DutchNews, September 19,
2016
A legal case in which the Dutch
fur farmers association took on the state to have an impending ban overturned
must be heard again, the advocate general said on Monday.
The appeal court
which upheld the ban on fur farming last year did not take the financial impact
on individual fur farmers sufficiently into account, Paul Vlas said in his
recommendations. The advice of the advocate general is not binding but generally
accepted by the Supreme Court.
The ban on fur farming was introduced in the
Netherlands in 2013 and included an 11-year changeover period. In 2014 a lower court found in favour of fur farmers who
are furious at being ordered to shut down their companies without compensation.
The state appealed against that ruling and last year the appeal court said the
new legislation does take the interest of fur farmers sufficiently into account
because of the 11-year changeover period.
Financial damage
However, the
advocate general said on Monday the appeal court ‘wrongly limited its reasoning
to the question of whether the changeover period would limit the damage to fur
farmers in general’.
The Supreme Court will publish its ruling in December.
The Netherlands has some 160 fur farms producing five million pelts a year. The sector employs some 1,400 people. The Netherlands is the third biggest fur farming nation in the world behind Denmark and China.
The Netherlands has some 160 fur farms producing five million pelts a year. The sector employs some 1,400 people. The Netherlands is the third biggest fur farming nation in the world behind Denmark and China.
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