Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 17-18 July 2017

Formal meetings of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in 2017:

+ Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 23 January
+ Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 6 March
+ Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 3 April
+ Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 11 May
+ Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 12 June

A meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council was held on 17-18 July 2017. The agenda includes the following topics:

+ Presentation of the Estonian EU Presidency's work programme;

+ Presentation by the European Commission of its Communication on the state of play of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the consultation on fishing opportunities for the following year;

+ Information on the outcome of the final trilogue on organic farming;

+ Exchange of views on the state of implementation of the conclusions on simplification and on the results of the conference on the public consultation on modernising and simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy;

+ Information on trade-related agricultural issues and discussion on the issue of wine grape varieties and their synonyms that may appear on wine labels;

+ Other issues: the One Health action plan against antimicrobial resistance; African swine fever; origin labelling; dual quality of foodstuffs; drought in Portugal.