Idiotic EU panel approves ban on seal imports

Subject: Idiotic EU panel approves ban on seal imports Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:49 pm

A European Parliament committee has approved a proposal that would prevent EU countries from importing seal products.

The proposed ban, approved on Monday by a 27-7 vote, would not affect imports from Canada's and Greenland's Inuit communities.

The vote appeared to reflect Europe's widespread public opposition to seal hunting, which many people regard as cruel.

To become law, the ban on products such as pelts, blubber, oil and meat would still need the approval of the entire EU assembly and EU governments.

Nordic EU countries such as Denmark, Sweden and Finland have opposed such a ban, and EU legal experts say it could violate world trade rules.

Canada and Greenland have warned the EU that they could challenge such a ban before the World Trade Organisation.

LNK

Idiotic EU panel approves ban on seal imports

Idiotic EU panel approves ban on seal imports

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