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Press release — Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union Ahead of the biggest Czech agricultural exhibition “Země živitelka” this year České Budějovice hosted one of the most prestigious agricultural events: a meeting of the Agricultural Ministers of the Visegrád Four Group countries under the auspices of the Czech Presidency, enlarged by the representatives of Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia. The topics…

Press release — Tomorrow, in the International Auditorium in Brussels, FutMon, the EU’s largest LIFE+ project, will present a comprehensive update on forest information in Europe today. Over 2.5 years and equipped with 16 mio Euro EU co-financing, 38 partners from 23 Member States redesigned the existing forest monitoring system. It is now based on around 300 intensive monitoring plots and 5500 large scale plots…

EFSA published a full colour version of its Strategic Plan for 2009-2013.

Press release — Jihlava, 25 June 2009, PR CZ PRES - The economic situation in European forest management and wood processing industries as a result of the current economic recession, strategic issues affecting the sector, as well as methods of informing the general public of the importance of sustainable forest management – these are the issues that are under discussion by EU Forest Directors-General who are…

Press release — Luxembourg, 22 June 2009, PR CZ PRES - Sustainable aquaculture, i.e. .e. the farming of water bodies in order to ensure stable yields of plants and animals, not only fish but also crustaceans and algae, can contribute to global food security.

Press release — Luxembourg, 22 June 2009, PR CZ PRES - The Czech Presidency rounded off its negotiation efforts in one of the key priority areas and submitted ambitious Conclusions on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, particularly the system of direct payments after 2013, that are supported by most Member States.

Press release — Luxembourg, 22 June 2009, PR CZ PRES - At the very end of its term the Czech Presidency managed to successfully round off the negotiations on a proposal for a regulation which thoroughly revises the rules on the treatment of animals at the time of slaughter and killing. The new rules emphasise the responsibility of slaughterhouse operators.

Press release — Luxembourg, 22 June 2009, PR CZ PRES - Despite all the steps taken to stabilise the milk market, the situation in the dairy sector remains tense. The tension was expressed on Monday by several hundreds of European farmers who gathered in front of the building hosting the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg.

Press release — Luxembourg, 22 June 2009, PR CZ PRES - The Council Conclusions on agricultural product quality policy drafted by the Presidency and unanimously approved by the EU Ministers in Luxembourg on Monday tackle a number of issue.

Press release — Luxembourg, 22 June 2009, PR CZ PRES -The Presidency laid the groundwork for a new system of definition of areas with natural handicaps. By adopting the conclusions of the Council, the Member States pledged to simulate the delimitation of Less Favoured Areas (LFA) on the basis of objective bio-physical criteria and provide these simulations to the Commission to find the optimal methods for…