The Council of Ministers of the EU is expected to adopt the text of the new regulation on organic farming without debate in Brussels on Tuesday 22 May. The experts on the Special Committee on Agriculture gave the go-ahead on Monday 14 May for adoption of the text which will apply from 1 January 2021 (see EUROPE 12005).
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania and Slovakia will vote against the new regulation, and Austria, Belgium and Hungary will abstain.
If the Council approves the...