In Brussels on Monday 19 November, EU Agriculture Ministers supported the call by the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, for strict plant protection rules to ensure better prevention and detection, and for tighter control of harmful organisms.
A debate was held in the ‘Agriculture’ Council on protection against plant diseases, and the Commission acknowledges that the rules to combat Xylella fastidiosa have failed.
The new rules (protection against...