11/6/14

The Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment participates in the Council of the EU Environment Ministers


The Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment participates in the Council of the EU Environment Ministers



The Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Mr Nicos Kouyialis participates in the Council of the EU Environment Ministers which is going to be held tomorrow, in Brussels.
Amongst the issues to be discussed at the Council, are the European Parliament and the European Council proposal for a directive on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants and the proposal for reducing the national emissions from certain atmospheric pollutants.

In addition, the Ministers are going to discuss the modification Regulation of the Directive 2001/18/EC concerning the right given to member states to restrict or ban the cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in their territories.
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