Agricultural quotas Sample Clauses

Agricultural quotas. Increasing the pressure on humans and nature The proposed agreement will increase the trans- atlantic flow of goods by reducing tariffs and expanding duty-privileged import quotas. The agricultural quotas agreed between the EU and Mercosur in summer 2019 are at the centre of the public debate.19 According to this agreement, the EU will grant Mer- cosur additional preferential tariff quotas for meat, sugar, rice and bioethanol. An overview shows that the beef20 and chicken quotas could increase by a half compared with the existing Mercosur exports, while bioethanol quotas could increase by a factor of more than six (see Diagram 6). Conversely, EU exporters can also benefit from Foto: Marizilda Cruppe EVE / Greenpeace duty-free quotas for cheese, milk powder and baby food under the agreement. These actually Cattle farms are driving deforestation. How do the quotas affect Mercosur exports? G auging the impact of the new import quo- tas on the production of the preferential agricultural goods and their transatlantic trade is subject to a number of uncertainties. Some of Mercosur’s exports are already sub- ject to tariff-rate quotas that have not always been fully utilised in the past, e.g. the quota for high-quality beef (the so-called Hilton quota).21 Even after the introduction of the newly offered quotas, it cannot be ruled out that such under-utilisation will occur from time to time in certain years. Exporters might also increasingly switch to the new quotas, meaning that the ones that are already in place will remain underutilised more often. However, it is also possible that an ex- pansion could take place, in which not only the quotas are exhausted, but an increasing number of exports also take place at higher tariff rates beyond those quotas. Today, for example, the Mercosur countries already im- port almost half their beef at the higher tariff rates beyond the existing quotas.22 In other words, beef from Mercosur is so competitive that it can also be sold in the EU at higher tariff rates. A scenario of this kind – in which the “in-quota” volumes are used up and “out-of- quota” volumes increase – is favoured by the high tariff savings offered by the agreement. The Brussels think tank Bruegel estimates that the new beef quotas alone will save ex- porters around 430 million euros in customs payments. Taking all the new quotas togeth- er, the savings could amount to almost 920 million euros.23 These additional profits will increase the profit margins for ...
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Agricultural quotas. Increasing the pressure on humans and nature The proposed agreement will increase the trans- atlantic flow of goods by reducing tariffs and expanding duty-privileged import quotas. The agricultural quotas agreed between the EU and Mercosur in summer 2019 are at the centre of the public debate.19 According to this agreement, the EU will grant Mer- cosur additional preferential tariff quotas for meat, sugar, rice and bioethanol. An overview shows that the beef20 and chicken quotas could increase by a half compared with the existing Mercosur exports, while bioethanol quotas could increase by a factor of more than six (see Diagram 6). Conversely, EU exporters can also benefit from Foto: Marizilda Cruppe EVE / Greenpeace duty-free quotas for cheese, milk powder and baby food under the agreement. These actually Cattle farms are driving deforestation.
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Related to Agricultural quotas

  • Agricultural Export Subsidies 1. The Parties share the objective of the multilateral elimination of export subsidies for agricultural goods and shall work together toward an agreement in the WTO to eliminate those subsidies and prevent their reintroduction in any form.

  • Agricultural cooperation The aims of the cooperation on agriculture will be: (a) to promote sustainable rural development through the exchange of experience, generation of partnership and execution of projects in areas of mutual interest such as: agricultural innovation and technology transfer for the development of small farming, the conservation and management of the water resource for agricultural use, the application of good agricultural and agro industrial practices, including gender approach in development policies and strategies, among others; (b) to promote the exchange of relevant information for agricultural exports between the 2 markets; and (c) to develop a training program addressed to leader producers, technicians and professionals for the application of new technologies in order to increase and improve agriculture and animal husbandry productivity and competitiveness, in particular of value added products.

  • Agriculture 1. Closed to Foreign Investors « For each individual crop cultivation in an area less than or equal to 25 hectares: - Main food crops are corn, soy, peanuts, green beans, rice, cassava, sweet potato; other food crops are wheat, oats, barley, rye, millet, taro, and other food crops not classified elsewhere (ISIC 0111, 0112). « For each individual crop cultivation in an area less than 25 hectares: - Estate crops as follows: > Sugar cane and other sweetening plant cultivation, tobacco plantation, rubber and other producing latex plantations, cotton plantation, textile raw material crop plantation, Medicinal/pharmaceutical crop plantation, essential oil crop plantation, and other crop plantation that is not classified in other location (ISIC 0111, 0112) > Coconut plantation, palm plantation, beverage material crop plantation (tea, coffee, and cocoa), cashew plantation, peppercorn plantation, clove plantation, and other spices crop plantation (ISIC 0113) - Breeding and propagation of the following: > Jatropha curcas plantation, sugar cane and other sweetening plants, tobacco plant, rubber and other latex producing plants, textile raw material plant, medical/pharmaceutical plant, cotton plant, essential oil plant, and other plants that are not classified in other location (ISIC 0111, 0112) > Coconut plant, palm plant, plants for beverage material (tea, coffee, and cocoa), cashew plant, peppercorn plant, clove plantation, and other spices plant (ISIC 0113) - Breeding and Propagation of Forest plants (ISIC 0111, 0200) « Pig breeding and farming in a quantity less than or equal to 125 heads, native chicken ("ayam xxxxx") and its cross- breeding and farming (ISIC 0122) « Plantation processing product business industry below certain capacity according to Regulation of Minister of Agriculture Number 26 of 2007: - Dry Clove Flower Industry (ISIC 0140) « Capturing and Propagating Wildlife from natural Habitat except reptiles (snake, lizard, turtle, soft shell turtle and crocodile) (ISIC 0150)

  • Department of Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture at 0-000-000-0000, 000-000-0000, or xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/plantind/ to determine those specific project sites located in the quarantined area or for any regulated article used on this project originating in a quarantined county. Regulated Articles Include

  • Procurement of Goods and Services (a) If the HSP is subject to the procurement provisions of the BPSAA, the HSP will abide by all directives and guidelines issued by the Management Board of Cabinet that are applicable to the HSP pursuant to the BPSAA.

  • Federal Occupational Safety and Health Law Contractor represents and warrants that all articles and services shall meet or exceed the safety standards established and promulgated under the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended (29 U.S.C. Chapter 15).

  • Xxxxx Act Subrecipient agrees that no funds provided, nor personnel employed under this Contract, shall be in any way or to any extent engaged in the conduct of political activities in violation of the Hatch Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 1501 et seq. and Chapter 15 of Title V of the U.S.C.

  • Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used: Procurement Method

  • Xxxxxx Act Any provisions required to be contained in this Agreement by Section 126 and/or Section 130-k or Article 4-A of the New York Real Property Law are hereby incorporated herein, and such provisions shall be in addition to those conferred or imposed by this Agreement; provided, however, that to the extent that such Section 126 and/or 130-k shall not have any effect, and if said Section 126 and/or Section 130-k should at any time be repealed or cease to apply to this Agreement or be construed by judicial decision to be inapplicable, said Section 126 and/or Section 130-k shall cease to have any further effect upon the provisions of this Agreement. In a case of a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any mandatory provisions of Article 4-A of the New York Real Property Law, such mandatory provisions of said Article 4-A shall prevail, provided that if said Article 4-A shall not apply to this Agreement, should at any time be repealed, or cease to apply to this Agreement or be construed by judicial decision to be inapplicable, such mandatory provisions of such Article 4-A shall cease to have any further effect upon the provisions of this Agreement.

  • Particular Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works International Competitive Bidding. Goods and works shall be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of International Competitive Bidding.

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