UK Government welcomes European Court's judgement that the French ban on British beef is illegal.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-14 December 2001-UK Government: UK Government welcomes European Court's judgement that the French ban on British beef is illegal (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13122001 The UK Government strongly welcomed today's Judgement in the European Court of Justice that the French ban on British beef exports under the Date-based Export Scheme (DBES) was illegal.

The Judgement states that France was in breach of Community law for not accepting beef exported under the DBES from the UK. The Secretary of State, Margaret Beckett said: 'I am delighted that the Judgement supports the case taken by the Commission. It vindicates the UK position of using the proper legal channels when Member States fail to implement EU legislation. We hope...