EPA implications of the EU streamlining of its trade defence mechanisms The European Parliament and Council have both approved (on April 2 and May 8 respectively) a new legal framework under which the European Commissio... 14/06/2014
Debate intensifies on extension of COOL requirements to other products The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a review of the EU’s country-of-origin labelling (COOL) policy. It notes that when the EU’s r... 08/06/2014
UK moves to full cost recovery for SPS inspections, but no agreement yet at EU level On 6 April 2014, new plant health inspection fees were introduced in England for all imports requiring a phytosanitary certificate. These fees are... 08/06/2014
Cairns Group presents paper on ‘total trade-distorting support’ According to a report published by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), an informal paper by the Cairns Group ha... 16/05/2014
ACP agricultural exports and proposed changes to the EU Regulation on food and feed controls BackgroundIn May 2013, the EC put forward “proposals to change the current legislation governing all official controls in the food and agriculture... 11/05/2014
The expanding EU dairy herd and the growing importance of overseas markets, including in Africa In 2013, against the background of high global dairy prices and the pending abolition of EU milk production quotas, the EC’s publication of its qua... 04/05/2014
Continued decline in pesticide residue levels reported in Germany According to research on pesticide controls undertaken by DFHV, the German fruit trade association, and QS, a German fruit and vegetable company, t... 04/05/2014
EC trade barriers report provides insights into agro-food sector priorities in future trade relations The European Commission (EC) has published its ‘Trade and investment barriers report 2014’, which looks at the key barriers faced in trade and inve... 22/04/2014
Lessons for the ACP from EU efforts to strengthen the functioning of sugar supply chains IntroductionAs part of the EU agreement of June 2013 on the abolition of EU sugar production quotas, the European Commission (EC) announced that, f... 16/04/2014
ACP sugar exports to the EU: Sugar quota abolition and the future of raw cane sugar co-refining by EU beet refiners IntroductionSince the implementation of EU sugar sector reforms, major changes have been taking place in the EU sugar sector. A number of EU sugar... 15/04/2014