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						<title>The European Fur Breeders' Association (EFBA)</title>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Better information on agricultural products for consumers]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#68</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[End of February, the Committee on Agriculture (AGRI) approved Scottà report of establishing a compulsory labeling system indicating...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-03-04</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Agriculture and Rural Development can play an important role in EU2020 strategy for growth]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#69</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Commission published its EU2020 strategy for growth's proposals (‘A European Strategy for smart, sustainable & inclusive growth') based...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-03-04</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Build a better future together]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#67</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The communication campaign in the Parliament Magazine continues. The last issue, on February 22, is about the new European Commission...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-02-26</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Voluntary animal welfare labelling system should see the light]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#65</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Following a meeting between EU Farm Ministers, it seems that the majority of Member States would prefer the creation of an...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-02-24</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Policy Commitments of the new European Commission]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#66</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Attached to this news, you will find a document that summarizes the policy commitments of the 2010-2014 European Commission...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-02-24</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Creation of two new directorates-general]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#64</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[On 17th February, the Commission announced the creation of two new directorates-general: DG Energy (ENER) and DG Climate (CLIM)...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-02-22</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Barroso's new team wins backing from Parliament]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#63</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Yesterday in Strasbourg, the Barroso II Commission went to victory with a support of a massive 70% of voting members (488 in favour to 137 and 72 abstentions)...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-02-10</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Fur-farming is an agricultural success story in the European press]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#62</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[In the continuation of the communication campaign started in January by EFBA and IFTF in the Parliament Magazine...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-02-09</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[EFBA is in the European press]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#61</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EFBA, together with IFTF, has recently started a communication campaign in the Parliament Magazine...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-01-26</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[EP vote of approval delayed for the new Commission College]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#60</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The initial Plenary vote on the full Commission College scheduled on January 26 will finally take place on February 9 after a delay caused...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-01-22</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Debates have started on the new biodiversity strategy]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#59</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Declared this year as the 'International Year of Biodiversity' by the United Nations, the European Commission published a communication...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-01-21</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Climate Change and Biodiversity at the top priorities of the new EU Presidency]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#58</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[From 1st January, Spain is at the helm of the EU. One of the top priorities announced in the joint programme of the Troika presidency...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2010-01-07</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Final agenda for the hearings Commissioners-designate]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#57</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The timetable for the hearings of the 26 Commissioners-designate is now confirmed by the European Parliament's Conference of...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-12-22</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Spanish Presidency Priorities]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#55</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Spain will be at the helm of the EU from 1 January 2010 after 6 months of the Swedish Presidency...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-12-21</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Troika Presidency priorites]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#56</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The future Spanish, Belgian and Hungarian Presidencies - the Troika Presidency, see news 03/11/2009 - presented the draft 18 months programme...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-12-21</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[New Chefs de Cabinet for new Commissioners]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#54</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[It has recently emerged that Goerg Häusler (Austria) could be Chef de Cabinet of Agriculture Commissioner-designate Dacian Ciolos (Romania)...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-12-15</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[EFBA is on YouTube!]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#53</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EFBA is pleased to announce that its video on fur-farming in Europe is now also available on YouTube! You can access to the...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-12-14</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Next commissioners' portfolios of the new EU Commission]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#52</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[On 27 November, José Manuel Barroso, President of the EU Commission, proposed the next Commissioners of the new Commission who will now be able...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-11-30</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Van Rompuy and Ashton, new High Representatives for Europe]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#51</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Since yesterday evening, Herman Van Rompuy, current Prime Minister of Belgium (centre-right) became the first...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-11-20</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Series of options for Animal Welfare Labelling]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#49</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Commission suggests, in a report adopted on 28 October, some options for EU animal welfare labeling...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-11-04</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Lisbon Treaty now fully ratified]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#50</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Czech Constitutional Court gave the green light to the Lisbon Treaty. President Vaclav Klaus signed the...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-11-04</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Priorities of the future trio Presidencies]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#48</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[As from January 1, Spain will take over the EU Council's Presidency for 6 months, followed by Belgium in the second half of 2010 and Hungary beginning of 2011...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-11-03</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Attack against a fur-farm in the Netherlands]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#47</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Animal rights activists released 5000 minks in the Netherlands last week. Almost all of them have been recaptured...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-11-02</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[ALF claims the irresponsible attack against a French farm]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#46</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Considered as extremist by the FBI, Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claims the responsibility for the attack against...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-10-30</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Irresponsible and unacceptable attack against a French fur farm!]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#45</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Friday 16 October in Dordogne, France, some activists entered illegally into a fur farm and caused material damages to release up to 4,200 minks...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-10-19</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Fur farming production around the world]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#44</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[World mink production declined again this year for the second time after more than a decade of solid growth...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-10-15</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[IFBA and EFBA in the Irish press]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#43</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[This Friday the Irish Fur Breeders' Association and the European Fur Breeders' Association have published a communication campaign...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-10-09</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Irish say 'yes' to the Lisbon Treaty]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#42</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[First rejected in June 2008, the Lisbon Treaty is finally approved by 67% of Irish voters in the referendum organised on October 2...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-10-05</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Norwegian newspaper warns journalists to investigate material from Animal Rights Groups]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#41</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[On September 4th 2009 the respected Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet ran a story with the headline "The media can be too quick"...