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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13231
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

EU Member States defend existence of Special Committee on Agriculture

On Monday 24 July, at Austria’s initiative, the EU agriculture ministers sent a letter to the current President of the EU Council, Spanish Minister Luis Planas, calling for the powers of the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) to be maintained when preparing decisions for the Agriculture Council.

“The policy goals of the Common agricultural policy (CAP) as enshrined in the treaties have only gained in importance”, according to the signatories of the letter.

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SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States defend existence of Special Committee on Agriculture
AGRICULTURE: European Commission considers criteria for distributing aid under school fruit and milk scheme to be “relevant”
JUSTICE: in face of Italian draft law strengthening ban on surrogacy, European Commission stresses importance of European recognition of parenthood
ENERGY: Johannes Hahn warns against EU’s “triple comfort zone”, including its energy dependency
DIGITAL: ‘Solvency II’ and ‘CS3D’, FERMA calls on Spanish Presidency of EU Council to focus on measures related to green and digital transition
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
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AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves four new French geographical indications
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CLIMATE: Britain’s Jim Skea elected new chairman of IPCC
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CULTURE: European Commission invited to develop a policy framework for theatre
MEDIA: European Commission allocates €14 million to support cross-border journalism
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