The Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU will present a new compromise text on implementation of organic farming rules to national experts on Monday 20 February. It will seek a new mandate on Monday 27 February to continue negotiations with the European Parliament in March (see EUROPE 11712).
In December of last year, the three institutions of the EU failed to come to agreement on organic farming. Discussions return to the problematic areas: seeds, pesticides, ending derogations, the...