27/02/2020 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission adopted a proposal on Thursday 27 February asking the EU Council to authorise it to approve, on behalf of the EU, Serbia's accession to the Grains Trade Convention 1995. Last extended by decision of the International Grains Council (IGC) in June 2019, the Convention remains in force until 30 June 2021. On 23 January 2020, Serbia submitted a formal application for accession to the Convention. The Republic of Serbia is an important producer of cereals, especially maize. The next ICC meeting will be held on June 8, 2020. If no objections are raised by the current ICC members by 31 March 2020, the accession of the Republic of Serbia will take effect on 1 April 2020. Link to the proposal: https://bit.ly/3abcSfb (LC)