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“The Commission has lost its indefinite timeframe for defining the issue”

Botanical deadlock: ECJ rules ‘on hold’ claims are unacceptable

By Nathan Gray

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) says the current ‘on hold’ situation for botanicals is not satisfactory, in a double-edged ruling that seems to suggest a rejected claim is better than one on hold.