date:Jun 07, 2012
Eblex, agreed in principle last December, is part of a staged approach to opening up the market to fifth-quarter products.
From March 1996 to May 2006, UK exports were restricted to small quantities of UK beef exported under the strict criteria in the Data-Based Export Scheme (DBES) and to foreign origin beef re-exported under the Export Approved (XAP) Scheme.
Since DBES ended, exports within the EU have been permitted, but have had to be negotiated with nations outside the eurozone on a case-