Recently added articles from Agra Europe:
Hungary to appeal to ECJ against EU maize ruling.(European Policy News)(reported arguments within the Commission over the impact of the new rules )(Brief article)
Oct 20, 2006 ... Hungary has confirmed that it will appeal to the European Court against a decision by the European Commission, finalised on Wednesday, to tighten quality rules for storing intervention maize. "We maintain our view that [the revised maize ntervention] regulations are ...
Fischer Boel lambasts UK CAP reform plans.(European Policy News)(Common Agricultural Policy)
Oct 20, 2006 ... EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel criticised the UK government on Monday for its "incoherent" ideas about the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Speaking to the UK Parliament's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select committee, Fischer Boel said there ...
Vodka and wine to herald Lepper's return to Council.(European Policy News)
Oct 20, 2006 ... Alcohol--in the form of spirits and wine--will head the Council agenda when EU agriculture ministers meet in Luxembourg next week, as the Finnish Presidency tries to win a consensus on the definition of vodka, and administer some final input before the European Commission draws up its ...
Estonia must pay full sugar fine-Fischer Boel.(European Policy News)(Brief article)
Oct 20, 2006 ... Estonia will have to pay in its entirety the 46 million [euro] fine imposed by the European Union for stockpiling sugar in the months before accession in 2004, EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said last week. The fine amounts to the equivalent of around 35 [euro] ...
Confusion over public disclosure of CAP subsidy data.(Ambiguity over responsibilities)(Common Agricultural Policy )
Oct 20, 2006 ... EU diplomats agreed on Thursday evening to break with tradition and to reveal to the outside world who receives what from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Ambassadors dropped their objections to making public how much individual farmers and food companies receive from the ...