Futuro da PAC

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...

Last week the European Commission published its first proposal for the CAP transitional provisions

A Comissão Europeia adotou um regime de transição entre o atual programa de desenvolvimento rural e próximo programa

O primeiro-ministro defende que é necessária a criação de recursos próprios da União Europeia. Isto poderia ser alcançado, por exemplo, através da tributação dos gigantes tecnológicos. Portugal defende que os Estados-membros devem contribuir com 1,16% do Rendimento Nacional Bruto para...

Os Estados-membros “Amigos da Coesão” reúnem-se na terça-feira em Praga, devendo reiterar a sua oposição aos cortes previstos para aquela política no próximo orçamento plurianual da União Europeia. Os Estados-membros pertencentes a este grupo vão debater, no Castelo de Praga,...

A CNA está a participar hoje em Bruxelas no Grupo de Diálogo Civil da Comissão Europeia, dedicado ao desenvolvimento rural

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...

O Programa do XXII Governo Constitucional já está publicado. E, no que diz respeito à Política Agrícola Comum (PAC) pós-2020, o segundo Executivo liderado por António Costa, defende a convergência dos pagamentos directos do 1.º Pilar da PAC e a...

“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...

O titular da pasta da Agricultura do Governo dos Açores defendeu que é “justo” contar com um novo orçamento da Política Agrícola Comum (PAC) ajustado às necessidades regionais face ao “bom que tem sido feito” no setor. “Penso que ficou...

In a nutshell: —> The Finnish Presidency‘s intention is to pursue the technical discussion & the two forthcoming ‘Agriculture and Fisheries Council’ meetings in November and December to discuss the higher environmental ambition of the CAP and the New Delivery Model. Furthermore, the Presidency...

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,...

O ministro da Agricultura, Luís Capoulas Santos, afirmou esta segunda-feira estar otimista que sejam alcançados os objetivos portugueses de manter a dotação da Política Agrícola Comum (PAC) para o período pós-2020. Em declarações aos jornalistas, no Luxemburgo, Capoulas Santos realçou...

O ministro da Agricultura, Florestas e Desenvolvimento Rural, Luís Capoulas Santos, participa, no próximo dia 14 de Outubro, na reunião do Conselho de Ministros da Agricultura da União Europeia. Em análise volta a estar o processo de Reforma da Política...

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...

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...

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...

O novo comissário europeu da Agricultura, o polaco Janusz Wojciechowski assegurou esta quarta-feira (2 de novembro) que irá mudar o modelo de reforma da PAC proposto pelo anterior comissário, o irlandês Phil Hogan. “A proposta da Comissão Europeia é apenas...

A AGRO.GES faz uma análise da viabilidade económica das empresas agrícolas fazendo

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...

The EU is well aware of the situation and is committed to act against it. Just recently the European Commission has published its Communication “on stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests”, in which it calls...

Um relatório anual hoje publicado pela Comissão confirma, mais uma vez, a posição de maior exportador mundial de produtos agroalimentares ocupada pela UE, cujas exportações atingiram 138 mil milhões de EUR em 2018. Os produtos agrícolas representam uma proporção importante (7 %)...

Posted on 06/09/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Here below a quick “catch-up exercise” with latest news and market insights from the wine sector. First of all, on 1 July 2019 the full text of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement (reached on...

Com o início de um novo ano letivo, o programa de distribuição de fruta, legumes e leite nas escolas da UE será retomado em 2019-2020 nos países participantes. O regime da UE de distribuição nas escolas visa promover uma alimentação...

Os Estados-Membros da UE concordaram hoje com uma proposta da Comissão Europeia no sentido de colocar 50 milhões de euros à disposição dos produtores irlandeses de carne de bovino, que podem ser acompanhados por fundos nacionais para atingir um máximo de...

Os Estados-Membros acordaram hoje uma série de medidas de apoio propostas pela Comissão para atenuar as dificuldades financeiras enfrentadas pelos agricultores devido a condições climáticas adversas e para aumentar a disponibilidade de alimentos para animais. Phil Hogan, Comissário responsável pela...

Posted on 27/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe New Breeding Techniques *Monthly News* Time Period: June 2019   An informal meeting of EU Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries was held at the beginning of this month in Romania. Among the main...

Posted on 27/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations on CAP reform *Monthly News* Time period: June 2019  June was marked as follows: At the informal summit in Sibiu on 3 and 4 June, the Romanian Presidency of the Council...

Posted on 27/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations for the EU Budget *Monthly News* Time period: June 2019     The last “balance sheet” of the discussions for the future Multiannual Financial Framework was presented to the European Affairs...

Posted on 26/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Wine sector: Policy & Regulatory framework *Monthly News* Time Period: May 2019 This month, the main highlights for the wine sector at EU and global level range from further reflections and thoughts on...

Posted on 26/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe New Breeding Techniques *Monthly News* Time Period: May 2019   The ECJ ruling on NBTs of last July continues to provide ground for debates at EU level (and not only). At the end of...

Posted on 26/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations on CAP reform *Monthly News* Time period: May 2019  May was marked as follows: – EU Agriculture Ministers spoke during last Agri-Fish Council meeting on the proposed CAP performance framework, with...

Posted on 26/08/201926/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations for the EU Budget *Monthly News* Time period: May 2019     The work of the CAP reform is progressing as best they could, but the timetable has not changed and the...

Confagri vai debater a Política Agrícola Comum pós 2020 na 40º edição da Agrival

Posted on 21/08/201921/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe 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...

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Negotiations on CAP reform Monthly News 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...

Posted on 20/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe 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...

Posted on 20/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe New Breeding Techniques *Monthly News* Time Period: March – April 2019   Persistent concerns but mainly doubts over what the ECJ ruling on NBTs actually means in concrete terms for Member States, are...

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