Tag "Európai Bizottság"

The EU fined the food manufacturer Mondelez 337.5 million euros for the use of trade restrictions

The European Commission imposed a fine of 337.5 million euros (about 135 billion forints) on the American food manufacturer Mondelez for restricting the trade of various chocolate, biscuit and coffee...

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AM State Secretary: a competitive, crisis-proof and farmer-friendly EU agricultural policy is needed

European farmers need a competitive, crisis-resistant and farmer-friendly EU agricultural policy, and Hungary will represent these aspects during its EU presidency, the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Rural Development...

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Exports of shell eggs rose by 58 percent

According to data from the European Commission, the packing point price of table eggs in the EU was 224 euros/100 kilograms in the first nineteen weeks of 2024, 13 percent...

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The European Union started the year with significant growth and a decrease in inflation

According to the latest report of the European Commission, at the beginning of 2024, the economy of the European Union began to grow at a surprisingly fast pace, while inflation...

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The EU has extended by one year the rules on the import of Ukrainian and Moldovan products into the EU without customs duties and quantitative restrictions

The Council of the European Union has extended for another year the validity of the temporary trade regulation, according to which Ukraine and Moldova can import their products, including agricultural...

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Important information about satellite monitoring of irrigated areas

Due to the regulations of the European Commission, since last year – as in the other EU member states – the territorial monitoring system using the Sentinel satellite family, i.e....

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The first results of the European farmers’ demonstrations were born

As a result of the cooperation of farmers at the European level, the European Commission has reconsidered the provisions of the Common Agricultural Policy in some areas. Thanks to the...

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Poultry imports decreased by 21 percent

According to data from the European Commission, the EU’s (EU27) poultry meat exports increased by 17 percent to 171,000 tons in January 2024 compared to the same month of the...

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The European Commission extends the license for state aid to agricultural and fishing producers

The European Commission will extend by six months the temporary measures that allow the governments of EU member states to pay state aid to agricultural and fishing producers affected by...

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The import of fresh eggs increased by 71 percent

Based on data from the European Commission, EU (EU27) egg and egg product imports increased by 68 percent to 9,000 tons in January 2024 compared to the same month of...

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An immediate revision of EU regulations on imported products is necessary

While the European Commission requires its own producers to comply with the strictest food safety standards in the world, it allows salmonella-infected Ukrainian chicken meat to enter without restrictions. The...

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The producer price of broiler chicken fell by nearly 20 percent

According to data from the European Commission, poultry meat exports from the Union (EU27) decreased by 3 percent to 2 million tons in 2023 compared to 2022. Exports of EU...

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The EU has strengthened the rules for the protection of geographical indications for food and beverages

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, the ministers of the EU member states adopted the decree on improving the protection of geographical indications and other quality systems...

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The producer price of lamb rose by 16-18 percent

According to data from the European Commission, the European Union’s sheep and goat imports (live animals and meat) were 170,000 tons in 2023, which represents a 3.7 percent increase compared...

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The EU has strengthened the rules for the protection of geographical indications for food and beverages

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, the ministers of the EU member states adopted the decree on improving the protection of geographical indications and other quality systems...

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Professional information on the rules of the Good Agricultural and Environmental Status and the Agro-ecology Program for 2024

In parallel with the legal finalization of the regulations for the uniform applications for 2024, which will be published within weeks, the Ministry of Agriculture will also share the details...

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The EU proposes a revision of the common agricultural policy to support EU farmers

The European Commission proposes a targeted revision of certain conditions of the regulation on the strategic plans of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in order to ease the administrative burden...

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European Commission: cosmetics lead the list of dangerous non-food products

According to the 2023 report of the EU rapid alert system for non-food products, cosmetics were the most common type of product posing a health risk, the European Commission announced...

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The European Commission launches an investigation against AliExpress

The European Commission has initiated a special investigation against the Chinese online trading platform AliExpress, as it was suspected of violating the Digital Services Act. According to the Brussels body,...

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Farmers can give their comments to the European Commission until April 8

 The Ministry of Agriculture is fighting with all possible means in Brussels to simplify the EU rules of the Common Agricultural Policy. Now it’s the farmers’ turn to directly indicate to...

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EU commissioner for agriculture: leaving arable land fallow can be permanently voluntary

Permanently, at least until 2027, it can be voluntary to leave four percent of the arable land fallow – EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski announced on Friday in an interview...

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The price of eggs at the packing point decreased by 18 percent

Based on data from the European Commission, EU (EU27) egg and egg product imports increased by 89 percent to 83,000 tons in January-November 2023 compared to the same period of...

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Brussels must further reduce the administrative burden on farmers

Hungary has put forward a total of 45 proposals to the Belgian Presidency of the EU in order to reduce the administrative burdens of farmers, the strict regulations and the...

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The European Commission would simplify the obligations and administrative burdens of farmers

The European Commission is proposing a number of short- and medium-term measures to reduce the administrative burden on EU farmers, the Brussels body informed on Thursday. Among other things, the...

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NAK joined the call sent to the EU by EU agricultural interest representatives

The National Chamber of Agrarian Economy (NAK) has joined the Copa-Cogeca open letter, in which the EU’s agricultural producers and cooperatives are asking the president of the European Commission to...

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The farmers of the Visegrad countries demonstrated together

Czech, Slovak, Polish and Hungarian farmers held a joint demonstration. Organized by the National Chamber of Agriculture, the Association of Hungarian Farmers’ Unions and Farmers’ Cooperatives, as well as the...

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Plant protection is the basis of food safety

The safety of the food chain must be guaranteed from its roots, i.e. plant protection. That is why the professional up-to-dateness of plant doctors is not only of scientific interest,...

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NAK organizes a series of professional events for farmers entitled Real animal welfare

The National Chamber of Agriculture is launching a series of events under the title “Real animal welfare”, the aim of which is to provide farmers with knowledge that will help...

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Hungary’s EU presidency: soil protection is the basis of everything

Our country stands by the basic principle that the food coming into the Union must comply with the same rules and regulations that the EU imposes on its own producers...

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This year, it is expected that the rules for mandatory waste disposal will be eased

The professional struggles of Hungary and other EU member states for many months, as well as the European farmers’ demonstrations, helped to achieve the result that in 2024, agricultural producers...

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