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Commission’s flexibility measures for wine promotion programmes agreed on by Member States

Member States on 15 January agreed to measures increasing flexibility in the management of promotion activities for the wine sector, part of their national support programmes. These measures were proposed by the European Commission in the context of increased import duties (+25%) imposed on EU wines exported to the US.   These new measures would…

Speech Commissioner Wojciechowski at the International Green week in Berlin, Germany

Commissioner Wojciechowski's speech on 16 January at the opening  ceremony at the International Green Week in Berlin

Today at 4 pm: Live press conference at International Green Week with Commissioners Kyriakides and Wojciechowski

Today at 16:00 CET, Commissioners Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, and Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner in charge of Agriculturewill hold a joint press conference at the International Green Week in Berlin, which can be followed live on EbS.

Commissioners Kyriakides and Wojciechowski at the International Green Week in Berlin

Today at 16:00 CET, the Commissioners will hold a joint press conference, which can be followed on EbS. Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, and Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner in charge of Agriculture, will be attending the International Green Week in Berlin on 16-17 January. On Thursday, Commissioner Kyriakides will…

€200.9 million to promote EU agri-food products in 2020

On 14 January, the European Commission launched the calls for proposals for European agri-food promotion programmes, in the EU and abroad. For 2020, a total budget of €200.9 million is allocated to the promotion of EU agri-food products at home and abroad. Out of the total budget, €181.4 million is dedicated to the co-financing of promotion…