Tag "Európai Bizottság"
Nébih guides for cutting food waste
Four working groups of the No Leftover programme of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) have compiled guidance documents that can help in preventing the production of food waste...
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Expensive tomato
As of 1 January 2019 the VAT on UHT and ESL milk reduced from 18 to 5 percent. Data from the first 32 weeks of the year indicate that the...
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Too much wine is a problem too!
According to data from the National Council of Wine Communities, 392,000 tons of grapes was harvested in Hungary in 2018, from which 3.75 million hectolitres of wine was made –...
Read moreEuropean Commission: Hungary’s digital development has improved
According to DESI’s 2019 data showing the development of the digital economy and society, Hungary’s performance over the past few years has improved at a pace similar to the EU...
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European Commission: VAT losses has been reducing in EU countries for years
The difference between the calculated and the actual amount of VAT collected has been decreasing for years, reaching 137 billion euros in EU countries in 2017 – the European Commission...
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Traditional Hungarian cottage cheese ‘rögös túró’ gets EU designation
The Milk Interbranch Organisation and Dairy Board has announced that the European Commission granted the Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (TSG) label to ‘rögös túró’, a special cottage cheese made in Hungary....
Read moreThe EU sends 50 million euros to Africa to mitigate drought
The European Commission has decided to release 50 million euros in emergency humanitarian aid to alleviate food shortages and other supply problems caused by protracted drought in four countries in...
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AM: the European Commission also supports the Hungarian steps for long-term livestock transport
The European Commission also supports the Hungarian measures for long-term livestock transport. Hungary, like last year, has banned the launch of long-term consignments of ruminant animals from Hungary to Turkey...
Read moreThe European Commission has further improved its growth forecast for Hungary
This year’s economic growth forecast for Hungary has been improved further – the European Commission published its summer forecast on Wednesday. Experts from the Brussels-based Economic and Financial Directorate-General (Ecfin)...
Read moreEuropean Commission: no evidence of East-West dual food quality
A study comparing the ingredients of food products across the European Union on found that there was no evidence that citizens in eastern EU member states are being sold products...
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A large quantity of wine was produced last year
According to French market analyst Tallage, this summer farmers will harvest 143 million tons of wheat in the EU. As for corn, the yield is expected to be around 63.4...
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Poultry meat export gains momentum
According to the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), in April the European Commission published a short-term forecast that says: in 2019 the EU’s beef production will represent a volume...
Read moreThe European Commission has improved its growth forecast for Hungary
The European Commission has improved Hungary’s economic growth forecast for 2019 and 2020 in its spring forecast, but warned that there were more and more signs of overheating in the...
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The EU has adopted an investment package for infrastructure projects in 10 Member States, including Hungary
In the framework of cohesion policy, the European Commission has adopted an investment package of 4 billion euros for 25 large-scale infrastructure projects in 10 Member States. In the case...
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Consumer sentiment improved somewhat in March in the euro area
Consumer sentiment in the euro area improved modestly in March on the basis of a survey by the European Commission. The DG ECFIN (Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs)...
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The European Commission urges the creation of a council to support innovative initiatives
The European Commission intends to speed up the establishment of the European Innovation Council (EIC), helping to bridge the innovation gap in Europe. Under the program, four Hungarian small and...
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Dark pages in the forecasts
Economic forecasts by the major research institutes predict that the trade war between the USA and China will continue in 2019. At the same time the European Commission (EC) expects...
Read moreEuropean Commission: Hungary has reached the peak of growth
Hungary is approaching the peak of a cyclical growth period, according to an analysis published in the European Winter Package of the European Semester, in which the European Commission considers...
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The European economy will grow this year
The European economy is expected to grow for the seventh consecutive year in 2019, but appropriate and decisive political action is needed to promote investment and to help implement responsible...
Read moreThe European Commission raises the maximum amount of national support for farmers to 25,000 euros
The European Commission is raising the current ceiling for national support to farmers from 15,000 to 25,000 euros. According to a Brussels panel’s announcement published on Friday, the new EU...
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EU forecast: moderate growth is expected in the European economy
According to the European Commission’s (EC) Winter Economic Forecast, the European economy will continue to grow in 2019, as expected in the last seven years, and performance is expected to...
Read moreThe European Commission has improved its growth forecast for Hungary
The European Commission has improved its forecast for the growth of Hungarian gross domestic product (GDP), expecting 3.4 percent growth for this year, compared to the 3.2 percent previous expectations....
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Wrangling about the profit
At the end of January the European Commission (EC) decided to go to court about the Hungarian rules for the retail sales of agricultural and food products – the EC’s...
Read moreAM: Hungary is opposed to make wine of inferior quality grape varieties
The European Commission would authorize wine production from decades forbidden vines, but Hungary opposes the proposal; a further 12 EU member states supported the Hungarian initiative to maintain the ban...
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European Commission: 99 percent of intervention stocks of skimmed milk powder are sold out
In the latest tender-based sales, 18,514 tonnes of skimmed-milk powder was sold by the European Commission through public intervention which is 99 percent of the stocks – Phil Hogan, Commissioner...
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The European Commission has published a report on the prospects for EU plant protein production development
The European Commission has published a report the on prospects for the development of EU plant protein production, which describes a number of existing policy instruments and new proposals that...
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Europe imports more eggs
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) informs that in addition to the current 18, five more Hungarian meat companies have been...
Read moreThe European Commission has improved its GDP growth forecast for this year and for the next year
The European Commission has improved the Hungarian economy’s growth forecast for this year and for the next year – in its autumn prognosis published by the European Commission. The analysts...
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