Brussels, 23/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - At the public debate on welfare conditions for animal transport at Monday's Agriculture Council, all Member States came out in favour of stepping up controls, but disagreed over the maximum time of transport. For essentially financial reasons Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Portugal oppose the 8 hour maximum transport time for livestock supported by the European Parliament - thereby opposing Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, which...