The European Commission has urged France to lift its ban on imports of British beef.

欧盟委员会已敦促法国解除对英国牛肉进口的禁令。

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Prices of goods such as yogurt or fresh beef are on average 34% higher, according to France-Antilles, a newspaper.

据《法国安地列斯报》报道，当地货物，比如酸奶或新鲜牛肉的价格平均要比本土贵34%。

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Last year Mr Pinault had eyed Bulgari, an Italian luxury-goods company and other jewellers and fashion designers in Italy and France to beef up the luxury arm of his retail-cum-luxury empire.

去年皮诺先生已经在关注一家意大利的奢侈品公司Bulgari，以及其它法国和意大利的珠宝和时尚设计师，想以此来扩充他的零售+奢侈品帝国在奢侈品业务上的实力。

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The ban was eased last year although France continues to block British beef.

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There was some traditional squabbling, mainly over savings-tax harmonisation (blocked by Britain) and British beef (blocked by France), but all this was less than usually distracting.

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One unexpected revelation was that France had offered to consider allowing beef from Scotland to be imported again where grass-fed herds could be shown never to had any contact with BSE or mad cow disease.

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