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Last Updated: 2nd March 2005

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25 February 2005	Plan to Boost Renewables
Dec 2004	Danish Centre for Biofuels set up
17 Dec 2004	IBAW Press Release: Bio-based packaging ready to go
November 2004	REEEP To Make €1 Million Available for Renewable and Energy Efficient Projects
15 October 2004	Defra launches Biomass Study Task Force
6 Sept 2004	OECD report - Biomass and Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets and Policies
December 2003	The DTI Announces Changes to the Renewables Obligation
October 2003	Annual Report of the UK Government Industry Forum on Non-Food Uses of Crops 2003
26 June 2003	Secretary of State Margaret Beckett's statement to the House of Commons on CAP reform
29 March 2003	Bio-Cars: Car body materials made from plant fibers
Feb 2003	UK White Paper: Our energy future – creating a low carbon economy
18 Dec 2002	STFI-Packforsk: a new Research Institute - international centre for R&D in pulp, paper, packaging materials, packaging and logistics
12 Dec 2002	House of Commons debate - Future Vehicles Strategy
Dec 2002	Defra, UK: Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food Supported by: Farming and Food's Contribution to Sustainable Development - Current Situation and Future Prospects
Nov 2002	Foresight Vehicle Technology Roadmapping Strategic research requirements for road vehicles in the UK
6 Sept 2002	Annual Report of the UK Government Industry Forum on Non-Food Uses of Crops 2002
25 Aug 2002	UK's First Biodiesel Fuel Stop Opens
5 Aug 2002	Cutting Air Pollution - Tough New Targets
25 July 2002	Cargill Dow Technology Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Award
1 July 2002	The UK Government's Commitment to Agriculture
June 2002	Evaluation of the Comparative Energy, Environmental and Social Costs and Benefits of Biodiesel
31 May 2002	European Union Ratifies Kyoto Protocol
15 May 2002	Government Committed to the Future of Combined Heat and Power
14 May 2002	Government Launches Consultation on Energy Policy
28 March 2002	2000 UK Air Emission Estimate and Climate Change Sustainable Development Indicator
7 March 2002	Beckett Delivers Kyoto Protocol to the UK
January 2002	Report of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food - The Curry Report
23 March 2002	Government Industry Forum on Non-Food Uses of Crops
21 Sept 2001	Dow to receive nearly $5 million from U.S. Department of Energy to develop renewable plant-oil technology for plastics and chemicals
9 Dec 1999	1st Report by the Select Committee appointed to consider Science and Technology: Ordered to Report on Non-Food Crops
22 Oct 1999	Dr. Franz Fischler - "WTO Negotiations - Agricultural Aspects" - informal hearing with the Non-Governmental Organisations
20 July 1999	UK House of Commons Debate on Non-Food Crops
1 July 1999	Dr. Franz Fischler -"Agricultural Reform - How will Accession to the European Union Impact On Agribusiness?" - Central and Eastern European Economic Summit
1 June 1999	Dr. Franz Fischler - "Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development" - informal Agriculture Council meeting
February 1999	The Technology Roadmap for Plant/Crop-Based Renewable Resources 2020 - research priorities for fulfilling a vision to enhance US economic security through renewable plant/crop-based resource use
28 Jan 1999	Dr. Franz Fischler - "The Next Round of WTO Negotiations: Towards Open World Markets?" - Joint Conference on Agriculture, Trade and Sustainable Development
7 Oct 1998	Declaration of Gmunden for the Encouragement of Sustainable Resources - declaration made at the EU Expert Conference "Crops for a Green Industry"
August 1998	Guidelines for Good Agricultural Practice (G.A.P) of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
March 1998	Speech of Commissioner Fischler at the 1st ERMA Conference
6 Dec 1989	Commission Adopts a Report and Proposals on the Use of Agricultural Commodities in the Non-Food Sector

EC Documents

8 April 2003	670/2003 Council Regultation (EC) laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin
23 Dec 2002	2328/2002 Commission Regulation on Opening Public Sales of Wine Alcohol for use as Bioethanol in the European Community
13 Aug 2002	2002/C 193/03 Bodies Responsible for the Registration of Tobacco Cultivation Contracts
21 June 2002	2002/C 149/03 Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the Promotion of the use of Biofuels for Transport and the Possibility of Applying a Reduced Rate of Excise Duty on Certain Mineral Oils Containing Biofuels and on Biofuels
15 May 2002	2003/238/EC Commission Decision on the Aid Scheme Implemented by France applying a Differentiated Rate of Excise Duty to Biofuels
25 April 2002	2002/258/CE Council Decision, concerning the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfillment of commitments thereunder
18 March 2002	COMM(2002) 144 final Proposal for a Council Decision Authorising the United Kingdom to Apply a Differentiated Rate of Excise Duty to Fuels Containing Biodiesel
11 Feb 2002	COM (2002) 67 final The Agricultural Situation in the EU 2000 Report
28 Jan 2002	2002/83-94/EC Council Decisions on the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership with [Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia]
7 Nov 2001	COM (2001) 547 final Communication from the Commission on alternative fuels for road transportation and on a set of measures to promote the use of biofuels
16 March 2001	COM (2001) 148 final/2 Communication from the Commission on options to promote the cultivation of plant proteins in the EU
16 Feb 2001	COM (2001) 69 final Communication from the Commission on the implementation of the Community Strategy and Action Plan on Renewable Energy Sources (1998-2000)
5 Feb 2001	No. 245/2001 Commission Regulation on the Common Organisation of the Markets in Flax and Hemp Grown for Fibre
26 July 2000	COM (2000) 485 final The Agricultural Situation in the EU 1999 Report
26 Jan 2000	COM (2000) 20 final Communication from the Commission on indicators for the integration of environmental concerns into the Common Agricultural Policy
19 Nov 1999	No. 2461/1999 Commission Regulation as Regards the Use of Land Set Aside for the Production of Raw Materials
10 Nov 1999	COM (1999) 576 final Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops to include flax and hemp grown for fibre
December 1998	SEC (1998) 2169 European Commission working document on non-food crops in the context of Agenda 2000
20 July 1998	No. 1638/98 Council Regulation on the Establishment of a Common Organisation of the Market in Oils and Fats
18 June 1993	Memorandum of Understanding Between the European Economic Community and the United States of America on Oil Seeds under GATT
9 June 1988	Council Recommendation on Developing the Exploitation of Renewable Energy Sources in the Community

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