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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11758
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Council on 3 April devoted to omnibus regulation and EFAs

EU agriculture ministers will gather in Luxembourg on Monday 3 April for a meeting, to be chaired by Roderick Galdes of Malta, at which a number of proposals seeking to simplify the common agricultural policy (CAP) rules will be discussed. The ministers will also be briefed on the report on the implementation of ecological focus areas (EFAs) (see EUROPE 11757).

The ministers’ objective is to agree policy guidelines on the agricultural aspects of the omnibus regulation, based on a...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Democratic Union, the prisoner of national democracies (I)
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Council starts preparations to launch Brexit negotiations by end of May
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD SAFETY: Brazilian meat – EU agrees on reinforced physical and microbiological controls
HEALTH: National experts will discuss but not vote on endocrine disruptors on 7 April
FISHERIES: Malta Declaration delivers 10-year pledge to save Mediterranean stocks
AGRICULTURE: Council on 3 April devoted to omnibus regulation and EFAs
TRANSPORT: Trade unions deeply concerned about Commission's road transport plans
REGIONS: Council revises EU co-financing slightly downwards for natural disasters
BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE: Question of legal base for country-by-country reporting will remain open a little longer
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: EESC supports draft new anti-dumping methodology, but calls for improvements to be made to it
TUNISIA: EU aid criticised by European Court of Auditors
SOUTHERN NEIGHBOURHOOD: Federica Mogherini says peace in region requires cooperation between EU and Arab League
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
GMO: Emergency measures to ban cultivation cannot be based on principle of precaution alone
CONSUMERS: Website address can be sufficient for identifying sales operator on printed advertising
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to Latvian export-credit insurance scheme
MEXICO: Update of free-trade agreement – talks proving tough at technical level
NEW ZEALAND: EU on its guard ahead of negotiations for trade deal with a country with an offensive interest in agriculture