http://www.eubusiness.com Latest Agriculture news from the European Union - on EUbusiness.com daily 1 2007-01-02T13:25:17Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/bulgaria-fraud-farm.3p1 Bulgaria's former farm fund chief Asen Drumev was sentenced on Thursday to four years in jail for abuse of power and the signing of EU aid deals that defrauded the budget. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. fraud sentence farm Commission aid Bulgaria 2010-03-18T16:50:48Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/agri/bam.10 Communication from the Commission: Banana Accompanying Measures: Supporting the Sustainable Adjustment of the Main ACP Banana-Exporting Countries to New Trade Realities (COM(2010)101) No publisher eub2 Agriculture Trade 2010-03-17T22:34:28Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/agri/bananas.03 The European Commission has adopted a €190 million support package for banana exporters from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. This proposal was part of the historic Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas. The EU concluded this deal with Latin American countries and the US in December 2009 which settles 15 years banana disputes. It also cuts the tariff which the EU applies to bananas imported from Latin American countries. Today's measures aim to support ACP banana exporters to adjust to this new trading environment, taking into account each country's specific situation. The measures will focus on three goals: boosting the banana sector's competitiveness, promoting economic diversification and addressing broader social, economic and environmental impacts. No publisher eub2 Development Agriculture Trade 2010-03-17T22:32:13Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/health/bird-flu.10-03-16 The European Commission adopted today a decision confirming the risk areas set up by the Romanian authorities in relation to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard poultry farm located in the commune of Letea, in Tulcea county, at the Danube's delta close to the Ukrainian border. No publisher eub2 Health Agriculture 2010-03-16T17:28:22Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-subsidy-cap.3mj Twenty EU Member States, including Greece, Poland, Spain and Britain, must pay back a total of 346.5 million euros in "unduly spent" farm subsidies, the European Commission said on Tuesday No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm CAP subsidy Commission Headline2 2010-03-16T22:47:04Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/parliament-farm.3j7 Green members of the European Parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the Commission's approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm food parliament Headline2 2010-03-09T23:17:16Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/parliament-gmo-farm.3gn European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said on Wednesday he was against genetically-modified foods but said they were an unavoidable part of the future. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. product parliament GMO farm Headline2 2010-03-03T22:48:49Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/austria-farm-gmo.3fn Austria said Tuesday it planned to ban the cultivation of genetically-modified potatoes after it was approved by the European Commission in Brussels. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Austria farm GMO product 2010-03-02T17:57:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-gmo-product.3fh Italy's agriculture minister Tuesday slammed a decision by the European Commission to allow a genetically modified potato to be grown in Europe and said he was mulling challenging the move. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm GMO product Italy 2010-03-02T15:02:10Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/environ/gmo-potato.01 The European Commission has announced its intention to come up with a proposal by the summer to allow more choice to Member States in deciding whether to cultivate GMOs. Under the current legal framework, as decided by the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission has adopted two decisions concerning the Genetically Modified Amflora potato: the first authorises the cultivation of Amflora in the EU for industrial use, and the second relates to the use of Amflora's starch by-products as feed. The European Commission also adopted today three decisions on the placing on the market of three GM maize products for food and feed uses but not for cultivation. All five authorisations were subjected to the highest scrutiny, ensuring all concerns regarding the presence of an antibiotic resistance marker gene are fully addressed. The Decision to authorise the cultivation of Amflora is the end of a process which started in Sweden in January 2003 and is based on a considerable volume of sound science. No publisher eub2 Environment Agriculture 2010-03-02T13:11:21Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-gmo-product.3f8 The European Commission on Tuesday approved the cultivation of enetically modified potatos, but environmentalists and some European ministers slammed the so-called "frankenfoods". No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm GMO product 2010-03-02T12:57:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-gmo-product.3f5 The European Commission on Tuesday approved the cultivation of genetically-modified potatoes, prompting an angry response from environmental campaign groups and two EU member governments. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline1 farm product GMO 2010-03-02T21:54:07Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-farm.2hn Australia, Brazil and Thailand expressed concern Monday about an EU proposal to release an extra half a million tonnes of sugar for export, saying that such a move would violate trade rules. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. WTO trade farm commodities sugar 2010-02-01T17:32:03Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-food-sugar.2fo The European Commission has proposed the release of half a million extra tonnes of sugar for export because of "exceptional market conditions." No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm sugar commodities food Headline2 2010-01-27T22:11:57Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/greece-farm.2fm European regulators say they are investigating Greece amid suspicions that Athens has illegally subsidised farmers under the cover of natural hazards crop insurance payouts. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2010 AFP. All other Copyright 2010 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline1 farm competition Greece 2010-01-27T13:17:46Z News Item