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FILE PHOTO: A worker unloads palm oil fruit bunches at a factory in Tanjung Karang, Malaysia August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is taking legal action at the global trade watchdog against the European Union and member states France and Lithuania for restricting palm oil-based biofuels, the government said.
The world’s second largest palm oil producer, which has called a EU renewable-energy directive “discriminatory action,” is seeking consultations under the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism, the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
Minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali said the EU proceeded with implementing the directive without considering Malaysia’s commitment and views, even after Malaysia gave feedback and sent economic and technical missions to Europe.
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(Bloomberg) Malaysia filed a lawsuit Friday against the European Union and members including France and Lithuania following the bloc’s plan to phase out palm-based biofuel imports.
The suit, which requests consultation through the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism, is due to the EU’s Delegated Regulation under the Renewable Energy Directive (EU RED II), which has impacted Malaysia’s palm oil industry, according to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Khairuddin Aman Razali.
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