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-09-23</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[The agriculture sector fears the new rules on animal transport]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#39</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EU professional agricultural organisations and negotiators worry about the draft regulation drawn up by the European Commission on animal welfare during transportation...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-09-18</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[New president for the Animal Welfare Intergroup]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#40</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament's Animal Welfare Intergroup has its new president: Caroline Lucas (Greens-EFA, UK)...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-09-18</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Barroso elected as Commission chief for another five-year term]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#38</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[With 382 votes in favour, 219 against and 117 abstentions, José Manuel Barroso won, yesterday in Strasbourg, the role of Commission chief...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-09-17</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Mariann Fischer Boel will retire at the end of this Commission mandate]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#37</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fisher Boel, 66, will not stay on as EU Agriculture Commissioner for another 5 years...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-09-14</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Council of EU adopts new rules for animal by-products]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#36</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The new regulation for so called animal by-products, applicable as from 2011, is aimed at introducing more risk-proportionate rules on animal by-products...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-09-09</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Finnish Media: Fur breeders have the word!]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#35</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Finnish fur breeders started a communication campaign for 2 weeks in the main national newspapers.]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-09-08</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[The agriculture concerns about Climate Change]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#34</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Because it is one of the top priorities of the Swedish Presidency, Climate Change will be the main focus of debate...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-08-11</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Ambitious Europe for the Animal Welfare]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#33</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EFBA welcomes the ambitious projects launched by the Commission in the area of Animal Welfare...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-08-07</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Paulo de Castro is confirmed as Committee Chair for the Agriculture & Rural Development Committe]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#31</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The EP Plenary session, which took place in Strasbourg last week, formally confirmed the members - and substitutes - of the various EP Committees...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-07-23</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Inaugural plenary session: new presidents for the EP and awaiting for the president of the EU]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#29</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[From 14 to 16 July, the first plenary session was held in Strasbourg since the elections on 4-7 June...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-07-17</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[The European Union has a new Presidency: Sweden succeeds the Czech Republic]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#28</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Presidency of the EU started officially on 1 July for six months. In keeping with the tradition...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-07-02</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Election of group heads at the European Parliament]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#27</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[All the leaders of the main political groups in the European Parliament are now elected...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-07-01</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Our Dutch fur farmers will continue to fight after the today's vote in the Lower Chamber]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#26</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[This afternoon, the vote regarding the ban proposal for the fur farming sector, initiated by...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-06-30</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[EU wants more transparency in lobbying]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#25</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The public register of lobbyists set up on 23rd June 2008 is expected to be revised this summer...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-06-26</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[New EU slaughter Regulation]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#24</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Council of Agriculture Ministers has reached on Monday 22 a political agreement on the proposal improving welfare...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-06-23</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[European elections 2009: victory for the right and centre-right]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#23</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Even if the final results of the European elections 2009 (4-7 June) are not fully available yet, we can already observe the main trends...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-06-08</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Breaking News: Gerda Verbrug, the Dutch Minister of Agriculture, supports the fur farming sector!]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#22</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Yesterday, was the hearing of the Dutch Minister of Agriculture about the fur farming ban proposal...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-06-04</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Communication on Quality Policy options]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#21</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[For years, our EU farmers work hard to meet the most stringent farming requirements in the world regarding environment protection, animal welfare...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-06-03</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Unacceptable fox ban grounds in Denmark!]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#20</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EFBA strongly opposes to the Danish fox production ban which has been endorsed last Friday (29/05/06) by the Danish Parliament...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-06-02</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[The fur farming sector continues to fight in the Netherlands!]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#19</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[More than 170 fur farmers are furious and EFBA strongly supports them in their fight against a parliamentary proposal initiated by Krista van Velzen (SP - Socialist Party) and Harm Evert Waalkens (PvdA - Labour Party).]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-05-29</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Swedish Presidency: 3 main priorities in agriculture sector]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#18</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[On 1 July 2009, Sweden will take over the Presidency of the EU for 6 months. Among all the important EU issues that Sweden wants to move forward...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-05-28</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[New FAO Animal Welfare portal]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#16</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), international UN institution, has recently launched a new Internet portal for Farmed Animal Welfare.]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-05-27</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[2009 EFBA s Annual General Meeting]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#15</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The 2009 EFBA's Annual General Meeting took place in Letterkenny, Ireland from 22-24 April...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-05-06</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[We WON in Norway!]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#17</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[After the annual convention of the Labour party in Norway, we are very pleased that the largest political party of the country has voted...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-04-22</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#6</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Agriculture Council adopts an Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-03-23</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[EU Agriculture Product Quality policy]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#5</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EU Agriculture Product Quality policy between simplification and regulation...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-03-13</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[EFBA in the Register of Interest Representatives of the European Commission]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#1</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[On 23rd January, EFBA has been entered on the European Commission's Register of Interest Representatives...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-01-23</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Animal Welfare considerations at International level]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#2</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[EFBA representatives attended the Conference on Global Trade & Farm Animal Welfare in Brussels on January 20-21. Following the 2-days conference, the Health Commissioner...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-01-21</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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						 <title><![CDATA[Czech Presidency work programme on Agriculture]]></title>
						 <link>http://www.efba-eu.com/news.php#3</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Czech Republic is holding since beginning of January the Presidency of the European Union.  As it is the tradition...]]></description>
						 <pubDate>2009-01-19</pubDate>
						  <language>en</language>
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