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The new European Commission begins to work

Janusz Wojciechowski, MEP veteran and current member of the European Court of Auditors, is the new Commissioner of Agriculture, while Phil Hogan assumes the Commerce portfolio.

food

New steps towards transparency of the food chain

On September 11 the European Commission gave its approval to adopt in the coming weeks a series of rules that improve the transparency of pricing at different stages of the food chain.

The Ministry of Agriculture registers more than 238,000 applications for aid from the CAP for the 2018 campaign

e Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has registered 238,301 applications for aid from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2018 campaign, as reported by the Minister Rodrigo Sánchez Haro at a press conference in Seville, which, in addition, has presented the mobile application of the InfoPAC Board “so that the beneficiaries can be better informed about the processing of the aid”.

The EU and the Member States, together with Switzerland, agree on a framework for cooperation with Bolivia worth 530 million euros

The European Commission, the member states present in Bolivia – France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden and Germany – and Switzerland have agreed to “harmonize and coordinate” their interventions in the field of development cooperation in the Andean country through the adoption of of a joint strategy until 2020 for which they will allocate a total of 530 million euros.