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Follow-up: ‘Fur Free Europe’ ECI

The Commission replied to the ‘Fur Free Europe’ initiative in December 2023. Since then, there has been a lot of follow-up work to this answered citizens’ initiative.

On-site visits to fur farms to explore the ‘One Health’ controls in place happened in Finland (March) and more recently in Poland (September) and Spain (October).

date:  21/11/2024

A survey on fur animals was addressed to Member States authorities allowing the collection of factual information and data that will feed into a Commission assessment of actions mentioned in the communication.

The Commission has also been working on a revision of the Textile Labelling Regulation, including a stakeholders’ workshop that took place in October.