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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11703

14 January 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
US lifts ban on French beef imports
Brussels, 13/01/2016 (Agence Europe)

The United States announcement of the lifting of the embargo on the import of beef from France was welcomed by the European Commission on Friday 13 January.

For the EU, this decision is a further step towards re-opening a market that has been closed since the BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) crisis of the 1990s.

“Following similar decisions with Ireland, Lithuania and the Netherlands, the Commission welcomes the decision by the United States to allow the import of beef from France....

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