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La chasse à la baleine

Briefing 24-03-2010

Plusieurs espèces de baleines ont été décimées par la chasse industrielle au cours du XXème siècle. Un moratoire international sur la chasse commerciale est entré en vigueur en 1985, mais quelques pays poursuivent une activité baleinière réduite en utilisant des dérogations au moratoire. La Commission baleinière internationale, l'organisation ayant la responsabilité de la conservation et gestion des stocks des baleines, envisage une réforme substantielle de son fonctionnement. Le débat est en cours ...

After a comprehensive authorisation procedure, including favourable scientific opinions, the European Commission (EC) approved cultivation of the Amflora starch potato on 2 March 2010. This is the first genetically modified (GM) crop which has been authorised in the EU in 12 years. This GM potato is not intended or authorised as food, but for the production of starch for industrial applications. Its by-products, however, may be used as feed. According to the EC, it will optimise the production process ...

The European fishing sector is facing a severe economic crisis, and many fish stocks are in a state of grave depletion. The European Commission launched a debate on the future of fisheries by publishing a Green Paper on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy in April 2009. A full-scale reform is proposed, aimed at creating an ecologically sustainable industry. European stakeholders showed a strong interest, answering in numbers to the consultation. The Commission will analyze these responses, ...

The European Union started a process of gradual reform of the postal market in the 1990s. The Postal Directive adopted in 1997 and its amendments in 2002 and 2008 will achieve full market opening for postal services by 31 December 2010 or, for eleven Member States, by 31 December 2012. Six Member States have already fully liberalised their markets. Although not imposed by the Postal Directive, many Member States also combined their national postal market liberalisation with the transformation of ...