EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS TRADE SANCTIONS AGAINST CANADA OVER SEAL FUR HUNT
March 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has confirmed it is drafting proposed trade sanctions against the annual seal hunt in eastern Canada, following pressure from the European Parliament for an outright European Union seal fur ban. With environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas promising proposals "within months", British Conservative MEP Neil Parish said: "The time has come for the Commission to take action."
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has confirmed it is drafting proposed trade sanctions against the annual seal hunt in eastern Canada, following pressure from the European Parliament for an outright European Union seal fur ban. With environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas promising proposals "within months", British Conservative MEP Neil Parish said: "The time has come for the Commission to take action."
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