EUROPEAN COMMISSION DROPS ECJ CASE AGAINST FRANCE OVER CEREALS RESTRICTIONS
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has dropped a long-running legal case against France after its government abandoned long-standing restrictions on the sale, distribution and handling of cereals within its country. Brussels announced today (Wed 17-10) that "the conditions for obtaining approval [for selling and distributing cereals in France] have been made more flexible." Notably, in future, such licences will not be approved by industry bodies influenced by established cereals traders, but by the national inter-trade office for major crops, ...
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