SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Maltese Council Presidency hoping for revised organic mandate on 24 April

Brussels, 21/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

Member state experts will be asked at the meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) on Monday 24 April to approve a revised negotiating mandate on organic farming (see EUROPE 11768 and 11769).

The Maltese Presidency of the Council wants to draft a compromise text on monitoring, operators’ groups, databases and derogations in order to facilitate negotiations with the European Parliament on the reform of the legislation governing organic farming.

The SCA is not expected to broach...