Tbilisi. Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) initiated a statement of civil society organizations on draft changes to the legislation on food safety regulation, which is currently discussed at the Parliament of Georgia. EPF also requested an official position about the discussed changes from the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia, inquiring specifically about the congruance of changes with the existing European standards and providing EU Delegation’s view about how the proposed changes, if adopted, could impact Georgia’s ongoing EU integration process, including the conclusion of the Agreement on Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area. On July 8, 2013, the EU Delegation to Georgia officially responded to EPF, stating that the concerned changes would be against the existing EU regulations in this field and could undermine the ongoing legal approximation process toward EU.

Source:epfound.ge