Brussels, 10/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to the conclusions to the Advocate General at the European Court of Justice in the case of a Dutch farmer and the Dutch Office for the Purchase and Sale of Foodstuffs (VVB), the Member State ordering the slaughter of cattle in an effort to combat BSE, must compensate the farmer under European Union (exceptional support measures) and not national rules. In 1996 during the mad cow crisis, the farmer, H. van den Bor brought a claim against the...