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MeetingThe General Principles of Food Law in the European Union and The European Food Safety Authority
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No results found.European food legislation has evolved over the last forty years reflecting a blend of scientific, societal, political and economic forces. Over this period, food legislation has had different policy objectives linked to the Common Agricultural Policy or the development of the Internal Market. Although inextricably linked with the establishment and maintenance of a high level of protection of human health, safety and of consumer protection, food law at the European level was characterised with so me divergence in approach, some inconsistencies and even some lacunae. One of the key objectives therefore of the new Regulation is to establish common definitions, including a definition of food, and to lay down the overarching guiding principles and legitimate objectives for food law in order to ensure a high level of health protection. In contrast to the relatively recent development of food law at Community level, national "food acts" have a longer history. The Regulation harmonises at Community level existing national requirements, placing them in the European context. -
MeetingGeneral Principles of Food Law in the European Union 2002
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No results found.On 21st January 2002 the EU Council of Ministers agreed the last steps towards the adoption of a Parliament and Council Regulation setting up the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and laying down a new framework for Food Safety in the European Union. The new Regulation, which will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities in early February also establishes the over-arching principles, definitions and requirements on which all future food law in Europe will be based. -
MeetingSupport of the Netherlands to Capacity Building in Developing Countries 2002This paper started with analysis of the context of globalization and liberalization. I have worked on the assumption that globalization is a irreversible process and consequently support to capacity building should take account of this fact. This assumption applies equally to liberalization. In 1995, agriculture was included in the international trade agreements for the first time since the signing of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) after the Second World War. The WTO agreement s contain a system on trade in agricultural products. All sorts of quantitative border control measures have been translated into tariffs and subsequently a political decision has been taken to decrease the tariff level globally. There is consensus world-wide that this system is an achievement and should therefore not be abandoned. However, attention will be given to qualitative border measures. And it is precisely here that support to capacity building comes into the picture.
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