At the Agriculture Council in Brussels on Monday 17 July, Belgium, with the support notably of Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic, criticised the French system of compulsory labelling of origin for meats and milk (see EUROPE 11700).
Federal Agriculture Minister Willy Borsus restated his country’s opposition to the French compulsory labelling system and called on the Commission to carry out an assessment to measure trends in exports and price increases. “Exports...