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    • Chile signs an agreement with the EU that equates the certification standards of ecological products

    Chile and the European Union have recently signed a historic agreement on trade in organic products, matching the rules in both areas for the certification of these products.

    José Blanco claims EC aid to offset losses caused by potato blight

    The Socialist MEP, José Blanco, has called on the European Commission, through a parliamentary question, to enable the necessary aid to compensate for the economic impact suffered by farmers affected by the potato pest. The Commission itself acknowledged in its parliamentary response that "in the affected areas, under Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, subsidies could be granted in certain circumstances in order to assist the national competent authorities to adopt eradication measures and to compensate owners for the value of spoiled vegetables".

    Argentina: 0.5% will be reclassified to organic products or covered by quality certificates

    The Ministry of Agro-industry of the Republic of Argentina has recently published a resolution in the Official Gazette so that they can access to the refund of 0.5% additional those companies whose products have the status of Organic, with the right to use the Seal "Argentine Food, a Natural Choice", or have Denomination of Origin, or Geographical Indication.
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    Argentina: grain harvest will exceed 130Mt despite floods

    Argentina's grain production will exceed 130 million tonnes, despite the latest floods in different parts of the country, particularly in the northwestern regions of Buenos Aires, southern Santa Fe and southeast Córdoba, according to the latest estimates made by the Ministry of Agro-industry of the Republic of Argentina, through the Direction of Agricultural Estimates, under the Agriculture Subsecretary.

    Electronic certification for more food security on imports of organic products from the EU

    Since last Wednesday, April 19th, the implementation of a new electronic certification system has entered into force that will allow a more complete monitoring of imports of organic products, making the EU a world leader in traceability and data collection reliable information on trade in these products.
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    The Spanish MEPs denounce the defamatory campaign of French winegrowers against Spain

    Spanish socialists in the European Parliament have urged urgent measures to be taken to defend Spanish wine in order to counteract the effects of an advertising campaign launched by French farmers with a clearly defamatory aim and which, in its view, "represents a infringement of the single market and of the EU's competition rules".

    Colombia: Mango exports grew significantly in 2016

    Colombian mango exports have experienced a significant increase in 2016 compared to 2015, from 283 tons of that year to a total of 403t, according to the deputy minister of Agriculture and Livestock Affairs, Juan Pablo Pineda. In their opinion, these data show the great commercial and productive potential of this sub-sector whose main markets are Canada and the European Union (mainly countries like Spain, France and Portugal).

    ALAS calls on the Socialist Group in Congress to take the scientific approach to its decisions on glyphosate

    Representatives of ALAS (Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture) met on April 6th with Felipe Sicilia, spokesman for Agriculture of the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies, to request the agreement of their Group with the importance of giving precedence to scientific criteria when deciding about the extension of the authorization of the use of glyphosate, showing, thus, its commitment to the Spanish field and with the scientific criteria that have always guided its decisions regarding the tools for the sustainability of the European agricultural model.

    EU: Spain will defend approval of the protocol proposed by the Canary Islands to eliminate Guatemalan moth

    The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, has assured that the Spanish Government is working so that the protocol proposed by the Canary Government for the elimination of the Guatemalan Moth is approved in the European Union, so that the Canary Islands potato can be exported back to EU territory. Protocol which, in its day, was sent to the European Commission and whose approval is currently being negotiated.

    The EU’s Banana Prices Observatory analyzes the impact of imports

    On 29th March, the first working meeting of the Community Banana and Banana Price Observatory, held in the framework of the 4th Forum of the Outermost Regions (RUP), was held in Brussels. The objective of this meeting was to measure the specific impact of banana imports from third countries on the markets of European producer countries and, if necessary, to take measures aimed at ensuring the survival of the Community crop