Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 28-29 June 2021

Summary:

A meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) was held on 28-29 June 2021. The agenda includes the following items:

• Endorsement of informal interinstitutional agreement concerning the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform package;
• Discussion on the agricultural market situation across the European Union (EU);
• Adoption of Decision requesting the European Commission a study on biological control agents (BCAs);
• Exchange of views on the need to set a Specific Protection Goal (SPG) for honey bees;
• Adoption of general approach on the proposed revision of the fisheries control system;
• Presentation by the European Commission of its annual communication on the state of play of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and on fishing opportunities for 2022;
• Briefing on the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (MSPD);
• Briefing on the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) programming exercise;
• Briefing on the situation in the North East Atlantic as regards fishing relations with third countries in the region;
• Presentation by the Council Presidency of a report on the state of play of rules applying to the placing of food supplements on the EU market;
• Update on the state of play of the European Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI) and next steps;
• Presentation of a Note signed by several Member States on the issue of fur farming in the European Union;
• Information on the 49th Conference of Directors of EU Paying Agencies;
• Update on the state of play of play concerning the proposed regulations on the Regional Economic Account for Agriculture (REAA) and for Statistics on Agricultural Input and Output (SAIO);
• Briefing on the outcome of the 4th AU-EU Agricultural Ministerial Conference;
• Update by the Czech delegation on a natural catastrophe causing serious damage to the Czechia's agricultural sector.

Official

General Secretariat of the Council: Background Brief for the Agricultural and Fisheries Council, 28-29 June 2021 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/50686/20210628_29-agrifish-background-note.pdf

General Secretariat of the Council: Outcome of the Council meeting - Agricultural and Fisheries Council, 28-29 June 2021 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/50983/st10238_edited-en21.pdf

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