Meeting: Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 14 April 2014

A meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council was held in Luxembourg on 14 April 2014. The conclusions included the following topics:

+ Exchange of views on a report on the functioning of the fruit and vegetable sector since the reform in 2007;

+ Discussion regarding the legal basis for the payment of the surplus due when quotas are exceeded after March 2015, when the EU milk quotas were scheduled to be abolished (8664/14);

+ Endorsement of a set of 11 delegated acts of the European Commission, in the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform package adopted in 2013;

+ Adoption of a number of decisions connected to the internal market, including a legislative package for the reform of the audit market in the European Union, a directive laying down harmonised rules for placing radio equipment and a directive aimed at spreading the use of electronic invoicing in public procurement;

+ Adoption of a regulation amending the emissions trading scheme directive (2003/87/EC), an amended directive regarding environmental impact assessments and a regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases);

+ Adoption of a regulation aimed at facilitating and speeding up the authorisation procedure of clinical trials.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/285: Preparation of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 14th April 2014 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-285_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Council adopts legislative package on the reform of the audit market http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-adopts-legislative-package-on-the-reform-of-the-audit-market/

ESO: Background information: Council adopts new rules on clinical trials http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-adopts-new-rules-on-clinical-trials/

ESO: Background information: Mobile phone chargers to become compatible under new requirements for radio equipment http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-mobile-phone-chargers-to-become-compatible-under-new-requirements-for-radio-equipment/

ESO: Background information: Delegated acts of the CAP reform accepted by the Council http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-delegated-acts-of-the-cap-reform-accepted-by-the-council/

ESO: Background information: Electronic invoicing in public procurement http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-electronic-invoicing-in-public-procurement/

ESO: Background information: Council approves regulation on access to genetic resources http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-approves-regulation-on-access-to-genetic-resources/

ESO: Background information: Council adopts regulation amending EU emissions trading scheme http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-adopts-regulation-amending-eu-emissions-trading-scheme/

ESO: Background information: Council approves amending rules for the insurance industry http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-approves-amending-rules-for-the-insurance-industry/

ESO: Background information: Council adopts regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-adopts-regulation-on-fluorinated-greenhouse-gases/

ESO: Background information: Council approves environmental impact assessment directive http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-approves-environmental-impact-assessment-directive/

ESO: Background information: Report From The Commission To The European Parliament And The Council on the implementation of the provisions concerning producer organisations, operational funds and operational programmes in the fruit and vegetables sector since the 2007 reform http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-and-the-council-on-the-implementation-of-the-provisions-concerning-producer-organisations-operational-funds-and-operational-programmes-in-the-fru/

ESO: EU challenges Russia in the WTO over pork import ban http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-challenges-russia-in-the-wto-over-pork-import-ban/

ESO: Background information: Improving trade in processed agricultural goods http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-improving-trade-in-processed-agricultural-goods/

ESO: Background information: Further agriculture regulations "aligned" on the Treaty of Lisbon http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-further-agriculture-regulations-aligned-on-the-treaty-of-lisbon/

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