Europe Agri articles from January 2002

Europe Agri archives from January 2002

SUGAR: SuDZUCKER GETS EU CLEARANCE FOR SAINT LOUIS SUCRE ACQUISITION.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2002... Dominant position.The merger between S?dzucker and Saint Louis was notified to the Commission for regulatory clearance under the European Union's Merger Regulation on July 20. Then, on August 23, the Commission launched an in-depth market...

ANIMAL HEALTH: EU VETS EASE SPANISH SWINE FEVER RESTRICTIONS, FINE-TUNE UK FMD RULES.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The EU's Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) has voted to reduce the area in Spain from which exports of live pigs, pigmeat and pig products are banned to deal with the outbreak of classical swine fever. The decision, taken on January 8, means...

FISHERIES: EU OFFERS FINANCIAL AID TO ENFORCE FISHING QUOTAS.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The European Commission has cleared the way for a substantial programme of funding to help Member States meet the financial costs of implementing and monitoring the provisions of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The money, worth up to Euro...

CAP REFORM: UK AGRICULTURE MINISTER BACKS REFORM OF EU FARM POLICY.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The UK's Agriculture Minister Margaret Beckett has given her strongest endorsement yet of the need for urgent and far-reaching reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Mrs Beckett was speaking at a farm conference in the UK on...

ENLARGEMENT: COMMISSION GIVES LATVIA CONTROL OVER SAPARD FARM AID FUNDS.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The European Commission has decided to hand over responsibility for managing the Special Pre-Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (SAPARD) in Latvia to the authorities there. The country can now start to implement its...

EXPORT SUBSIDIES: EU POLICY CRITICISED BY US FARM SECRETARY.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... The US Agriculture Secretary Anne Veneman has delivered a strong defence of the country's farm policy whilst also strongly criticising the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. In her remarks to delegates at a conference on agriculture held in York,...

EU/LATIN AMERICA: MAIZE IMPORTS THREATENED BY POLITICAL TURMOIL IN ARGENTINA.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Spanish importers of cheap grain from Argentina could be faced with rising prices following the economic and political uncertainty in the country in the last few weeks. Usually in the New Year, Spanish importers of grain benefit from large...

INTERBREW SELLS CARLING TO COORS FOR GBP1.2 BILLION.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2002... The Belgian brewer Interbrew announced at the end of December that it was selling its Carling Brewers activities to America's third brewery, Adolph Coors Company, for GBP1.2 billion. Final confirmation of the deal is subject to the approval of...

NESTLE SECURES US LICENCE FOR HAAGEN-DAZS ICE-CREAM.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2002... Swiss food group Nestle paid USD641 million at the end of December for the American General Mills group's 50% stake in Ice Cream Partners USA, a 50/50 joint venture between Nestle and Pillsbury, thus acquiring the licensing rights to...

ROCHE CONCLUDES ALLIANCE TO BECOME JAPAN'S FIFTH PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP.(Chugai)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2002... The Swiss pharmaceuticals group Roche has unveiled an alliance with the Japanese company Chugai, creating a venture that will rank fifth in the sector in Japan, with anticipated turnover of the order of 253 million yens (Euro 2.24 billion)....

GENETIC ENGINEERING: TRANSGENIC SALMON PATENT COMPATIBLE WITH EU RULES.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... On July 19, 2001, the European Patent Office registered for the first time a transgenic animal intended for human consumption: a variety of genetically-engineered salmon from Canada carrying an additional gene of non-human origin for faster...

OILSEEDS: IS RAPESEED OIL BECOMING A POOR RELATION TO OLIVE OIL?(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... In its response, the Commission explains that whereas oilseed rape is an annual crop that can be substituted by other oilseeds or arable crops, olive-growing is perennial, production alternating and producers expect to begin securing a return...

GENETIC CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS IN NORTH AMERICA.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... The two farmers invited to visit Europe, an American and a Canadian, said that when the green revolution got underway in the 1960s, one-species farming systems spread like wildfire. An environment that was conducive to the development of...

BIOTECHNOLOGY: COMMISSION FUNDS WORKSHOPS ON TRADE.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... The European Commission has decided to support an initiative which aims to help researchers and scientists hone the skills needed to turn a good biotechnology idea into a successful business proposition. The Commission has awarded Euro 193,000...

STATISTICS: COMMISSION APPROVES TECHNICAL ACTION PLAN.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... The European Commission has approved its annual Technical Action Plan for Agricultural Statistics (TAPAS) for the coming year. The plan, which was cleared on January 9, is worth some Euro 935,000 in 2002, which will go towards the costs of...

RURAL DEVELOPMENT: COMMISSION CLEARS LEADER+ SCHEME FOR BAVARIA.(European Union. European Commission)(Bavaria, Germany)(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... The European Commission approved a Euro 116.2 million Leader+ rural development programme for Bavaria on January 14. The EU will contribute Euro 58.1 million to the programme over the next five years; private and public finance will supply the...

PERRIER VITTEL ACQUIRES 51% OF AQUA SPRING.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... Perrier Vittel (Nestle group) has announced the acquisition of a 51% stake in the Greek bottled water delivery company Aqua Spring. The group has issued a statement indicating that the acquisition of Aqua Spring, which posts turnover of the...

PROVIMI ACQUIRES BELGIAN COMPTOIR DE GIVES GROUP.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... The world's leading animal feed manufacturer Provimi, created through the merger of Eridania Beghin-Say, has announced the acquisition of 100% of the Belgian company Comptoir de Gives, which manufacturers mineral blends and specialist feed for...

COMPASS SECURES RECORD USD2 BILLION CONTRACT.(Compass Group PLC)(ChevronTexaco Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... The British group Compass, the world leader in collective catering, has secured a record USD2 billion contract from the American petroleum company ChevronTexaxo to supply meals to the majority of the group's employees worldwide. The contract,...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN SPRING 2002.(Brief Article)
January 25, 2002... JANUARY 200228-30 Marrakech, Morocco - Global Forum on Food Safety Regulators. For more information, please contact: www.fao.org/events Meeting Code: ESN-81229-31 Cairo, Egypt - AFA -8th International ConferenceTel +20 2 417 2347/49/50 Email:...