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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9310
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade/animal health

Commission proposes ban on import, export and sale of cat and dog fur in EU

Brussels, 20/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Monday the European Commission adopted a draft regulation to ban the import, export and sale of cat and dog fur in the EU. Cat and dog fur, notably from China, is currently marketed on the EU market without being declared as such and is disguised as synthetic and other types of fur, explained the Commission in a press release. Several Member States have introduced their own specific legislation against cat and dog fur in but these national bans are...

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