The Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU has noted that the compromise text on organic farming was rather well received by the delegations on Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) on Monday 20 February, even though differences remain, for example, on thresholds for the presence of unauthorised substances (pesticides).
The Presidency submitted a compromise text on the issues still under debate, such as pesticides, seeds, annual checks and out-of-soil greenhouse crops (see EUROPE...