However, those Members should justify their argument that this is not an issue of morality. Should this case end up before the European Court of Justice, it will not be enough to place the onus of proof on the plaintiff. The European Community achieves unification through a new body of law, Community law, which is independent, uniform in all Member States, and separate from yet superior to national laws. The European Court of Justice is the backbone of the system of judicial safeguards when this law is challenged or must be applied, ensuring that it is not interpreted and applied differently in each Member State. See New Consumer Research Questions UK Government Move to Ban Fur Farming .
Ethics are how one conducts oneself, and interprets rules, in relation to morals.
Labour's argument that raising livestock primarily for meat is acceptable but raising them primarily for fur is not, is an ethical argument, but one which is hard to evaluate since Labour does not back it up with a core value, or moral position, on the ownership and use of livestock for human benefit.