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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 03-08-18
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
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Midday Express 18/08/2003
TXT: FR ENPDF:DOC:Midday Express 18/08/2003 La Commission européenne
déplore la demande de constitution d'un groupe spécial de l'OMC sur les OGM
L'Argentine, le Canada et les États-Unis ont demandé aujourd'hui la
création d'un groupe spécial de l'OMC concernant l'approche adoptée par
l'Union européenne à l'égard des organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM)
Statement by President Prodi following the killing of children in Kosovo I
am dismayed to hear of the brutal attack on a group of children swimming in
a river near Gorazdevac that cost the life of two young Kosovo Serbs. Our
thoughts are with the families of the victims. Let me take this occasion to
send our deepest sympathy to them.The European Commission will continue its
efforts, together with the people of Kosovo, to help them to definitely
leave behind the legacy of the recent tragic past. Let this terrible
tragedy not lead to a slowdown in the ongoing process of creating a
peaceful and secure environment for all people of Kosovo. Further support
measures for farmers hit by drought Three new measures to support farmers
affected by the drought have been proposed today. The payment of 50% of
direct support for arable crops has been advanced from 16 November to 16
October. Some quantities of rye, barley and sorghum will be offered for
sale by tender from intervention stocks to be used in animal feed. The
advances for suckler cow and special beef premiums and sheep and goat
premiums will be brought forward from 16 October to the beginning of
September in the most affected areas. The three measures have been voted in
the Cereals and Joint Beef/Sheep/Goats Management Committees today and
still have to be adopted formally by the Commission in the next few days.
Commission's Joint Research Centre forecasts this year's crop losses caused
by drought The Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) uses its advanced
crop yield forecasting system to predict the effects of the persisting
drought on this year's harvest in the European Union. The expected drop in
the main crop yields ranges from about 2% for potato to 25% for sunflower
at EU level. The loss in wheat production will be approximately 10 million
tonnes compared to the previous agricultural campaign. The quantitative
forecasts produced by the JRC on a regular basis in support of the Common
Agricultural Policy cover the main crops, such as wheat, grain maize, rape
seed, sunflower, sugar beet and potato.
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