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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) will have to reclassify the customs designation of frozen boneless chicken cut imports, after a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel concluded that it broke WTO rules. The Brazilian government had requested that a panel arbitrated over a row about the fact that in the past, where they had a salt content over 1.2 per cent, they were classified as salted meat.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has appealed against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that it reverses a change of customs designation for frozen boneless chicken cut imports. The Brazilian government had protested about the reclassification of cuts with 1.2% or more salt content from salted to frozen meat, which attracts higher duty.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU may have to reclassify the customs designation of frozen boneless chicken cut imports, after a WTO disputes panel concluded that it broke world trade rules. The Brazilian government had protested about the reclassification of cuts with 1.2% or more salt content from salted to frozen meat, which attracts higher duty.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPANISH meat and poultry company Grupo Sada has lost an attempt to secure European Union (EU) trademark rights to its name, with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) fearing possible confusion with Brazilian competitor Sadia SA.

Meanwhile, Sweden should be censured for breaking EU directive 89/662/EEC on health controls for livestock and meat by insisting Swedish veterinary authorities be warned at least 24-hours ahead of impending shipments, an ECJ advocate general has said.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
RURAL development will be the CAP’s cornerstone for at least the next decade in its twin ambitions of creating regional growth and supporting farmers who need to modernise, promises the recently arrived European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner, Mrs Mariann Fischer Boel.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
A CLOSER monitoring of live animal exports within the European Union (EU) is promised by the EU agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, as the former Danish agriculture minister settles down in her new responsibilities.

She will be working hand-in-glove with colleagues who have a direct responsibility for the issue, the Commissioner told the Meat Trades Journal at her Brussels office.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, has confirmed that white spot disease has been detected for the first time in Brazil, infecting Pacific white shrimp. The announcement follows investigations by the Brazilian agriculture ministry’s Department of Animal Protection into three outbreaks amongst fish farms in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to extend definitive countervailing duties imposed on Indian exports to the EU of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film to Brazil and Israel. Brussels fears that Brazilian and Israeli companies are being used as fronts to funnel PET into the EU market, evading the duties.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has asked the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to extend definitive countervailing duties imposed on Indian exports to the EU of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film to Brazil and Israel. Brussels fears that Brazilian and Israeli companies are being used as fronts to funnel PET into the EU market, evading the duties.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has launched work to create a global standard for corporate social responsibility, giving the Brazilian and Swedish governments the task of piloting the development of these guidelines. Detailed proposals will be shortly issued by ISO, launching three months of debates before preliminary decisions on their scope and content can be made.…