FRANCE SLAUGHTER TAX
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
REFORMS to France's collective system for disposing of slaughter waste and dead farm livestock have been approved as legitimate state aid by the European Commission; since January, these have been funded by direct grants and compulsory levies on slaughterhouses, butchers and farmers. The costs had been born by meat retailers, a system deemed illegal by the European Court of Justice.
REFORMS to France's collective system for disposing of slaughter waste and dead farm livestock have been approved as legitimate state aid by the European Commission; since January, these have been funded by direct grants and compulsory levies on slaughterhouses, butchers and farmers. The costs had been born by meat retailers, a system deemed illegal by the European Court of Justice.
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