• Leanri febrero 2025

    • EU: the EESC wants to reduce the administrative burden on farmers

    The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomes the fact that the European Commission has made it a priority to simplify common agricultural policy (CAP) implementation. Increased transparency and legal certainty must go hand in hand with the reduction of red tape for farmers, other beneficiaries, producer organisations and national administrations.

    EU and Morocco in negotiations following the judgment annulling the bilateral trade agreement

    The Court of Justice of the EU has annulled the decision of the European Council in March 2012 on the conclusion of an agreement to liberalize trade in agricultural and fishery products between the Veintiocho and Morocco. The only sentence in the part relating to the territory of Western Sahara Tribunal. According to that court, the EU did not check whether the exploitation of resources had an impact on the population of that territory.

    Netherlands and Spain: each year should be “the year of the soil”

    The Embassy of the Netherlands in Spain celebrates the Technical Seminar on the administration and management of agricultural soils on January 21, 2016, in Zaragoza (Spain), in the Pignatelli Building, from 10 am. Collaborating Center for Research and Food Technology of Aragón (CITA) and the Spanish Society of Soil Science (SECS).

    EU: agricultural income falls more than 4%

    The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) has released the first estimates of real agricultural income per AWU in constant terms in the European Union (EU) in 2015. As for all its 28 member states has fallen an average of 4.3 %, particularly for Germany, Poland and the UK, although with greater largest increases in Croatia, Latvia and Greece, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture indicated that it has rise for farmers by 3.8%.
    Imagen de la sentencia del Tribunal de la UE que anula el acuerdo agrícola con Marruecos.

    The EU Court annuls the agricultural agreement with Morocco to include illegally Western Sahara

    The judgment of the General Court of the European Union made public yesterday, December 10, annuls the agreement between the EU and Morocco, which includes measures of liberalization of agricultural trade. In this area the global nature of the concessions made in the sector of fruit and vegetables is included, which can have a strong impact on EU imports from Morocco, according to FEPEX.

    Ecuador: European Parliament approves the accession to the Multiparty Trade Agreement

    By an overwhelming majority of 499 votes in favor, the European Parliament approved the Resolution November 26 Accession of Ecuador to the Multiparty Trade Agreement (ACM) that integrate Peru and Colombia with the European Union. This approval is an important step and a positive signal from the European Parliament, which also paves the way for when the legislature to decide on the contents of the Protocol on the Accession of Ecuador to ACM in the course of 2016.

    Ecuador: Brussels provides a stabilization mechanism for bananas in this country

    European Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, said that the EU executive expected to establish a "stabilization mechanism" for trade in bananas for the accession of Ecuador to the trade agreement with the European Union Colombia and Peru. These countries themselves have made a deal with the bloc, already in force.

    Latin America and EU: Construction of regional strategies can strengthen the competitiveness of agriculture in international markets

    An analysis prepared by experts of IICA discusses the implications of the latest reform of the agricultural policy of the European Union in Latin America and the Caribbean. The reforms to the agricultural policy of the EU can increase competition for LAC in local and international markets.

    Germany: Exports of Spanish agricultural equipment at AGRITECHNICA 2015

    The Spanish industry of agricultural and livestock equipment increased its exports 9,44% over the first 8 months of 2015, compared to the same period in 2014. Spanish manufacturers continue focusing great effort on promoting its main assets abroad, and so, twenty-one of them backed by AGRAGEX –Spanish Association of manufacturers and exporters of agricultural equipment– will showcase at Agritechnica 2015 their innovative and sustainable technology.

    Agricultural engineers together to the challenge of feeding the planet

    In the Sixth World Congress of Agricultural Engineers, held at the Expo of Milan, monograph on the challenge of food has been prepared the Charter of the agronomist includes ten principles of the definition of a technical strategy and environmental sustainability for the entire planet and especially for developing areas.