The European Commission is currently evaluating different policy options towards the use of cloning or products derived from cloned animals in the food chain. This study presents a first attempt to quantify the likely effects of different policy scenarios on international trade and EU domestic...

Die zu erwartenden Auswirkungen der Entkopplung sind komplex, und die Nettoeffekte auf die Flächenallokation zwischen Grandes Cultures und Futterkulturen sind entsprechend schwierig einzuschätzen. Eine Literaturrecherche ergibt, dass auf verschiedenen Simulationsmodellen basierende Analysen...

This report is based on the outcome of a study carried out by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS, Spain) in cooperation with EuroCARE (Bonn, Germany). The report provides a detailed description of the methodology developed...

The Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) requires that 20% of the EU's energy needs should come from renewable sources by 2020, and includes a target for the transport sector of 10% from biofuels. This report analyses and discusses the global impacts of this biofuel target on agricultural...