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Romanian government's decision to reduce VAT for meat and products from 24% to 9% resulted in an increase in the sale of meat.

Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia appealed to the Commissioner Mr. Andriukaitis for a higher freedom for the circulation of pigs beteween these countries.

This regulation entails a consolidation of all the previous legislation regarding this matter and it abolishes previous legislations such as Regulation (EU) 2075/2005, including its subsequent modifications.

The areas in which animal health control measures against ASF are applied have been modified in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The ban englobes the whole of Lithuania.

Egypt joins, together with Macedonia and Singapore, the countries that allow the importation of Polish pork after the detection of African swine fever in the first three countries mentioned.

Singapore is the first country in the region that has lifted the restrictions related to ASF.

The programme covers the period 2015 - 2018 and came into force on April 29, 2015.  

The European Commission has created the “danger area”, subject to restrictions in the counties of Sokolski and Bialystok.

The decision foresees the implementation in Italy of the new Directive on genetically modified organisms (GMO).

The extraordinary action plan will count on the active collaboration of Dr. José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno, from the Veterinary Health Surveillance Centre (VISAVET, Complutense University of Madrid).

Plans to prolong a largely duty-free access to the EU market for Ukraine’s exports until the end of 2015 were backed by the European Parliament on Thursday.

In order to focus animal health control measures and to prevent the spread of African swine fever is necessary to replace the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU to include the relevant areas of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

The Animal Health Service of Sacer has detected two cases of African swine fever during routine monitorings.

This money returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on agricultural expenditure.

In December 2013 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland submitted their respective plans and cost estimates for the implementation of emergency measures during 2014.