Deforestation and EU imports of agri-food products How can the EU avoid actually importing deforestation? September 2019 The recent forest fires in the Amazon have put a renewed focus on the loss of forests at a global level, and on its connection to the EU’s international trading policy on importing various agri-food products that are […]
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CAP REFORM NEGOTIATIONS: Commission hints for eco-schemes
January started the Portuguese presidency of the EU Council, with agricultural minister do Cèu Antunes defining the priorities of its mandate: conclude the CAP negotiations with Parliament, hoping to deliver more resilience for the sector and a transition to a greener architecture. On this last topic, the Commission published a document describing potential measures that Member State could include in the elaboration of Eco-schemes, given the fact that they have already started working on their National Strategic Plans (to be submitted to the Commission by the end of 2021). German Agriculture Minister started internal consultation with the Landers’ representatives. Moreover, on the discussion on the horizontal regulation, the Reserve for the CAP crisis support seems to be a difficult topic to overcome among negotiators.
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