Showing 1 - 10 of 11
factors. The EU dairy market is regulated by the Common Market Organisation (CMO) for milk and milk products, of which the … milk quota regime is one of the most noticeable elements. The EU milk quota system was originally introduced in 1984, in … order to limit public expenditure on the sector, to control milk production, and to stabilize milk prices and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439196
This report proposes a prospective vision of the future of the European milk market after the removal of the quotas in …-branch organisations) and policy measures in drawing perspectives of the milk sector. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439223
The imbalances in bargaining power between the contracting parties in the food supply chain have drawn much attention, also from policy makers. The European Commission is committed to facilitate the restructuring of the sector by encouraging the creation of voluntary agricultural producer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454559
The objective of the study is to obtain an overview of the possible policy options for the phasing out of the milk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011722500
This guide shows how a life cycle approach can be used to identify and reduce the environmental and health impacts of the products we use. It underlines the importance of considering these issues across the entire life cycle of a product and sets them within the context of policy development,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640202
This Country Focus studies the development of private consumption in France during the decade before the crisis. Are French consumers greater spendthrifts than their European fellows? In this paper, we estimate a consumption function to show that strong growth of private consumption in France...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009641052
In Germany private consumption virtually stagnated for nearly a decade and clearly lagged behind GDP growth. This Country Focus uses the estimation of a consumption function to show that the drop in employment is the most important factor behind the reluctance to consume in the first half of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009641101
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012036335
This final report presents the outcome of the “Thematic evaluation of EC support to the health sector”. It was commissioned by the Evaluation Unit of DG DEVCO and implemented between January 2011 and May 2012. The evaluation provides an independent assessment of the European Commission’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011799379
The overall purpose of this evaluation is to ensure accountability for the use of allocated resources as well as to promote a lesson-learning culture in EC development cooperation. The main specific objectives of the evaluation were: •to provide the relevant external co-operation services of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011799412