What scope for increased isoglucose use in the EU after production quota abolition? The European sugar quota system at present “limits isoglucose production to 5% [670,000 tonnes] of the total EU sugar quota”. However, from October... 08/12/2013
EC announces new initiatives to strengthen EU dairy market beyond 2015 On 24 September 2013, the EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Cioloş announced that the EC would “strengthen its capacity to monitor the dairy marke... 01/12/2013
Options for reform of the EU’s organic products regime An EC analysis of the current EU organic products regime presented to the 11th ad-hoc meeting on CAP simplification in September 2013 identified de... 01/12/2013
ACP–EU agricultural trade relations and the WTO Bali Ministerial Conference Special report – November 2013 1. Introduction In the run-up to the WTO Bali Ministerial meeting, this special report seeks to review de... 19/11/2013
Public consultation of the future of the EU’s organic farming regime completed The results of a public consultation on the future of organic farming in the EU were published by the European Commission in September 2013, with o... 16/11/2013
Special report: Implications of sustainability certification schemes for the ACP 1. Sustainability certification: An introduction1.1 What is sustainable development?The most widely... 15/11/2013
Parliamentary perspectives on the EU fruit and vegetable regime A European Parliament (EP) Agriculture and Rural Development Committee draft report on the future of Europe’s horticulture sector has highlighted t... 15/11/2013
ACP sugar ministers review impact of EU sugar production quota abolition At the 13th ACP Ministerial Conference on Sugar, held in Fiji in October, fears were expressed that “the end of the EU quota will lead to a reducti... 10/11/2013
Further limits on use of export refunds agreed as part of finalisation of 2013 CAP reforms According to analysis from Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at Trinity College Dublin, “changes to the language on... 10/11/2013
Divergent trends in EU beef market developments According to a USDA review of the EU28 beef sector, official slaughterhouses in the EU28 countries recorded a 4.3% reduction in cattle slaughtered... 03/11/2013