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Posted on 06/04/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe The month of March was marked by: – At the level of the European Parliament, the exchanges of MEPs in Plenary session after the failure of the European Summit on 21 February, in the absence of agreement and concrete ambition shown by the Member States.  – At…

  The widespread crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a first set of decisions at national and EU level. Support for the general economy represents a total of 947 billion euros. – At the level of the European Commission, a second package of measures was adopted on 2 April 2020: The Coronavirus response…

The Covid-19 crisis is already impacting agriculture in a number of ways: cross-border flows of agriculture goods face delays, and in some areas there are not enough workers. These are serious problems. We understand that measures are being taken to speed up cross-border trade, and particular work shortages can only be addressed at regional and…

Europe is calling for measures to mitigate the disastrous impact of the COVID-19 and the European biofuels industry is answering that call of social responsibility without hesitation today. Many of the European biofuel companies have successfully changed their complex manufacturing and production processes to be able to offer a much-needed contribution towards curbing the spread…

Although the Council of March 23 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agriculture ministers of the 27 nevertheless met for a video conference on March 25, 2020. In the presence of the President of the Council Marija Vučković as well as the Commissioners for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski and the Commissioner for Environment Virginijus…

The month of February was marked by the failure of EU leaders to reach an agreement on the EU’s 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Charles Michel’s proposal of an overall level of the MFF 2021-2027 at 1.074% was not unanimously supported at the Summit on the 19-20th February and no compromise emerged. As far as…

Posted on 09/03/202009/03/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe February was marked as follows: Following the work of rapporteur Elsi Katainen, the majority of ComAgri MEPs confirmed the need to extend the one-year transition period proposed by the European Commission by at least one year. They also expressed their support for producer organisations as a means…

In February, the European Commission launched a consultation on NBTs as part of a study it wants to finalise by April 2021. In France, the State Council through a decision, considers that NBTs should be subject to the same clauses as GMOs with regard to the application of the European directive regulating genetically modified organisms.…

Posted on 06/03/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe The European Union Regulation for the promotion of EU wine entered into force on 3 February. Rising prices continued to drive down wine sales in the USA.In France, winegrowers are asking for a compensation fund from the French President. On a world level, the price of American…

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to identify the key issues in the post-Brexit EU-UK trade relations, as a preliminary step to shape discussions with the Commission and other decision-makers and stakeholders. In previous papers Farm Europe dwelt at large on the possible alternative scenarios for Brexit. It raised the attention of its Members…

Posted on 11/02/202011/02/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe The new European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides said that a proposal on the regulation of new breeding techniques (NBTs) in plants could be included in the next “Farm to fork” Strategy. At the global level, the US Secretary of State visiting Europe underlined the importance of science-based decisions…

Posted on 11/02/202011/02/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe This month of January will have seen an increase in expenditure on wine promotion by the Member States, as well as a declaration by the American and European wine trade calling for the cancellation of customs duties affecting the wine sector.In addition, the European Commission has published…

Posted on 10/02/202010/02/2020 – Posted by Farm Europe -In its report unveiled on 5 December 2019, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that although EU agricultural risk management measures have partially achieved their objectives, implementation has been weak and there have been cases of overcompensation. The title summarises its conclusion: “Stabilising farmers’ incomes: a…

Last weeks were notably marked by: In the Member States, a coalition was formed to secure the current levels of the Cohesion Fund in the next MFF. Within the Council, (i) the Finnish Presidency revealed the figures in the MFF negotiating box, which were deemed “worrying” by the President of the European Commission and “insufficient” by the…

Last weeks were marked as follows: – At EU Council level, delegations (i) broadly approved the idea of a common % for both CAP pillars for expenditure on climate and environmental measures, while refusing for the time being to determine amounts (ii) considered at the end of the Finnish Presidency that much remained to be…

Highlights of  first Agri-Fish Council under the Croatian Presidency. 1/ Prior to the presentation of the new Presidency’s priorities, the Council adopted the European Parliament’s position (PE 1195/19) on financial discipline from 2021 and flexibility between pillars for the year 2020. The regulation is aimed at ensuring the continuity of payments for farmers in 2020.…

The WTO suffered two successive blows: the Appellate Body is paralyzed and the US-China trade deal is a major departure from trade multilateral rules. The impact might not be immediately felt, but it is potentially huge. The Appellate Body is a WTO Supreme Court of the sorts that has the final word on adjudicating trade…

The WTO suffered two successive blows: the Appellate Body is paralyzed and the US-China trade deal is a major departure from trade multilateral rules. The impact might not be immediately felt, but it is potentially huge. The Appellate Body is a WTO Supreme Court of the sorts that has the final word on adjudicating trade…

