Brussels, 11/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Unlike environmentalist organisations, the farming community has welcomed the new rules on maximum pesticide residue limits (MRLs) that have been in force since 1 September (see EUROPE 9730). In a press release issued on Wednesday 10 September the Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the EU (COPA) and the General Confederation of Agricultural cooperatives in the EU (COGECA) welcomed the new legislation and said they felt it...