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This report provides an overview on the biofuel use mandates in the various EU-28 member states. It supplements the EU-28 Biofuel Annual Report.

On June 14, 2018, negotiators from the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission found a political agreement on the next iteration of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II).

MY 2017/18 EU-28 citrus production is projected to reach 11.095 MMT, 2.4 percent higher than previous estimates, meaning an overall decline of 6.3 percent compared to previous year.

The European Commission proposed new rules “on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment model in the food chain” for products that undergo authorizations or receive scientific....

On June 1, 2018, the European Commission published its legislative proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post 2020.

On July 1, 2018 the new EU High Quality Beef Quota year will start.

The EU Council formally adopted the text of the new Regulation on organic production and labeling of organic products.

On April 11, 2018, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive to answer Member States’ demand for tools to tackle dual quality of foodstuff....

The EU started the post-quota era with an all-time record sugar production of 22.8 million MT for MY 2017/2018, of which 21.1 million MT is for processing into sugar....

On April 12, 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on unfair trading practices in the food supply chain.

The EU28’s grain harvest in MY2018/19 is forecast to be the sixth to surpass 300 MMT in a decade.

On December 8, 2017, Japan and the European Union (EU) announced the finalization of negotiations on the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).