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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7991
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/swine fever

Veterinary Committee agrees to extend export restriction measures of Spanish pork

Brussels, 22/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - So as to prevent the propagation of classical swine fever that broke out in Spain on 14 June, the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) decided through a qualified majority on Friday (with Spain's opposition and with France abstaining) to tighten Community measures banning the export of live pigs (as well as their embryos, semen and ova) from a part of that country. So far limited to the province of Lerida in Catalonia, the embargo has been extended until...

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