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Overview of the most imortant legislative acts settled during the Czech Presidency as of 31 May 2009
3.6.2009One of the foremost duties of the Presidency is the search for compromise wordings of new EU legislation acceptable to the Member States and, where co-decision applies, also to the Council and the European Parliament. The legislative procedure of the European Union being a continuous process, a number of legislative proposals in different stages of the adoption procedure were handed over to the Czech Presidency by the French Presidency.
Brno at the centre of EU agriculture
2.6.2009One of the top Presidency events, the informal meeting of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries, will bring together almost twenty Ministers from the whole of the EU and hundreds of agrarian experts, who will meet in Brno on 31 May – 2 June. The meeting will focus on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy and, above all, the system of direct payments, the unequal distribution of which has, for a long time, been an object of complaint by farmers from new EU Member States.
Brno first to host a Special Committee on Agriculture meeting
1.6.2009The very first meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture of the EU Council in the Czech Republic took place in the rotunda of the Brno Exhibition Centre ahead of tomorrow's meeting of Ministers.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lends full support to EU Council President Jan Fischer
1.6.2009Czech Prime Minister and EU Council President Jan Fischer and his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, discussed the preparation of the European Council, to be held in Brussels on 18 and 19 June, in a phone conversation today.
Minister Šebesta opens the Informal Council of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries
1.6.2009Agriculture Minister Jakub Šebesta opened the Informal Council of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries today in Brno. This meeting will address the future shape of the Common Agriculture Policy after 2013, particularly the system of direct payments. The Informal Council of Ministers represents the most significant agricultural event organised by the Czech EU Presidency.
YOUR OPINION: How has the change of the Czech Government affected the Czech EU Presidency?
1.6.2009There is exactly one more month remaining until the end of the Czech EU Presidency. Do you think that the change of the Czech Government affected the Presidency activities in some way? Vote here!
Informal meeting of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries
1.6.2009The informal meeting of EU Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries will take place in Brno on 31 May -2 June. Media accreditation for this event is closed.
Minister Kopicová: The Competitiveness Council fulfilled the priorities of the Czech Presidency
29.5.2009The meeting of the Competitiveness Council held in Brussels rounded off the efforts of the Czech Presidency in the area of research and development.
Minister Kohout to take part in the EU Troika Regional Policy Dialogue with countries in Central Asia
29.5.2009President of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council and Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Kohout will take part in the EU Troika Regional Policy Dialogue with countries in Central Asia in Tajikistan on 29 – 30 May 2009.
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