1.   A decision by the Commission will be taken tomorrow following a further meeting this afternoon of the veterinary committee.

2.   Commission agriculture spokesman Gerry Kylie said no decision is possible until commissioners receive the report of the veterinary committee meeting on Monday.

3.   Its veterinary committee will review it in six weeks at the latest.

4.   Now the commission said it will wait until it has received a report from a second veterinary committee meeting called today.

5.   Separately, a veterinary committee is expected to propose easing the ban on exports of British beef.

6.   A European Union veterinary committee recommends that all British beef exports be banned.

7.   According to Dvorakova, the decision was made in accordance with the recommendation of a European Union veterinary committee that all British beef exports be banned.

8.   An EU veterinary committee recommended the restrictions Friday after banned substances were found in some products.

9.   An EU veterinary committee is expected to vote on the issue Friday.

10.   An EU veterinary committee is expected to vote on the proposal Friday.