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Autor "James MCELDOWNEY"
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Fecha de creación : 20-11-2016
New plant health legislation
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Ámbito político
Resumen
De un vistazo
19-10-2016
James MCELDOWNEY
Medio ambiente | Agricultura y desarrollo rural | Salud pública | Adopción de legislación por el PE y el Consejo
Following a series of trilogue meetings, in December 2015 the European Parliament and the Council of the EU
finalised a compromise text on a new EU plant health regulation. Its overall objective is to address increased risks for
the plant health sector posed by new pests and diseases having emerged as a result of globalisation and climate
change, and by plants imported from third countries.
Publicación en EN
The crisis in the agricultural sector
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Briefing
20-09-2016
James MCELDOWNEY | Francesco TROPEA
Agricultura y desarrollo rural
Recent trends in agricultural commodity prices have been a subject of concern to policy-makers at both EU and
national levels. The current common agricultural policy (CAP), for the period 2014 to 2020, represents one of the most
market-oriented forms of European agricultural policy since its establishment. This has involved a shift away from price
support to direct income support and rural development. However, running parallel with these changes, an analysis of
price changes in the main agricultural sectors covering dairy, beef, pig meat, cereals, sugar, and fruit and vegetables
shows a significant downward trend. In response, on top of the first €500 million support package presented in
September 2015 and other measures, the Commission recently announced a new package of measures worth €500
million from EU funds to alleviate the crisis in the European agricultural sector, especially in the dairy sector. The latter
includes incentives to reduce milk production, conditional adjustment aid and other technical adjustments, which also
include advance direct payments and extensions to the period for public intervention and private storage for skimmed
milk powder. A taskforce on agricultural markets has also been established and is expected to report later this year.
According to the latest Commission short-term outlook for 2016-2017, dairy, meat, and cereal prices are set to remain
low, due to ample supply, slow global growth, depreciation in competing currencies and ever-falling energy prices. It
remains to be seen whether the package of measures will be effective. Any such assessment will help future policy
considerations, including the most appropriate choice of policy instruments. Looking to the future, to overcome the
cyclical and structural crisis, it will be essential to select and identify the most effective measures, or combination of
measures, to promote the growth of the agricultural sector.
Publicación en EN
Insects as a source of protein for aquaculture and animal feed
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De un vistazo
30-08-2016
James MCELDOWNEY
Seguridad alimentaria | Agricultura y desarrollo rural
Recent research projects and studies have concluded that insects may have the potential to serve as a sustainable
source of protein for aquaculture and animal feed. For this potential to be pursued further, changes would be required
in the current EU regulatory framework.
Publicación en EN
Plant health legislation: Protective measures against plant pests
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Briefing
30-08-2016
James MCELDOWNEY
Seguridad alimentaria | Agricultura y desarrollo rural | Adopción de legislación por el PE y el Consejo
Following an evaluation of the European Union's plant health regime, on 6 May 2013 the European Commission
proposed a new regulation on protective measures against plant pests. These include regulating pests on the basis of
established criteria for risk assessment and prioritising those pests with the most serious consequences. More focus is
being placed on high-risk trade coming from third countries. The proposal provides for better surveillance and the early
eradication of outbreaks of new pests. On 15 April 2014, the outgoing European Parliament adopted its first-reading
position. Seven trilogue meetings were held, concluding on 16 December 2015, when the representatives of the
Council and Parliament finalised an overall compromise text. The Council’s position at first reading adopted on 18 July
2016 confirmed the agreement reached with the European Parliament in December 2015. To conclude the procedure,
the legal act must now be adopted by the European Parliament at second reading. This briefing updates an earlier
edition, of March 2016: PE 580.870.
Publicación en EN
20-11-2016
Fuente : © Unión Europea, 2016 - PE
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Public expectations and EU policies - Agriculture
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Briefing
30-06-2016
Matthew PARRY | Alina DOBREVA | James MCELDOWNEY
Agricultura y desarrollo rural
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the EU's oldest policies, although it has been the subject of various
reforms over the years. For more than five decades it has provided Europe with a secure food supply and a living
countryside. There is thus a high level of public awareness of the support the EU provides to farmers, though a much
lower proportion of the population know the details. Half of EU citizens would like to see stronger EU intervention in
agriculture, although levels of support differ among Member States. Following the most recent CAP reforms in 2013, to
which the European Parliament made a strong contribution, important changes were made to the CAP. These included
a new system of direct payments whose basic component is support for farmers' income, as well as greater flexibility
given to Member States. The budgetary resources devoted to the CAP have been reduced. The mid-term review
planned for 2017 will offer an opportunity to review a range of policy implementation issues. The role of the European
Parliament as co-legislator is significant in this process and in any future decisions on a post 2020 CAP.
