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On July 18, 2016, the EU approved a new €500 million support package for European farmers that are still suffering from the ongoing price crisis.

The EU grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.

On July 20, 2016, the EU's new "Food for Specific Groups" (FSG) regulation 609/2013 becomes applicable.

On July 1, 2016, the European Commission launched a new consultation tool offering stakeholders the opportunity to provide online feedback on draft EU secondary legislation.

Slovakia took over its first ever European Union (EU) Council Presidency on July 1, 2016.

The proposal for an up to 18-month extension for the authorization of Glyphosate is now scheduled to be voted at the Appeal Committee on June 24...

In 2015, the European Commission (EC) officially introduced a seven percent cap on food based biofuels thus limiting future production of these first generation or conventional biofuels....

On April 28, 2015, the European Parliament approved the reform of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), which includes a 7 percent cap on food crop based biofuels for the transport sector.

This report provides an overview of the priorities and work plans for 2016 of the different EU institutions (European Commission, Council of the European Union, European Parliament).

MY 2015/16 EU-28 citrus production is forecast at approximately 10.4 MMT, a decrease of 6.7 percent from the previous campaign, mainly due to the lower citrus productions expected in Spain.

A new EU Regulation on Novel Foods was adopted in November 2015 and published in Official Journal L 327 on December 11, 2015.

On January 1, 2016, the EU maximum residue limit (MRL) for fosetyl-al for several fruits and vegetables reverted back to the detection level set at 2 mg/kg.