Tag "Európai Bizottság"
Romanian farmers’ organizations are demanding an extension of the ban on grain imports from Ukraine and threatening a blockade
Date: 2023-09-13 09:15:14
Romanian farmers’ organizations are demanding an extension of EU import restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural products, which expire on September 15, with the prospect of blocking the Constanta port and border...
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The government protects the interests of farmers by all means
Date: 2023-09-12 11:00:28
If Brussels does not act, our country will extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain after September 15th, Minister of Agriculture István Nagy announced in Sofia, where he...
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The world market price of white sugar decreased slightly
Date: 2023-09-12 09:30:00
The average world market price of white sugar in July 2023 was EUR 610/ton, 3 percent lower than in June. On the London Mercantile Exchange (LIFFE), the front-month quote for white...
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The Ukrainian grain import ban must be maintained
Date: 2023-09-12 09:00:57
The extraordinary measure banning the import of grain from Ukraine to neighboring member states must continue to be maintained, said István Nagy, Minister of Agriculture, who met with Florin-Ionut Barbu,...
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The international regulation of GMOs is 20 years old
Date: 2023-09-11 10:00:15
Today, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety of the Convention on Biological Diversity celebrates the 20th anniversary of its entry into force. The Cartagena Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity...
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GVH President: Peace would best serve price stability and low inflation
Date: 2023-09-08 11:56:04
An interview with Balázs Csaba Rigó, President of the Economic Competition Authority, was published in POLITICO’s Pro Fair Play Newsletter. The president of the GVH stated: the national competition authorities...
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The new digital market regulation is in its latest phase: the European Commission has named the gatekeepers
Date: 2023-09-07 11:55:31
The European Commission has designated the “gatekeepers” of the digital world, i.e. the giant companies that, due to their size and market power, must meet the strict requirements of the...
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Borzag pálinka has received EU geographical indication protection
Date: 2023-08-24 09:30:19
The European Commission has approved that Borzag pálinka can be added to the EU list of protected spirit products as a new protected geographical indication (PGI), the Brussels body informed...
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The future of European production is threatened by the unlimited influx of Ukrainian poultry meat and eggs
Date: 2023-08-17 09:00:01
The import of Ukrainian poultry meat and eggs must be stopped, because the products arriving in the European Union in unlimited quantities not only threaten the future of EU production,...
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The price of eggs at the packing point is 65 percent higher than a year ago
Date: 2023-08-08 10:00:40
Based on data from the European Commission, the packing point price of table eggs in the EU was 246.58 euros/100 kilograms in the first thirty weeks of 2023, 43.8 percent...
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Consumers are “well informed” about insect-based foods, says European Commission
Date: 2023-08-04 09:20:27
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed that consumers can easily access all the information they need on insect-based foods. The European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, stated...
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EU compensation due to Ukrainian grain imports can be applied for in autumn
Date: 2023-08-04 09:20:15
Taking targeted use into account, the Ministry of Agriculture will determine the conditions for using the symbolic amount of EUR 15.9 million in compensation awarded by Brussels to deal with...
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The producer price of light lamb increased by 6 percent, and that of heavy lamb by 3 percent
Date: 2023-07-26 10:30:17
According to data from the European Commission, the European Union’s sheep and goat imports (live animals and meat) were 28,000 tons in January-April 2023, which represents an 11 percent increase...
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The processing sales price of chicken legs rose by 15 percent
Date: 2023-07-26 09:00:43
According to AKI PÁIR data, the live weight producer price of slaughter chickens in Hungary rose by 32 percent to HUF 508/kg, and that of slaughter turkeys by 38.3 percent...
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Ursula Von der Leyen: I strongly condemn Russia’s cancellation of the Black Sea grain agreement
Date: 2023-07-17 09:30:14
I strongly condemn Russia’s cynical move to terminate the Black Sea grain initiative despite the efforts of the UN and Turkey, wrote Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European...
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The European Commission is lifting food import restrictions imposed in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident
Date: 2023-07-13 10:32:27
The European Commission will lift all restrictions on food imports that were introduced in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced...
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Slovenian farmers are worried about Ukrainian wheat and flour
Date: 2023-06-30 10:00:53
Representatives of Slovenian farmers and cooperatives expressed their concern about imported Ukrainian wheat and flour, which are sold in Slovenia at very low prices, local newspapers wrote on Friday. Franc...
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On the basis of a Hungarian proposal, the marking of the origin of honey mixtures may become stricter at the EU level
Date: 2023-06-28 10:30:16
In recent years, Minister of Agriculture István Nagy has urged the review of the EU directive on honey on several occasions in order to provide consumers with more accurate information...
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The European Commission has approved the 77.1 million euros in Hungarian state agricultural subsidies
Date: 2023-06-27 10:30:43
The European Commission approved that the Hungarian state provide 77.1 million euros (about HUF 29 billion) in support to agricultural, fishing and food industry enterprises in connection with the Russian...
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Minister of Agriculture: the EU supports the producers of five EU countries with 100 million euros
Date: 2023-06-26 10:30:37
The European Commission is supporting the producers of five EU member states with 100 million euros, who stood united to protect Europe’s internal markets from the negative effects caused by...
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The EU proposes to mobilize 430 million EU funds to support the agricultural sector
Date: 2023-06-26 09:45:21
The European Commission proposes to mobilize 430 million euros in EU funding for European agricultural producers affected by adverse climate phenomena, high input costs and various market and trade problems,...
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Agricultural organizations ask the European Parliament for consistency
Date: 2023-06-19 09:30:39
The European Parliament adopted the report on the long-term resilience of European food security and agriculture, approaching it on a professional basis. COPA-COGECA, the umbrella organization representing the interests of...
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BDO: The regulation on mandatory corporate sustainability reporting is already on the finish line
Date: 2023-06-16 13:57:14
In April 2021, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This proposal requires covered companies to report in accordance with the European Sustainability...
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We managed to protect the interests of Hungarian farmers in Brussels as well
Date: 2023-06-07 10:15:57
Thanks to the joint action of the five EU member states bordering Ukraine, the European Commission has extended the ban on the import of certain agricultural products from Ukraine to...
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The EU has extended restrictions on grain imports from Ukraine
Date: 2023-06-05 10:40:46
The European Union has extended the restriction on the import of cereals from Ukraine – wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds – until mid-September, the European Commission announced on Monday...
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AM: Hungarian-French relations must be further strengthened
Date: 2023-06-01 09:30:17
Hungary is committed to strengthening Hungarian-French agricultural professional, political and commercial relations, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) on Thursday, István Nagy, who received Claire...
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Concerns over the “new GMO” regulations
Date: 2023-05-19 10:30:50
Concerns are growing that the new food gene-editing (New Genomic Techniques or NGT) regulation in the European Union might be too lax. This article is available for reading in Trade...
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Polish Minister of Agriculture: grain corresponding to ten percent of last year’s harvest flowed in from Ukraine
Date: 2023-05-05 10:15:57
About 3.5 million tons of grain, or ten percent of last year’s Polish harvest, flowed from Ukraine to Poland, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Robert Telus announced on...
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European Commission: an agreement was reached regarding the import of Ukrainian grain
Date: 2023-05-02 09:30:38
The European Commission adopted extraordinary and temporary preventive measures regarding the EU import of agricultural products from Ukraine with the aim of alleviating the difficulties caused by the temporary lifting...
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There is an agreement on grain imports from Ukraine
Date: 2023-04-28 11:00:23
The European Commission finally heard the requests of the Hungarian farmers, and our efforts were not in vain. The EU-level agreement on the ban on grain imports from Ukraine has...
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