Publicación en EN
EU agricultural promotion measures
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Briefing
17-06-2016
James MCELDOWNEY
Agricultura y desarrollo rural
In light of the challenges currently facing the agriculture sector in the EU, an effective promotion policy becomes an
important instrument in helping European agriculture to compete on world markets. Given the contribution the agri-food
sector makes to total EU exports, it is essential for it to improve its competitiveness and market share. To support this
objective, a new promotion policy for EU agricultural products has been developed, applicable since 1 December 2015.
Based on a new Regulation, the policy introduces significant changes to the EU's information provision and promotion
measures. These include an increased annual budget of up to €200 million by 2019, a greater focus on third countries;
simplification, an expansion in the scope of measures to allow labelling to specify the origin of products and their
brands under certain conditions, easier management of multi-country programmes and an expansion in the scope of
eligible products and eligible beneficiaries. The key elements of the new policy are presented alongside details of the
main administration and delivery mechanisms including its work programme for 2016. The latter sets out the priorities
accorded to promotion activities for both the internal market and for those third countries where there is the highest
potential for growth. The first calls for proposals under the new rules closed at the end of April 2016. Though it is too
soon to examine the outcome of the 2016 call, it is possible to provide evidence on the potential impact that might be
expected from agricultural information and promotion programmes.
Publicación en EN
La innovación en la agricultura de la Unión
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De un vistazo
02-06-2016
James MCELDOWNEY
Agricultura y desarrollo rural
La Comisión de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural del Parlamento Europeo ha aprobado un informe de propia iniciativa
con el que se pretende alentar a la Comisión a apoyar la innovación agrícola, que se considera necesaria para
aumentar tanto la productividad como la sostenibilidad del sector.
Publicación en ES, DE, EN, FR, IT, PL
The Russian ban on agricultural products
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Briefing
21-04-2016
James MCELDOWNEY
Agricultura y desarrollo rural | Asuntos exteriores
In response to the EU's economic sanctions against Russia in the context of the situation in Ukraine, a Russian ban on
certain EU agri-food products has been in place since August 2014. The agricultural sectors most affected by the ban
include dairy, fruit and vegetables and meat, reflecting products of which the EU has been an important supplier. Since
the ban, the EU has lost more than €5 billion per year of agri-food exports to Russia. This loss has been partially offset
by the 6% increase in the overall value of EU agri-food exports in 2015 in comparison to 2014, with major gains in
export values in the USA, China and other key markets. The effects of the ban are not distributed evenly across EU
Member States, impacting more on those whose agri-food sector had been more closely connected with the Russian
market. In response to the ban, a set of actions have been pursued at EU level, ranging from specific market-support
measures, including private storage aid, to actions aimed at promoting EU products either within or outside the EU.
The European Commission has also intensified bilateral and regional trade negotiations to create new market
opportunities. This includes actions to reduce market barriers in respect of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures.
Member States will decide later this year whether sanctions on Russia are to be renewed.
Publicación en EN
20-11-2016
Fuente : © Unión Europea, 2016 - PE
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Plant health legislation: Protective measures against plant pests
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Palabra clave
Briefing
22-03-2016
James MCELDOWNEY
Seguridad alimentaria | Agricultura y desarrollo rural | Adopción de legislación por el PE y el Consejo
enfermedad vegetal | transporte internacional | vigilancia a la importación | zona protegida | plaga | protección de la
flora | importación (UE) | legislación fitosanitaria | legislación forestal | cooperación interinstitucional (UE) | destrucción
de cultivos
Resumen Following an evaluation of the European Union's plant health regime, on 6 May 2013 the European Commission
proposed a new regulation on protective measures against plant pests. These include regulating pests on the basis of
established criteria for risk assessment and prioritising those pests with the most serious consequences. More focus is
being placed on high-risk trade coming from third countries. The proposal provides for better surveillance and the early
eradication of outbreaks of new pests. On 15 April 2014, the outgoing European Parliament adopted its first-reading
position. Seven trilogue meetings were held which concluded on 16 December 2015, when the representatives of the
Council and Parliament finalised an overall compromise text. Once the Council adopts its first reading position, the text
could then be adopted by the Parliament without amendment in an early second reading.
Publicación en EN
GMO cultivation in the EU: State of play
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De un vistazo
11-11-2015
James MCELDOWNEY
Agricultura y desarrollo rural
enfermedad vegetal | Autoridad Europea de Seguridad Alimentaria | legislación fitosanitaria | Estado miembro UE |
elaboración del Derecho de la UE | cereal | autorización de venta | riesgo sanitario | política agrícola común | planta
transgénica
Resumen Genetically modified (GM) crops require prior assessment and authorisation at EU level before they may be cultivated
within the European Union. Since March 2015, Member States have new possibilities to restrict the cultivation of a
given GM organism on all or part of their territory. By 3 October 2015, 19 Member States had entered requests to ban
GM cultivation. By 9 November 2015, bans on GM cultivation had been agreed for all 19.
Publicación en EN
20-11-2016
Fuente : © Unión Europea, 2016 - PE
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