This number contains information about the new president of the European Commission, the strengthened of civil dialoguegroups   on agricultural issues, the new food safety standards established by the Codex Alimentarius and finally about the fish agreement between EU-Morocco. More information about the fruit and vegetable and the dairy sectors and the rapid growth of organic farming in the EU. Finally, the briefs are relevant to other issues such as the voluntary initiative of the food chain and to the report published by the European Court of Auditors on the 'application of coupled support into the single payment scheme.

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