Copa-Cogeca, the united voice of farmers and their cooperatives in the European Union, re-elected, on 13 February, Peter Kendall from the UK as chairman of its
ad hoc Working Party on the Food Chain for a two-year term.
He noted that Ministers have almost reached an agreement apart for a limited number of articles and have mandated the
ad hoc working party and COREPER to continue their examinations on the above open issues.
This is the conclusion of an
ad hoc Working Party on the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, which was voted at the General Affairs Council Monday and welcomed by the Commission Tuesday.
The Council's
ad hoc working party on sustainability criteria for biofuels has faced major differences to iron out.
The Council's
ad hoc working party on sustainability criteria for biofuels was unable to iron out major differences at its 5 May meeting, just before the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) took up the issue, on 7 May.
The Council's
ad hoc working party on sustainability criteria for biofuels is unlikely to iron out major differences at its 5 May meeting, just before the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) takes up the issue, on 7 May.
The Council's
ad hoc working party will tackle three distinct fronts.
In its report, the
Ad Hoc Working Party's conclusions are that further measures - beyond what exists presently - need to be introduced to remove all existing legislative obstacles at both Community and national level to allow improved administrative co-operation among the various Member States.
As the Council
Ad Hoc Working Party on the Energy Charter Treaty will be considering the issue on November 22, the Finnish Presidency called on "for the sake of transparency" that "it is essential" that delegations have a copy of the report on the administrative functioning of the Secretariat.
The SSC has also established a special group on BSE, the
ad hoc working party on prion diseases, which met on October 25 but failed to arrive at a consensus.