1. European Institutions
2. Market Information
3. Associations
4. International Organisations
5. Third Country Authorities


EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS
 

1. European Commission - DG AGRI

• European Milk Market Observatory

2. European Commission - DG TRADE

• Market access data base (tariffs, statistics and import regulations)
• Export helpdesk (for imports into the EU)

3. European Commission - DG SANTE

• Rapid Alert System for Food And Feed (RASFF)
• Lists of approved factories in the EU and in third countries
• Food and Veterinary Office - recently published inspection reports

4. European Commission - DG Taxation and Customs Union

• VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) – VAT number verification tool
• EU Tariff Data Base TARIC
• Database for binding tariff information (EBTI) to find out the right CN code

5. European Commission DG GROWTH - Food industry

6. European Commission DG Competition - Agriculture and Food

7. European Commission DG Environment - Sustainable production and consumption

8. Directory of Commission staff

9. European Parliament

• Legislative observatory
• Plenary sessions
• Committee on Agriculture
• Committee on International Trade
• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

10. Council of the European Union

11. EFSA - European Food Safety Authority

12. Eurlex - European Union Law

13. EU Statistics (Eurostat)
 

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MARKET INFORMATION
 

1. European Milk Market Observatory
2. CLAL

3. ZMB

4. Zuivel NL

5. EU Statistics (Eurostat)

6. United States National Agricultural Statistics Service

7. United States Dairy Situation at a Glance (monthly stocks)

8 .Blimling and Associates

9. Highground Trading

9. Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ)

 

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ASSOCIATIONS
 

1. European Dairy Association (EDA)

2. European Whey Products Association (EWPA)

3. Copa Cogeca - voice of EU farmers and cooperatives

4. CELCAA – European Liaison Committee for the Agricultural and Agri-Food trade

5. Eurocommerce - represents retail, wholesale and other trading companies

6. FoodDrinkEurope - represents the European food and drinks industry

7. FEFAC – European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation

8. IDF - International Dairy Federation

9. IDFA - International Dairy Foods Association

10. INFAGRO - information on agriculture from Ukraine

11. Dairy Australia

12. Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand

13. The Supply Chain Initiative

- Registry of companies

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
 

1. Codex Alimentarius Commission

2. FAO – Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations

• Food Price Index (updated monthly)
• OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2015-2024
• OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 'Compare your Country' tool

3. WTO – World Trade Organisation

• SPS/TBT notifications database
• Legal texts
• Tariff Analysis online database

4. OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2014

5. OIE – World Organisation for Animal Health – Food Safety section

6. WCO – World Customs Organisation
 

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THIRD COUNTRY AUTHORITIES
 

1. Russia

Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor)

List of establishments approved for export to Russia

 

2. USA

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Databases

USDA Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN reports)

USDA Economic Research Service - Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- food portal

 

3. China

AQSIQ – General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of P.R.C

AQSIQ - List of Laws and Regulations applicable in China

CNCA - List of approved foreign establishments

 

4. Japan

ALIC – Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation

JETRO – Japan External Trade Organisation

 

5. South Korea

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

 

6. New Zealand

Ministry of Primary Industries

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

 

7. Australia

 

Australian Trade Commission

Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

 

8. Switzerland

 

Federal Office for Agriculture