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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12299
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Japanese market is opening up even more to EU beef

After the entry into force this year of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the EU has “redoubled its efforts” to address Japan's agricultural market access interests, says the European Commission in a statement issued on Thursday 18 July (see EUROPE B12184A3).

These efforts are now bearing fruit. Japan confirmed that the authorisation procedures for applications from several Member States to export beef (applications from Croatia and Spain) or beef products...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: slight progress in Helsinki on creation of a stable mechanism for temporary disembarkation of migrants
BIODIVERSITY: pesticides and bees, experts from Twenty-Eight approved modification of uniform principles for risk assessment
AGRICULTURE: €32 million for Italian poultry producers after outbreaks of avian influenza
AGRICULTURE: Japanese market is opening up even more to EU beef
COMPANIES: European employers make numerous recommendations to future European Commission president
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GUE/NGL: Manon Aubry and Martin Schirdewan to co-chair radical left group in the European Parliament
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HONG KONG: European Parliament calls for export controls on technologies used to violate fundamental rights
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VENEZUELA: European Parliament calls for additional targeted sanctions against ‘Maduro’ regime
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