date:Jul 24, 2013
efits for the UK. Civil society organisations with an interest in animal protection called for increased flexibility in EU legislation for the control of animal diseases to allow Member States the opportunity to take account of national circumstances.
They felt that harmonisation at EU level was not always the best approach and in some cases may actually impede UK action. Notwithstanding this, these respondents also saw the importance of a coordinated EU approach to animal disease control, incl