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China could impose a tariff of 25% on USA soya.

Plant proteins are an essential component of animal feed but European production of protein crops is not sufficient to cover demand.

With around 4 million tonnes of grains worth over €1 billion moving in the EU every week, a well-functioning storage and logistic system is of great importance to ensure that the demands of the EU market are met at a competitive price. Bottlenecks can lead to supply shortfalls and increased price volatility.

The Commission updated the Council on its intentions for an EU protein plan to address the EU's significant and long - standing feed protein deficit.

The area under cereals in 2018 is expected to be 1.4% down on last year’s level.

The EU protein balance sheet 2015/2016 is an overview of total EU production, consumption and trade of all marketable sources of proteins used in animal feed production.

Brazilian Soy Producers and Processors and the European Feed and Vegetable Oil Industry agree on joint action plan towards responsible soy production and trade.

The EU estimates that the sown area of all the cereals would reach levels slightly higher than those of the 2015/16 season, with a total of 57.8 million hectares.

The provisional safeguard measures should apply from the day following the publication of this Regulation and last for a period of 12 months.

The undersupply of protein feed and the high import demand for it are long-standing issues in the EU where the rate of self-sufficiency amounts only to about 33%.

The proposed transaction would not raise any horizontal competition concerns as the parties mostly operate in different Member States. In those markets where the parties' activities do overlap, namely certain markets for the supply of category 3 animal fats and proteins and the supply of category 2 animal meals, they will still face sufficiently strong competition after the merger to exclude competitive concerns.

In an opinion and a report published last week ANSES notes the progress made in organisation of the industries. It nevertheless considers that the conditions for safe use of processed animal proteins have not, to date, been fully satisfied.

Following a request from the European Commission (EC), the Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the revision of the Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) risk posed by Processed Animal Proteins (PAPs)[1].

The success of the European Union's efforts in combating Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle or scrapie in sheep and goats, allows the EU to contemplate changes in some of its rules.