The reply that I received gave information on two derogations, one relating to fur that was part of personal or household effects being brought into the EU, and the other relating to fur or products containing fur that have not been bred or killed for fur production.

There is no end to the fraudulent and deceitful practices that one finds going on, particularly in Asia, with the labels of most clothes made there – be they coats, hats, handbags, gloves, and shoes, not to mention toys, decorations and small leather goods – bearing the deceptive description of ‘leather’ or ‘real fur’.

It was in fact high time that the Member States were reminded that dogs and cats are companion animals and that the trade in their furs and in products derived from them must not be accepted or even tolerated.

In fact, by the fall of 2004, shortly after that June election, as many as 30 animal industry groups came together representing a broad range from agriculture to fur and to animal research.

Our Fort Reliance wolves have sold for as much as $750 U.S., with wolverines going for approximately $450 U.S. In the mid-1990s, there was a devastating impact when the European Union introduced regulation 3254/91 banning the import of pelts and products of 12 fur bearing species.

3. Trade a. In 1990 the Community imported 80.7 MECU worth of goods from Albania and total exports to that country amounted to 117.8 MECU. b. On March 11, 1991 the Commission approved the liberalization of several Albanian imports from Italy, (chemicals, leather and fur, glass products...) with immediate effect. - 12 - c. At the request of Italy and Greece, the Council on September 30 decided to include Albania in the generalized system of preferences beginning in 1992. d. The largest imports into the Community from Albania in 1990 were chrome, nickel, medicinal plants and refined oil.