EU supports strengthening international plant protection regime The EU Council "approved a revision of the International Plant Protection Convention, to strengthen its role in setting international standar... 14/11/2004
Background document on the EU fruit-and-vegetable regime An analysis of the common market organisation in fruit and vegetables is to be found in a Commission staff working document posted on September 3rd... 03/10/2004
USDA review of simplification of EU regime In August 2004 the USDA released a comment on EC proposals for a simplification of the fruit-and-vegetable regime. 03/10/2004
USDA review of EU fruit-and-vegetable trade arrangements A new USDA report notes that the EU is ‘the world’s largest importer of fruits and vegetables’ and that over ‘70% of EU fruit-and-vegetable import... 22/09/2004
Lessons from Kenya’s horticultural-sector experience In April 2004 the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) released a brief on the Kenyan horticulture sector’s experience. It conside... 19/09/2004
Kenyan officials express concern over SPS issues The Kenyan government has expressed concern over the new EC plant directives which requires all flower imports from developing and non-EC cou... 14/09/2004
USDA briefing on world apple market A USDA briefing in March 2003 on the state of the world apple market highlights emerging opportunities on the EU market arising from lower EU produ... 20/05/2004
Key events for the fruit and vegetable sector, July 2003 Various forms of public support have been shown to act as low-profile subsidies to food processing industries in Europe. 20/05/2004
Review of EU subsidies in the fruit and vegetable sector >Review of EU subsidies in the fruit and vegetable sector Although the fruit and vegetable sector is not formally part of the CA... 20/05/2004
EU export refund levels On December 16th the USDA reported the following changes in EU export refunds for fruit and vegetables: oranges down from &... 20/05/2004