Risk and crisis management tools in Agriculture *Monthly News* Time period: March-April 2019 The Member of the Agricultural Committee voted on April 8ththe Horizontal Regulation which is the cornerstone of the reform package of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) proposed by the Commission. The concept of a new agricultural reserve, well-funded and more reactive, has been endorsed by the EP Committee by a […]
Negotiations for the EU Budget *Monthly News* Time period: April 2019 April: highlights in chronology 09/04 Preparation of the European Council in June by the European Affairs Ministers: persistent divergences for the future CAP budget 15/04 Some ministers reiterate call for solid budget full note available on FE members area
Negotiations on CAP reform *Monthly News* Time Period: March-April 2019 European Parliament: Comagri operates a major community reframing of the reform project March was marked by the elaboration of the drafting of the compromise amendments by ComAgri MEPs on the three texts of the reform rapporteurs, to reinforce the commonality of the rules, […]
Wine sector: Policy & Regulatory framework *Monthly News* Time Period: April 2019 This month started withthe awaited votes of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee (ComAgri) on negotiation positions on the CAP post-2020 reform package, namely the new EU rules for the Common Market Organisation in agricultural products (April 1), the CAP Strategic Plans (April 2) […]
The Green Energy Platform is pleased to invite you to our lunchtime event at Farm Europe premises on « Toward a Carbon neutral economy in Europe, Assessment of transport decarbonisation options for Member States”. To open the discussion, Carlo Hamelinck (Ecofys-Navigant) will unveil the final report presenting the most cost effective path for a transport policy that match […]
The Digital Agriculture Platform (DAP) will host its 2nd meeting “in the field” very soon! Our plans for this 2nd meeting are a visit of the venue Bonifiche Ferraresi, Società Agricola during the first day, followed by a roundtable to assess and discuss the preliminary results that emerged from the pilot projects that already exist and that could feed the discussion around the CAP reform […]
11 July 2019 The current CAP – and in particular the 2013 CAP reform – has been accused for a long time now of generating too much administrative burden for farmers. It has been called too complex, expensive and cumbersome. This has generated calls that the CAP needs further simplification. Hence, for its new CAP […]
What can we expect with regard to the impact of trade issues on the EU agri-food sector till the end of the year? Difficult to say. Let us examine the main building blocks step by step. Trade Disputes The tensions with the US are lingering on, with currently a lull of the sorts between past […]