SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

European Parliament and EU Council to negotiate on draft ‘breakfast’ directives on 30 January

Brussels, 09/01/2024 (Agence Europe)

At the meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) on Monday 8 January, the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council indicated that the next negotiations with the European Parliament (trilogue) on the proposal concerning marketing standards for a number of products (see EUROPE B13312A26) would take place on 30 January.

The main differences between the EU Council’s mandate and the European Parliament’s position are as follows.

With regard to the origin labelling of honey, the...