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Statement on what was the outcome of the Agriculture Council held in Luxembourg on 17th to 18th April; and if he will make a statement.
Statement on what was the outcome of the Agriculture Council held in Luxembourg on 17th to 18th April; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Jim Hood
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Quin
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 April 2000
For answer on
19 April 2000
Answered on
19 April 2000
Mr. Hood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the outcome of the Agriculture Council held in Luxembourg
on 17 to 18 April; and if he will make a statement. [119918]
Ms Quin: I represented the UK at the Agriculture Council meeting in Luxembourg on 17 April.
The Council reached political agreement by qualified majority (only Denmark expressing dissent) on a Community wide system of rules
for the compulsory labelling of beef. The first stage of the scheme--providing for most beef sold to consumers to show the member
state where it was slaughtered and cut/deboned and the approval numbers of the relevant establishments--should come into effect on 1
September 2000. The second stage, coming into effect on 1 January 2002, will additionally require labelling by reference to country
of origin. I welcomed this agreement which will ensure British consumers can look forward to clearer, more informative labelling on
beef. The agreement will now be put to the European Parliament for its consideration with a view to adoption of a Regulation before
1 September.
Commissioner Franz Fischler reported the latest developments in the WTO agriculture negotiations in Geneva. Along with many other
Ministers, I welcomed the start of negotiations and encouraged the Commission to continue its efforts to facilitate the launch of a
new Round of comprehensive trade negotiations and to continue pursuing a constructive line in the agriculture negotiations in
accordance with the Council mandate agreed last autumn.
Under Other Business, I raised concerns about the impact on British millers of the operation of a WTO concession permitting the
import of maize from third countries into Spain and Portugal at reduced duty rates. Originally intended to cover maize for animal
feed, an increasing proportion was being imported as flint maize which is used for processing into breakfast cereals. This was
distorting the single market to the detriment of millers in the UK and other northern member states. Commissioner Fischler undertook
to try to resolve this problem with the main exporting countries in time for the next marketing year.
Subjects
Agriculture; Labelling; EU action; Trade agreements; Beef; World Trade Organization; EC Agriculture Council; Trade competitiveness; Maize
Date
19 April 2000
Reference
119918; 348 c481W
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House of Commons