Spain and France join forces to promote mirror clauses in negotiations with third countries

Published 2021년 11월 18일

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Spanish and French agriculture ministers have agreed to strengthen their cooperation to include 'mirror clauses' in the European Commission's trade agreements with third countries. These clauses aim to ensure that imported agricultural products meet similar environmental, health, animal welfare, and production standards as those in the European Union. The ministers also discussed the protection of geographical indications, with the EU leading the world with over 3,200. Additionally, they discussed the enforcement of the European Animal Health Law and issues related to plant health, including the control of xylella fastidiosa and the detection and eradication of pine wood nematode. An agreement is expected to be signed to facilitate the exchange of manure from Spanish cattle and pigs to French biogas production plants, promoting the circular economy and combating climate change.

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, and the French Minister of Agriculture and Food, Julien Denormandie, have agreed today in the city of Toulouse (France) to strengthen their lines of work to promote the “mirror clauses” in the negotiations of trade agreements of the European Commission (EC) with third countries. The bilateral meeting between the heads of the Spanish and French branch has taken place after the inauguration by both ministers, together with the Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability of Andorra, Silvia Calvó, of the commemorative act of the 60th Spanish-French meeting of animal health and vegetable, which, since 2002, also has Andorran participation. The French minister has conveyed to Planas that the request to include the “mirror clauses” in the trade agreements that the European Commission negotiates with third countries will be one of the priorities of France, which on January 1 will take over from Slovenia in the ...

Source: Agrodiario Huelva