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Farming sector supports thematic strategy on soil protection but rejects bureaucratic new directive

Date

Mon, 09/08/2008

Sections

Trade & Society
Sustainable Dev.
Health & Consumers
Agriculture & Food

Brussels. COPA-COGECA urges the French Presidency to focus resources on developing a non-legislative EU strategy for soil protection. It rejects on the other hand the new layers of red-tape that would be created by the proposed soil directive.