INTERBEV INQUIRY
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA FORMAL state aid inquiry has been launched by the European Commission into a system of compulsory levies on the meat industry in France; Brussels fears it could illegally and unfairly favour the local sale of French-reared meat and livestock, disadvantaging both EU imports and exports from France. These compulsory payments to the national inter-trade association for livestock and meat (Interbev) are a levy on beef and sheepmeat and edible offal intended for human consumption in France and on live cattle and sheep exported from France, with a ...
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