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11536

21 April 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture
France and five other countries ban dimethoate on cherries

Brussels, 20/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - French Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll confirmed at a meeting with representatives of cherry producers on Tuesday 19 April that dimethoate will remain a banned substance in France in the treatment of cherries against the Drosophila suzukii fly (see EUROPE 11533 and 11530).

Le Foll also said that the national safeguard clause banning the import of cherries from countries which permit the treatment of cherries with dimethoate would come into force...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
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