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The EU early alert system provides information on ongoing and upcoming reviews for active substances and MRLs that are of interest to U.S. stakeholders.

On July 26, 2019, the European Commission (EC) leadership approved/renewed nine genetically modified organism (GMO) biotech events for food/feed/fiber uses and one biotech ornamental cut flower.

The EU set a 10 percent target for renewable energy use in transport for 2020, and raised the target to 14 percent in 2030, with advanced biofuels counting double to the target.

On July 26, 2019, the Commission authorized nine genetically modified products for food and feed uses and one as ornamental cut flower.

On July 23, 2019, the European Commission released a Communication detailing actions the EU could take to combat deforestation in the world.

In the last decade, tree nut shipments from the United States to the EU-28 have doubled, reaching a record $2.98 billion in 2015, of which $1.8 billion were almonds.

The EU-28 broiler sector is expected to grow in 2016 and 2017, benefiting from slowly increasing demand, since it has been less affected than other meats by the economic downturn in Europe.

The liberalization of the dairy market led to a strong increase of the slaughter of dairy cows. While the dairy cow herd is shrinking, the beef cow herd is slightly growing.