FISH FARMING COMPENSATION
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FISH farms that have to slaughter their whole stock because of disease are not automatically entitled to compensation under EU law, the European Court of Justice has ruled. It said a complete cull was not an illegal attack on the property rights, even though it would be mandatory under EU legislation.
FISH farms that have to slaughter their whole stock because of disease are not automatically entitled to compensation under EU law, the European Court of Justice has ruled. It said a complete cull was not an illegal attack on the property rights, even though it would be mandatory under EU legislation.
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