EU RUSSIA NEGOTIATE HEALTH BAN EARLY WARNINGS
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLMANDATORY consultations will be staged between Russia and the European Union (EU) in future, should either side be planning to impose health-based import restrictions on the other's food exports. This is the essence of an agreement expected to be initialled by EU ministers and Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, at a meeting in Luxembourg in mid-April. The aim is to allow food health specialists to resolve problems and thwart possible bans, such as that currently imposed by Russia on Polish meat exports. At the very least, it would give food ...
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