State aid (Italy): Commission approves public investment in capital of Ferrarini Group-controlled NewCo.2013-05-15
Description:European Commission Press release Brussels, 15 May 2013 The European Commission approved today a €12.5 million equity investment by the Italian public investor Istituto Sviluppo Agroalimentare (ISA) in the share capital of the company NewCo, controlled by the Ferrarini Group.

Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 13-14 May 20132013-05-08
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 8 May 2013 The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of May will take place in Brussels on 13th and 14th May 2013, under the presidency of Mr Simon Coveney, Irish Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Commission to recover €230 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States2013-05-02
Description:European Press release Brussels, 2 May 2013 Commission A total of €230 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.

€ 35,97 million EU support for the promotion of agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries2013-04-25
Description:European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 April 2013 The European Commission has approved 22 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries. The total budget of the programmes, the large majority of which will run for a period of three years, is € 71,94 million,...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 22 April 20132013-04-19
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 19 April 2013 The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of April 2013 will take place in Luxemburg on 22 April 2013, under the presidency of Mr Simon Coveney, Irish Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Commission proposals for CAP transition rules in 20142013-04-18
Description:European Press release Brussels, 18 April 2013 Commission The European Commission has today published proposals to provide transitional arrangements in 2014 for certain Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) rules, notably the system of Direct Payments.

Q&A: next steps for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform2013-04-11
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 11 April 2013 Why, after the vote at the European Parliament and the last Council of EU Ministers of agriculture, is CAP reform not already adopted? The new ordinary procedure under the Lisbon treaty (former "codecision" procedure) is applied for the first time for a CAP...

Speech: For an ambitious and dynamic organic sector2013-04-11
Description:European Commission Dacian Cioloş European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Speech: Meeting of the Advisory Group on Organic Farming/Brussels 11 April 2013 Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to take part in this extended advisory group; I am pleased to see that so many organisations attach considerable...

New Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development2013-03-27
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 27 March 2013 The Commission has today decided to make Mr Jerzy Bogdan PLEWA Director General of the Agriculture and Rural Development Directorate-General (DG AGRI). The appointment takes effect on 16 April 2013.

Preparation of Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 18-19 March 20132013-03-15
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 15 March 2013 The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of March will take place in Brussels on 18 and 19 March 2013, under the presidency of Mr Simon Coveney, Irish Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.