Brussels, 03/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - Last Wednesday the Commission adopted new guidelines for state aid relating to the cost of disposing of slaughterhouse waste and fallen stock, as well as for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) tests. According to the Commission "the new rules" are necessary because Member States have been following different policies that create a serious risk of distortion of competition.
As to TSE tests, Member States will have to respect an upper limit...