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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12412
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Strong support in EU Council for EU animal welfare certification labelling

On Monday 27 January, many EU Agriculture Ministers supported the establishment of a European system harmonizing the rules on labelling agricultural products certifying animal welfare. But most advocated a voluntary animal welfare labelling scheme.

Germany defended, in a document supported by the Belgian, Danish, French, Italian and Lithuanian delegations, the introduction of animal welfare labelling.

German Minister Julia Klöckner has even called for a “mandatory system covering all...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: What will happen in the Jean Monnet House? (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Green Deal must go hand in hand with a sufficient budget for CAP, insists EU Council
AGRICULTURE: strong support in EU Council for EU animal welfare certification labelling
AGRICULTURE: Germany, France and Spain present joint declaration on post-2020 CAP
ANIMAL HEALTH: control of African Swine Fever is an EU priority
ENVIRONMENT: climate targets and food safety standards will be under scrutiny in post-Brexit negotiations, warns Pascal Canfin
INDUSTRY: contours of European Commission’s industrial strategy are taking shape
INTERNAL AFFAIRS: Croatian minister taken to task by MEPs on police violence against migrants at border with Bosnia and Herzegovina
JUSTICE: European Commission stresses that data protection is a necessity, not a luxury
HEALTH: Europe working around clock after three cases of coronavirus detected in France
EXTERNAL ACTION
LIBYA: Borrell calls for patience
NUCLEAR: Nakamitsu welcomes EU's role in disarmament, non-proliferation and nuclear arms control
TURKEY: EU provides Copernicus satellite maps to Turkish authorities after deadly earthquake
UNITED STATES: Washington's new offensive to open European markets to US agricultural products
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: better integration of socio-environmental factors in economic governance under debate in European Parliament
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: European Commission's work programme for 2020 is becoming clearer
BUDGET: European Council on 20 February on MFF 2021-2027
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: new President of Parliamentary Assembly, Rik Daems, takes up climate crisis
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: challenge to credentials of Russian delegation to Parliamentary Assembly
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU Council adopts first text on transitional measures for CAP
BUDGET: 'Friends of Cohesion' summit on 1 February will be held in Beja
JUSTICE: ACCA and EY call on regulators to tackle technology used in financial crime
NORTH MACEDONIA: 'Future and destiny of North Macedonia is European', Mr Michel said
FISHERIES: EU Council formally adopts fishing quotas for 2020