In November 2019, the European Council took a formal decision inviting the Commission “to submit, by 30 April 2021 at the latest, a study in the light of the judgment of the Court of Justice[…] concerning the status of new genomic techniques in Union law” and also, if necessary, a proposal on NBT’s.The said Commission…

The last few weeks have been marked by American sanctions that have particularly affected European wine trade. After an initial wave of surcharges, the US Bureau of Commerce announced its intention to tax European sparkling wine.World wine production, according to the OIV, is down from 294 million hectolitres to 263 million hectolitres in 2019. full…

We have written before on the issue, underlining the difference of treatment between farmers in the US and the EU. In the US farmers were twice compensated for the losses that accrue from the trade war with China. In the EU farmers are left on their own after the US retaliation on the Airbus subsidies…

PRESS RELEASE GLOBAL FOOD FORUM DEFINES ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR A TRULY EFFICIENT CAP REFORM WITHIN THE GREEN DEAL “Shaping EU agriculture, rural areas and wealth for the next decades” Brussels, 10 December 2019 – The 4th edition of the Global Food Forum took place on the 2nd and 3rd of December at the…

PRESS RELEASETHE 4TH EDITION OF THE GLOBAL FOOD FORUM ABOUT TO KICK OFF « Time to declare an economic, social and environmental emergency for EU agriculture » Brussels, 2 December 2019 – The fourth edition of the Global Food Forum (GFF2019), organised by Farm Europe takes place on this 2nd & 3rd December at the…

Posted on 25/11/201925/11/2019 – Posted by Farm Europe Whether only three of them meeting in an informal way or all gathered in the Council of the EU, the majority of the agriculture ministers of the Member States continue to plead for the maintenance of the budget of the CAP in the future Multiannual Financial Framework.…

In a nutshell: -CAP Reform Package  —>  The Presidency recalled that delegations to the Council in July were mostly in favor of an increased environmental and climate ambition, accompanied by sufficient funding, a reduced administrative burden for all and a sufficiently flexible agricultural policy to take into account the specificities of MS. The Presidency therefore proposes…

Posted on 18/11/201918/11/2019 – Posted by Farm Europe  October was marked as follows: On the EU Council side, Ministers reiterated that none of the reform dossiers could be considered “closed” to date. On Parliament’s side, the Conference of Presidents has given the green light for a presentation of the reports of the reform in plenary…

1) This month started with the WTO announcement on 2 October over the U.S-EU Airbus subsidies case. The U.S. has been given the right to request a total amount of $7.5 billion (annually) equal to 6.9 billion euro incountermeasures with respect to the European Union and some EU member states, with October 18 as the…

A department reporting to the French Prime minister tabled last week a report proposing to consider a switch from 1st pillar aids per ha to a payment per AWU (and eventually the remaining part of the 1st pillar budget per ha). It suggested a 8000 €/AWU which would not be doable in any case as it would…

“Consumers today want it all: healthy, tasty, convenient, sustainable and affordable food. Sustainability and traceability are key requirements but very few shoppers are ready to pay a premium for these new benefits. People switch brands and products for sustainability and traceability reasons but these additional features comes with additional costs and do not bring any…

THE HEAVILY IMPACTED AGRICULTURE SECTOR SHOULD GET MUCH NEEDED HELP The US retaliation list has been published, and as unfortunately I had anticipated it is loaded against EU agriculture exports to the US. Although the dispute is on aircraft subsidies, agriculture leads the list of the products targeted, with roughly the double of the trade…

We are now barely 3 weeks before the (latest) deadline for Brexit, which should concentrate minds, in particular of those with political responsibilities, on how best to unlock a reasonable solution. The new element is the latest UK proposal, which departs from the previous signed but never approved withdrawal agreement. The new proposal accepts an…

Posted on 03/10/2019 – Posted by Farm Europe This month some interesting news that worth more than a look come from both EU & U.S. recent research results and polls. Researchers from Cambridge University highlighted the capacity of transposons, better known as “jumping genes” to rapidly generate new traits in various crops to make harvesting…

Posted on 03/10/2019 – Posted by Farm Europe First of all a quick look at the 2019 harvest forecasts for main EU wine producers: extreme weather conditions of last summer had a huge impact, notably for Italy, where a decline of 10% in comparison with 2018 has been estimated. Same goes for France, with a wine…

The “hot autumn” for trade that we predicted in a previous post gets dangerously close, as it would seem the US got the WTO final green light to apply sanctions to EU exports, on the Airbus subsidies case. The EU might also get the opportunity to impose its own sanctions when a final decision is…