Responses to consultations:
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Welsh Assembly Government Environment and Countryside Closed consultations
These responses to consultations have been submitted on behalf of the Welsh Agri-Food Partnership Organic Strategy Group.
Date
To whom
Topic
September 2009
Welsh Assembly Government
Consultation on Proposals for Managing the Coexistence of GM, Conventional and Organic Crops in Wales: Organic Sector Response
Climate change//Red Meat Strategy//Feed issues//Rural Development Subcommittee on Food production//TB compensation
December 2008
Sustaining the Land: A Review of Land Management Actions Under Axis 2 of the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-2013 Organic Sector response
October 2008
Support for Young Entrants to Farming. Organic Sector response.
September 2008
Consultation on the proposed new strategy for Farming in Wales: "Farming, Food and Countryside - Building a Secure Future" Organic sector response
CAP Health Check Response. Dr N Lampkin's climate change paper sent as appendix.
August 2008
Protecting and improving the health of honey bees in Wales and England/ Amddiffyn a gwella iechyd y wenynen fęl yng Nghymru a Lloegr Brief email response sent.
Consultation on the Proposed Second Environment Strategy for Wales Action Plan Response
June 2008
Consultation on Responsibility and Cost Sharing for Animal Health and Welfare in Wales Response
Consultation Welsh Soils Action Plan Response
February 2008
CAP Heath Check Response.
December 07
Quality of Food Ansawdd bwyd Response.
Food Standards Agency
Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment produced for the Food Standards Agency’s Guidance on Managing Manures for Food Safety Response
Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in Wales: Response here
June 07
European Commission
Community labelling thresholds for the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of authorised genetically modified (GM) seeds in conventional seeds. Response
March 07
Strategic Action Plan for the Welsh Dairy Industry
October 06
Appetite for Life
July 06
Rural Development Regulation - Plan for Wales
Strategic Environmental Assessment of the RDP
February 06
Review of the agricultural and horticultural levy bodies
Dec 05
Lifting the Export Ban and harmonising SRM (Specified Risk Materials) controls with other Member States
Nov 05
Welfare of Chickens Kept for Meat Production
October 05
Environment Strategy for Wales
August 05
Food Standards Agency draft Science Strategy 2005-10
The Food and Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) ( Wales ) Regulations 2005
June 2005
Pesticides Safety Directorate
The Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products
The Code of recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock - SHEEP
18-4-05
Animal Health and Welfare Strategy - Welsh Assembly Government Action Plan 2005-2006
15-11-04
Consultation in Wales on the new EU Rural Development Regulation
12-11-04
Draft Regulatory Appraisal of the cross-compliance element of the CAP regulations 2004
8-11-04
Cattle Compensation: Bovine TB, Brucellosis, BSE and Enzootic Bovine Leukosis
September 04
Managing farm manures for food safety: Guidelines for growers to minimise the risks of microbiological contamination of ready to eat crops. Response.
25-6-04
Modifications to the Tir Mynydd scheme
2-6-04
CAP reform: Proposals for the operation of the cross-compliance regime
CAP reform: Potential for use of the national envelope
CAP reform: Operation of the National Reserve
21-5-04
Sustainable development action plan
20-05-04
Potential for use of National Envelope
Operation of the National Reserve
Proposals for the operation of the Cross Compliance regime
2-04-04
Preparing for a new GB strategy on bovine tuberculosis
2-03-04
Draft contingency plan for BSE being identified in sheep
30-1-04
Reform of the EU Common Agriculture Policy implementation in Wales. Dairy elements
16-1-04
Review of the National Assembly's Sustainable Development Scheme
7-1-04
DEFRA
Proposals to rationalize compensation for notifiable animal disease control
12-03
Reform of the EU Common Agriculture Policy implementation in Wales
31-10-03
Outline of an animal health and welfare strategy for Great Britain
Positive animal health: a draft action plan for a partnership approach in Wales and England
Animal health and welfare strategy for Great Britain: a partial regulatory impact assessment
20-10-03
Consultation on entry-level agri-environment scheme for Wales
20-5-03
Organic Strategy Group position paper on mid-term review proposals
2-5-03
Review of National List and Plant Breeders Rights testing services and fees structure
15-10-02
DEFRA consultation on the Implementation of the Cartegena Protocol: regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transboundary movement of GMOs
14-10-02
Commission proposals on thresholds for the adventitious presence of approved GMOs in seeds
4-10-02
Release of GMOs into the environment
17-09-02
Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, National Assembly for Wales
Future of Agri-Environmental Schemes in Wales
see also response of the Countryside Council for Wales
Mid-term Review of Agenda 2000
see the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee's update on EC proposals and the consultation responses, 30th October 2002
14/9/02
Future of the Tir Mynydd Scheme
16-07-02
Proposals for the Operation of the National Envelope under the Sheep Annual Premium Scheme from 2003
1-05-02
Committee Policy Review of Organic Farming
for other submissions to the ARD policy review click here
30-03-02
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor
Sustainable Use of Soils in Wales
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (Wales) Regulations, 2002
Quinquennial Review and Future of UKROFS
New Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Wales
Sale of Unpasteurized Drinking Milk and Cream
2001
National Assembly for Wales
A future direction for Welsh agriculture
Deliberate Release of GMOs
July 2000
House of Commons Agricultural Committee
Inquiry into Organic Farming
March 1999
House of Lords
Organic Farming and the European Union
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