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Commission acts to increase to € 500 million the funds for the most deprived in 2012
28/02/2012
The final distribution of the 2012 Aid for the Needy Scheme has been voted through the Management Committee today and will be published in the Official Journal in the near future. It confirms that a total of €500 million will be available for the scheme this year – with a projected 18-19 million people in 20 Member States expected to benefit. Today's vote follows last week's formal adoption of the new legal framework by the European Parliament and the Council.
La campagne PAC@50 au Salon de l'agriculture de Paris 
27/02/2012
Le Commissaire européen à l'Agriculture et au Développement rural, Dacian Ciolos, a participé, aujourd'hui, au Salon de l'Agriculture de Paris, à un évènement marquant le cinquantième anniversaire de la Politique agricole commune aux côtés du Premier ministre français, François Fillon, et du Ministre français de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation, de la Pêche, de la Ruralité et de l’Aménagement du territoire, Bruno Le Maire.
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Commission to recover € 54.3 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
16/02/2012
A total of €115.2 million of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. As some of these amounts have already been recovered from the Member States, the financial impact is somewhat lower at €54.3 million.
EU – US historic partnership on organic trade
15/02/2012
Speech at the signature of the EU-US agreement on organic trade at Biofach 2012, Nuremberg
European Union and United States agree to Historic New Partnership on Organic Trade
15/02/2012
The European Union and the United States announced today that beginning June 1, 2012, organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as organic in either region. This partnership between the two largest organic-producers in the world will establish a strong foundation from which to promote organic agriculture, benefiting the growing organic industry and supporting jobs and businesses on a global scale.
The organics sector in the United States and European Union is valued at roughly €40 billion combined, and rising every year.
A new partnership on EU - US organic trade: new opportunities for European organic farmers and food producers
15/02/2012
Organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as organic in either region starting on June 1, 2012.
New EU rules for ‘Organic Wine’ agreed
08/02/2012
New EU rules for “organic wine” have been agreed in the Standing Committee on Organic Farming (SCOF), and will be published in the Official Journal in the coming weeks. With the new regulation, which will apply from the 2012 harvest, organic wine growers will be allowed to use the term “organic wine” on their labels. The labels must also show the EU-organic-logo and the code number of their certifier, and must respect other wine labelling rules
