Press Release: MEPs close deal with Council on seal products

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Series Details 25.06.15
Publication Date 25/06/2015
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The European Parliament's internal market committee reached on 25 June 2015 an informal agreement with the Council of the European Union regarding seal products.

The text bans trading in seal products from hunts hitherto conducted to protect fishing stocks. However, the exemption for the trade in products derived from seal hunts carried out by the Inuit community remains.
Source Link http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150625IPR70818/
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ESO: Background information: Seal products: internal market MEPs strengthen EU trade ban http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-seal-products-internal-market-meps-strengthen-eu-trade-ban/
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