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Commissioner launches Stakeholder Conference and kicks off Internet Debate on the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy
Foot and Mouth Disease: measures revised for Cyprus and UK
Avian Influenza: Member States endorse measures for Poland, Romania and UK
Commission adopts Decision to approve EUR 187 million to fight animal diseases in 2008
Export refunds on pig meat introduced from 30 November
Simplifying the CAP: administrative burden of Cross-Compliance limited, study shows
Commission proposes suspension of import duties on most cereals
A further set of rural development programmes for the period 2007-2013 agreed
Commissioner Fischer Boel: Speeches and blog entries
What's new on the Commission's "Agriculture and Rural Development" website?
Registration as PDO, PGI or TSG
CAP "Health Check"
Commissioner launches Stakeholder Conference and kicks off Internet Debate on the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy
05/12/2007 Also available in:BG | CS | DA | DE | ET | EL | ES | FR | IT | LV | LT | HU | MT | NL | PL | PT | RO | SK | SL | FI | SV
Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, is inviting stakeholders to a web-streamed general hearing on the Health Check of the CAP on 6 December 2007 and asking farmers, environmentalists, consumers and NGOs to share their opinion on her blog.
In order to ensure a broad and open debate, the European Commission has launched a special website for the health check and called two big conferences. A general stakeholders' hearing on the 6th of December which will deal with all the topics covered by the Health Check and on the 11th of January 2008, a special conference on the future of the dairy sector. Both conferences will be open to the public through a web-streaming.
Watch the conference live (on Thursday 6 December from 9.00 CET)
Commissioner Fischer Boel's blog
Foot and Mouth Disease: measures revised for Cyprus and UK
03/12/2007
Member States today endorsed Commission proposals to revise certain foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) measures in both Cyprus and the UK, to reflect the fact that there have been no recent outbreaks in either country. At the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, it was agreed that Cyprus should be allowed to resume exports of pig-meat from nearly the whole island, subject to certain animal health conditions. For the UK, it was agreed that meat and meat products could be dispatched again from the whole of Great Britain, although exports of live susceptible animals from Surrey and its surroundings are still banned.
Avian Influenza: Member States endorse measures for Poland, Romania and UK
03/12/2007
Following recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Poland and Romania, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today voted in favour of a Decision setting out the eradication and control measures for both Member States. The measures in place in the UK, in response to the outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza on turkey holdings in Norfolk in November, were also re-confirmed.
Commission adopts Decision to approve EUR 187 million to fight animal diseases in 2008
30/11/2007 Also available in:DE | EL | FR
The European Commission has approved a financial package of EUR 186.57 million to support programmes to eradicate, control and monitor animal diseases in 2008. For the first time, for some diseases like rabies, multi-annual programmes lasting from two to five years have also been approved, in order to ensure a more efficient and effective achievement of the objectives of those programmes. The 197 annual or multi-annual programmes which were selected for EU funding will tackle animal diseases that impact both human and animal health. The large EU contribution towards these programmes reflects the high level of importance attached to disease eradication measures, for the protection of both animal and public health.
Export refunds on pig meat introduced from 30 November
30/11/2007
The Management Committee for pig meat yesterday voted on a Commission proposal to introduce export refunds for fresh and frozen pig meat to help ease the current difficult market situation. Refunds will be EUR 31.1/100kg for carcases and cuts and EUR 19.4/100kg for bellies. They will be payable for exports to all destinations and will be available from 30 November. The Committee also voted on a Commission proposal to close the Private Storage Aid (APS) scheme set up last month that was already suspended since Tuesday 27 November. Following the difficult situation in the EU pig meat sector resulting particularly from high feed costs, the APS scheme has been in place since 29 October.
Improving the Cross-Compliance system
Simplifying the CAP: administrative burden of Cross-Compliance limited, study shows
29/11/2007 Also available in:DE | FR
The burden of red tape on farmers resulting from compulsory standards of environmental protection, public, animal and plant health and animal welfare (so-called Cross-Compliance) is very limited, according to a new report carried out for the European Commission. The report is based on research carried out in five EU Member States, which also showed that the model of direct payments to farmers chosen by each country also has a limited influence on the administrative burden they face. These results, and the proposals for simplification contained in the recent Health Check, put the Common Agricultural Policy in a good position to meet the target of a 25 percent reduction in administrative burden by 2012.
Commission proposes suspension of import duties on most cereals
26/11/2007 Also available in:DE | FR
The European Commission today proposed the suspension of import duties on all cereals except oats for the current marketing year - which ends on June 30, 2008. This is a reaction to the exceptionally tight situation on the world and EU cereals markets and the record price levels. Although the current levels of border protection for cereals are rather low, import duties are still applied for certain types of grains that are relevant for the balance of the EU market. The proposal will have to be approved by the Council of Ministers, hopefully at its meeting starting on 18 December.
Rural Development policy 2007-2013
A further set of rural development programmes for the period 2007-2013 agreed
21/11/2007 Also available in:DE | ET | EL | ES | FR | IT | NL | PT | SK
The Rural Development Committee (consisting of representatives of the 27 Member States) gave a positive opinion to the Rural Development programmes of Belgium (Wallonia), Estonia, France (Martinique, Réunion), Germany (3 Länder), Greece, Italy (4 regions), Portugal (Mainland and Azores) Slovakia and Spain (Navarra) for the financial period 2007-2013. These programmes are defined to guarantee infrastructure, create new income opportunities for rural regions, promote growth and fight unemployment. The Commission still has to formally adopt the programmes in the next weeks. The approval of the programmes for other countries and regions will follow in the next months.
Descriptions of the different programmes:
Belgium: Wallonia / Estonia / France: Martinique, Réunion / Germany: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony-Anhalt / Greece / Italy: Calabria, Piemont, Sardinia, Umbria / Portugal: Mainland, Azores / Slovakia / Spain: Navarra
Commissioner Fischer Boel's website
Commissioner Fischer Boel: Speeches and blog entries
"Working for success in the EU organic sector" (European Organic Congress organised by IFOAM, Brussels, 04/12/2007)
"Giving a real perspective to young farmers" (Young Farmers Conference, Slovenia, 01/12/2007)
New blog entry: "The CAP Health Check Your thoughts please!"
"Keeping the EU spirits industry competitive: the role of the Commission" (Conference by European Spirits Organisation, Brussels, 28/11/2007)
Opening remarks: 2006 discharge (Meeting at the Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament, Brussels, 21/11/2007)
Publications
What's new on the Commission's "Agriculture and Rural Development" website?
"Liability and Compensation Schemes for Damage Resulting from the Presence of Genetically Modified Organisms in Non-GM Crops"
"Study to assess the administrative burden on farms arising from the CAP"
Quality products catch the eye: PDO, PGI or TSG
Registration as PDO, PGI or TSG
Applications for registration:
'Acciughe sotto sale del Mar Ligure': PGI (OJ C 279 - 22/11/2007, p. 8)
'Brussels grondwitloof': PGI (OJ C 279 - 22/11/2007, p. 24)
'Jiho esk Niva': PGI (OJ C 278 - 21/11/2007, p. 13)
Applications to amend a specification:
'Radicchio rosso di Treviso': PGI (OJ C 279 - 22/11/2007, p. 12)
'Époisses': PDO (OJ C 279 - 22/11/2007, p. 19)
'Laguiole': PDO (OJ C 278 - 21/11/2007, p. 17)
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