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Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Council Minutes, 28 January 2019
The following is an extract from the minutes of the Agriculture and Food Council meeting on the 28 January 2019:
On behalf of Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, Slovakia requested an update from the presidency and the Commission on the state of play of the dual quality issue.
The issue of dual quality refers to products with the same name and labelling, sold in different EU countries often by the same producer but having different characteristics.
The Commission presented the state of play on the examination of the proposal for a directive on better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules ("Unfair Commercial Practices Directive"), within the context of the "New deal for consumers" package. The Commission also recalled its initiatives in this field of testing, as carried out by the Joint Research Centre.
Delegations that took the floor restated the importance of the actions undertaken by the Commission and the JRC. Some advocate common EU rules against dual quality of foodstuffs.
