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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8270

5 August 2002
(eu) eu/health
Belgian ban on fluoride - Commission cannot make declaration until it has been formally notified

Brussels, 05/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission cannot provide a response to the Belgian authorities plans to ban fluoride and other products containing it, until the country sends it a text of the Royal Decree adopted for implementing the measure. Only an examination of this document would allow the Community executive to take a position, which initially appears to go against the provisions of Directive 46/2000 on food complements applicable to the whole of the European Union...