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Transgenic seed varieties have been grown in Costa Rica since 1992 with all seeds being exported to other countries.

On July 25, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment that organisms created through many newer genome editing techniques are to be regulated....

On June 14, 2018, an agreement on the successor to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) was reached for 2021-2030.

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).

Costa Rica's rice production was negatively affected by Tropical Storm Nate in October, 2017.

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

Based on preliminary data, Costa Rica’s MY 2017/2018 coffee crop reached 1,510,000 60 kg. bags.

Post estimates that 2018 milk deliveries in the European Union (EU) 2018 will increase by one percent over 2017 because of continued domestic and international demand.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is forecast to decline 8.31 percent in MY 2017/2018.

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....