{"value":{"id":1024599,"memberId":3934,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food     ","uin":"HCWS1176","dateMade":"2018-12-13T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","title":"December Agriculture and Fisheries Council","text":"<p>As the provisional agenda stands, the only item for fisheries will be a Council Regulation on Atlantic and North Sea TACs and Quotas for 2019, for which a political agreement is sought.</p><p>The primary focus for agriculture will be on the Post 2020 Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reform package. Council will consider a progress report, covering three regulations: one on CAP strategic plans; a second on financing, management and monitoring of the CAP; and a third on common market organisation (CMO) of agriculture products.</p><p>Council will also hold an exchange of views on the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy.</p><p>There are currently six items scheduled for discussion under ‘any other business’:</p><p>- information from the Croatian delegation on the interparliamentary conference &quot;The role of Parliaments in shaping the future of food and farming&quot; (Zagreb, 22-23 November 2018)</p><p>- information from the Commission on the current legislative proposal on a Regulation amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards certain rules on direct payments and support for rural development in respect of the years 2019 and 2020</p><p>- information from the Presidency on the conference &quot;The development of Plant Proteins in the European Union – Opportunities and Challenges&quot; (Vienna, 22-23 November 2018)</p><p>- information from the Presidency on massive forest damage in Europe</p><p>- information from the Commission on the follow-up to the fipronil incident: state of play of implementation</p><p>- information from the Danish delegation on the establishment of an International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) to strengthen the fight against AMR internationally and especially in low- and middle-income countries</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":3,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1024599","method":"GET"}]}