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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/agriculture

Adam report proposes to increase premiums to goat and ewe farmers

Brussels, 19/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture has unanimously adopted the report by British Labour member Gordon Adam on reform of the sheep and goat livestock sector. It calls for the new standard ewe premium to be fixed at 30 euros, and not 21 as the European Commission proposes. For goats, the premium should be fixed at 25 instead of 16.8 euros. The parliamentary committee also considers that the farmers earning additional income from the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF GHENT/TERRORISM: EU reaffirms its concrete solidarity with United States and its confidence in the European economy's resistance to the crisis, also thanks to the euro
(EU) EP/GHENT SUMMIT: Nicole Fontaine insists on EU humanitarian aid to be deployed for Afghan population as winter approaches
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Persson stresses the role that Council and European Council should retain in future - According to him, there is no reason to alter provisions on appointing Commission
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: France/Germany/UK summit - a normal meeting for discussing military operations among partners
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Solana and Robertson in Skopje on Thursday
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Solana meets Zaher Shah Sunday in Rome
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: ECHO's current priority is to continue to provide aid inside Afghanistan itself by supplying shelter and stepping up food security
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: BSE, beef and agricultural negotiations to be main issues on Council agenda on Tuesday
(EU) EU/WTO: EU outlines criteria for giving "green light" to launch of new trade round
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/EURO:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: For an substantial increase in the threshold above which public procurement would be subjected to Community regulation
(EU) EU/SECOND OCTOBER SESSION: Guy Verhofstadt to present results of Ghent Summit to MEPs on Wednesday
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Corbey report calls for tighter legislation on recycling waste packaging
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: GUE/NGL round table on reopening of Mont Blanc Tunnel and protecting the environment in the Alps
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Adam report proposes to increase premiums to goat and ewe farmers
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Hautala hopes new directive on employment equality between men and women will be adopted this year
(EU) EP/POSTAL SERVICES: Ferreira and Patrie refuse to speed up liberalisation of postal services
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Towards a global strategy for combating poverty with reliable indicators and involvement of all players
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Additional measures for recovery of cod stocks
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission and Belgian Presidency promote eGovernment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission welcomes IATA measures on air freight transport
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for INA's takeover of FAG
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 32 million for planting eucalyptus forests in Brazil
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Council adopts common position on radio spectrum policy in EU
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Broadband Internet access develops in Europe, but fibre optic is the future
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production up in EU and euro zone in August
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