§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those cases in which a Member State has sought to invoke Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 (restricting or suspending trade in and use of food or food ingredients) in addition to an examination by the European Commission within the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs under that Article. [69870]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 8 February 1999]: Article 12 has yet to be invoked by any member state.
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