Farming sector supports thematic strategy on soil protection but rejects bureaucratic new directive
Date
08 Sep 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.