The European Commission will have to adopt the decision on the triggering of the "safeguard clause" re-establishing customs duties on Indica rice from Cambodia and Burma (see EUROPE 12140).
Experts from Member States of the European Union, meeting on 4 December in the Generalised Preferences Committee, failed to reach a majority for, or against, the Commission's proposal. It aims to apply, from mid-January 2019, a duty of 175 €/tonne gradually reduced to 150 €/t in 2020 and 125 €/t in...