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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8652

25 February 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture council
Differences subsist on improving conditions for transport of livestock

Brussels, 24/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Tuesday, the Agriculture Ministers of the EU were divided on how conditions for livestock transport could be improved. Differences of opinion on the Commission's proposal, which dates back to July 2003, focus mainly on maximum transport time and the number of transport cycles (e.g. two cycles of nine hours). The Irish Presidency confirmed its willingness to obtain the ministers' political agreement on this text at the Council of 26 and 27...

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