Blair agreed but asked Fischler to drop the capping of direct payments in exchange

The deal to not cut the CAP budget was extracted by France in exchange for supporting enlargement, and allowed the budget to increase by 1% each year until 2013 . This agreement was a major victory for France and the CAP, as the EU’s multi-annual financial framework at the time called for an automatic annual …

Existing inspection rules ensure that foreign and domestic meats meet the same standards

Products exempt from the mandatory COOL regulation include ingredients in a processed food item and food sold in restaurants or through the food service channel. AMS defines an ingredient in a processed food item as either “a combination of ingredients that result in a product with an identity that is different from that of the …