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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7988

20 June 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bse
As Agriculture Council unable to give its position, Commission is responsible for deciding on maximum extension until 2003 for ban on meat and bone meal

Luxembourg, 19/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - At the end of the day the Commission will have full latitude to decide, without further consulting Member States, to extend for a temporary period (with buffer date) the ban on using meat and bone meal. The Council of Agriculture Ministers, which met on Tuesday in Luxembourg, did not manage to reach a qualified majority either for or against this decision. During the vote within the Standing Veterinary Committee, Germany, Austria, France and Spain...

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