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Press release — Prague, March 13 2009, PR CZ PRES - Marketing standards that are coherent and simplified, certification schemes and protected designations and indications of foodstuffs – all this is important to consumers and producers alike.

Press release — Prague, March 12 2009, PR CZ PRES - Tradition and quality - the main added values of EU food production - are the main topics of the Quality Policy Conference, starting on Thursday in Prague under the aegis of Agriculture Minister Gandalovic and Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Fischer Boel.

Press release — Prague, March 12 2009, PR CZ PRES - Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel is in Prague today and will stay until tomorrow. Together with Czech Agriculture Minister Petr Gandalovic, the Commissioner will open the Quality Policy Conference.

Press release — Prague, February 20 2009, PR CZ PRES - Cormorant was one of the words occurring most frequently during the public hearing in the EP with representatives of the Baltic Region concerning the field of fisheries.

Press release — Prague, February 10 2009, PR CZ PRES - The Czech Presidency wants to speed up negotiations on the European Commission’s long-awaited breakthrough plan to protect sharks.

Press release — Prague, February 9 2009, PR CZ PRES - At the invitation of the COPA-COGECA Praesidium, Czech Minister of Agriculture Petr Gandalovic will introduce the Presidency programme to its members on Thursday 12 February.

Press release — Prague, January 29 2009, PR CZ PRES - The preparation of the 8th United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) was one of the themes of the two-day meeting of the Working Party on Forestry in Prague.

Press release — Prague, January 23 2009, PR CZ PRES - Minister Gandalovic covers the agenda of three parliamentary committees: Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment and Consumer Protection.

Press release — Prague, January 22nd 2009, PR CZ PRES - One of the Presidency priorities in the area of fisheries is to launch a debate about the future of aquaculture, says Czech Agriculture Minister Gandalovic. He met MEPs from the Fisheries Committee in Brussels on Wednesday.

Press release — Prague, January 21st 2009, PR CZ PRES - Traditional ‘grilling’ of President of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council after presentation of the Presidency programme in the AGRI Committee of the EP was defined by debate on future form of Common Agricultural Policy, potential co-financing by Member States, perspectives on individual pillars and joint decision-making of the Council and the Parliament.