Luxembourg, 14/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Court of First Instance (CFI) has ruled the appeal by thirteen Portuguese breeders of fighting bulls as inadmissible. They were disputing the decision of the European Commission which, until June 2000, prohibited them from exporting their animals to Spain and France (see EUROPE of 7 February, p.15).
The Commission's decision was addressed in "abstract and general terms at categories of undefined people", that is to say all breeders, said the...