Provisional agenda: Meeting of the CETA committee on agriculture and Canada-European Union agriculture dialogue

November 13-14, 2024 (Brussels and videoconference)

CETA Committee on Agriculture

November 13, 2024

Morning (Canada) – Afternoon (Brussels)

1. Welcome, Introduction and Committee Business
2. Review of bilateral trade performance
3. Trade matters
   1. 3.1 CETA Cheese TRQs
   2. 3.2 Canadian milk pricing
   3. 3.3 Revision of Food and Drug Regulations in Canada
   4. 3.4 Ethanol imports from Canada
   5. 3.5 EU grain/oilseed tariffs on imports from Russia and Belarus
   6. 3.6 EU Deforestation-free Products Regulation
   7. 3.7 EU’s proposed Regulation on the protection of animals during transport
   8. 3.8 Pesticides and contaminants
   9. 3.9 EU’s proposed Regulation on New Genomic Techniques
   10. 3.10 EU Sustainability Labelling Framework
   11. 3.11 Update on EU and Canada’s international trade negotiations
4. Any other business
5. Action Items – including reporting to CETA Committee on Trade in Goods
6. Time and venue of next meeting

Canada-European Union Agriculture Dialogue

November 14, 2024
12:30-14:30 (Brussels)

1. CETA Evaluation by the European Commission
2. Update on EU sustainability ambitions.
3. Update on Canada’s sustainability initiatives.
4. Distribution of portfolios across Commissioners-designate.
5. Update and information sharing on the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture.
6. Canada-EU Dialogues on Sustainable Agriculture.