Brussels, 03/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the report on Thursday by German Social-Democrat Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, the European Parliament approved the Council's common position on rules to combat transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). The regulation on TSEs could thus take effect on 1 July.
May we point out that most amendments the EP adopted on first reading in April 2000 were taken on board in the common position. The weakness of these new rules relate to the provisions...