To YEMCo Members
To the Member Organisations
Brussels, 6 March 2006
COMMISSION
Top News from the European Commission: 27th February– 19th March 2006
DG AGRI
"Agriculture News Digest" No. 142
Agricultural trade statistic 2005(1st semester)
DG SANCO
Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF): overview week 8
Animal Disease Notification System: Table11 published on 24 February 2006
Regulatory Committees
SCoFCAH : Animal Health & Animal Welfare Agenda of 1 March 2006
Animal & Public Health
Avian Influenza
Avian influenza H5 in 2 dead wild ducks in Sweden: Swedish authorities applying precautionary measures
Chronology of main events and action taken by the Commission, including the list of decisions adopted since December 2003Updated
Questions and Answers on EU action on avian influenza and flu pandemic preparednessUpdated
Avian influenza suspected in poultry in France –rapid precautionary measures taken
Animal welfare
Animal Welfare during transport - Legislation coming into force
DG TRADE
Commissioner Peter Mandelson: EU agriculture and the world trade talks; Speech at the NFU Annual Conference Birmingham, 27 February 2005
EU and others launch "plurilateral" process to boost Doha services negotiations
Mandelson, Portman urge "moves in concert" in Doha talks
Full transcript of the Press Conference by Commissioner Peter Mandelson and US Trade Representative Rob Portman
DG ENTERPRISE
Interoperability for pan-European eGovernment services
Energy, environment, competitiveness: Commission launches high level group
DG TAXUD
Guidelines concerning Authorised Economic Operators
JRC
Press Release: New report considers co-existence of GM and non-GM crops and seeds
Full report
DG TREN
European Commission proposes increased Protection of Freight Transport against Terrorism
Security in Transport & Energy: Communication and Proposal on enhancing supply chain security
Energy & Transport: Figures and Main Facts: The 2005 edition of the statistical pocketbook "EU Energy and Transport in Figures"
EUROSTAT
February 2005: Economic sentiment continues to improve in both the EU and the euro area
February 2006: Business Climate Indicator for the euro area improved
January 2006 (new reference year 2005=100 for the HICP): Euro-zone annual inflation up to 2.4%
COUNCIL
Press Releases of the Presidency
EU and Switzerland sign agreement on Swiss financial contribution to EU,
Plassnik: "Our objective is to conclude the negotiations on the Financial Perspective on schedule"
Informal Meeting of Ministers of Health: Impact of Avian Influenza on Public Health
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Press releases
The Week Ahead - 20 - 26 February 2006
Food safety: hearing of new director
Budget cuts for trans-european routes a serious worry, says Palacio
Plenary Sessions
Textsadoptedduringthelastpartsession
The next sitting will be held on 13 –16 March 2006 in Strasbourg: Draft agenda
Committee Sessions in Brussels
WTO
US gives $100,000 aid on food, animal and plant health standards
Lamy takes 200 questions on many trade issues in his first live chat
OIE
Update on Avian Influenza in animals (type H5) on 26 February 2006
Animal health news for the week
Alert Messages
Avian influenza In Azerbaijan (received by email on 28 February)
Avian influenza in France
Avian influenza in Malaysia
Avian influenza in India
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