Cambodia rejoices as it wins rice battle in EU Court

A mill worker is loading rice sacks into a truck at a factory Srah Chak Commune district neat Phnom Penh. The European General Court has rejected the European Commission’s (EC) request to reject a complaint submitted by Cambodia and the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) regarding the EU’s reintroduction of tariffs on Indica rice exports from Cambodia. - Phnom Penh Post/Asian News Network

PHNOM PENH, Sept 29 (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The European General Court has rejected the European Commission’s (EC) request to reject a complaint submitted by Cambodia and the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) regarding the EU’s reintroduction of tariffs on Indica rice exports from Cambodia.

A court order uploaded to the European Law Journal on September 10 said the EC had submitted a plea requesting the court to dismiss Cambodia’s complaint and regard it as inadmissible.